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Date Masters/mistresses names and designations Servants names Number of servants Bachelor servants One servant Two servants Three or more servants Duty
Burgh of Irvine Brot. [Brought] Forward 47 6 37 4 £8.2.6
1787 Mr Bryce Agnes Porter 1 1 £0.2.6
Samuel Gemmill Merchant Agnes Findlay 1 1 £0.2.6
7 Dec 1787 Miss McBride Kirkgate 1 1 £0.2.6
Total 50 2-4 40 4 £8.10.0

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FEMALE SERVANTS TAX.
From 5th April 1787 to 5th April 1788 By [Robert Aiken]

Proof
Batchelor Servants 2 @ 5 sh [shillings] [£0.5.0] each which is £0.10.0
Batchelor Servants 4 @ 10 sh. [shillings] [£0.10.0] each which is £2.0.0
Servants 40 @ 2/6d [£0.2.6 ] each which is £5.0.0
Servants 4 @ 5sh. [shillings] £0.5.0] each which is £1.0.0
Total Servants 50 Total by Proof £8.10.0

I Robert Aiken Surveyor aforesaid, Do hereby Certify, That upon
Careful Examination of the foregoing Rates and Duties, I find they
Amount in whole, to Eight pounds ten shillings Sterling
And that upon the twenty third day of January Current, I
delivered to Mr Alexander McMillan Collector of said duties for said Burgh
an Exact duplicate of and duly Examined and Compared with
the foregoing Account which contained my Oath that Notifications
were delivered or left of the dates foresaid, And that the Rates charged
in said Account were just and true to the best of my skill and knowledge;
And, to the best of my belief, no person liable to be charged, was omitted.
Rob Aiken Surveyor

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