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Date	Masters/mistresses names and designations	Servants names	Number of servants	Bachelor servants	One servant	Two servants	Duty
25 Sep 1787	Brought over		127	4-2	65	56	£24.2.6
	James Coutts Esq	Ann Whylie	1		1		£0.2.6
	Alexander Petrie	Mary Black	1		1		£0.2.6
	John Mather unmarried	Elizabeth Middeton	1	1			£0.5.0
	Mrs Smith of Forrett	Nany Donaldson	1		1		£0.2.6
	Alexander Millar unmarried	Kathrin Duncon	1	1			£0.5.0
	Collin Allison	Jean Kerr	1		1		£0.2.6
	Ferdinand Shunniman		1		1		£0.2.6
	John Keith for the Cus [Custom] House	Hellen Taylor Elizabeth Fletcher	2			2	£0.10.0
	Mrs Descurrie	Mary Cook Ann Arbuthnot	2			2	£0.10.0
	John Torrey & Andrew Jape	Jean Blalck	1		1		£0.2.6
	Miss Ronald	Agnus Nicol	1		1		£0.2.6
	George Blair	Jean Kilguan	1		1		£0.2.6
	Miss Nelly Young	Lucy Watt	1		1		£0.2.6
	James Ogilvie Esq	Elizabeth Tuedale Bell Christie	2			2	£0.10.0
	Miss Donaldson	Jean Drummond	1		1		£0.2.6
	William Ross	Jean Walker Jean Fleming	2			2	£0.10.0
	Provost Thomas Webester	Rachell Gibson	1		1		£0.2.6
	Provost Alexander Christie	Elizabeth Gordon	1		1		£0.2.6
	James Bisgie	Elizabeth Edmonds	1		1		£0.2.6
	Andrew Loyall	Jean Smith	1		1		£0.2.6
	Totall		151	6-2	79	64	£28.7.6

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FEMALE SERVANTS TAX. in Montrose
[Page] 78

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6 Female Servants for Batchelors for one year at £0.5.0 each £1.10.0
2 Female Servants For one year at £0.10.0 each £1.0.0
79 Female servants for married persons at £0.2.6 each £9.17.6
64 Female Servants for Persons at £0.5.0 each £16.0.0
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£28.7.6

I Daniel Ross Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon carefull Examination of the [foregoing]
Duties they amount in whole to Twenty Eight Pounds Seven shillings and Sixpence Sterling
and I do make Oath that Notices were left with the Several Persons before names or
their Dwelling Houses of the Respective dates requiring them to give in a list of the Servants
retained or employed by them from the 5th April 1786 to the 5th April 1787. and that
the foregoing Survey is made out from the list returned to me and from the best information
I could procure of the Servants of those who neglected or refused to return lists thereof in terms of the [Notices]
left with them as aforesaid -
Daniel Ross Surveyor

At Dundee the 31st day of Oct [October] 1787
Sworn before John Guild Baillie

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