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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
28 Jul 1788 John Johnstone Bellhaven 1 1 £0.2.6
John Wauchope Bellhaven 1 1 £0.2.6
Miss Blair Bellhaven 1 1 £0.2.6
Colonel Steele Bellhaven 2 2 £0.10.0
Mr Hendersen Seceed. [Seceeding] Min. [Minister] Dunbar Janet Neish 1 1 £0.2.6
Mrs Gilloch Dunbar 1 1 £0.2.6
Thomas Turnbull Surgeon Dunbar Ann Ketely 1 1 £0.2.6
Rev [Reverend] Mr Bruce min[minister] Dunbar 1 1 £0.2.6
Capt. [Captain] William Clerk Dunbar 1 1 £0.2.6
Peter Hunter Dunbar 1 1 £0.2.6
John Falconer Dunbar 1 1 £0.2.6
Andrew Brown Dunbar Mary Peterson 1 1 £0.2.6
George Kelly merchnt. [merchant] Dunbar Martha Pringle 1 1 £0.5.0
Thomas Christie Dunbar 1 1 £0.2.6
Dr [Doctor] Robert Cuninghame Dunbar 1 1 £0.2.6
Mrs Dalysle Dunbar 1 1 £0.2.6
Robert Fall Esq Dunbar Mary Kenengton, Magdalen Calder 2 2 £0.10.0
Capt. [Captain] James Muirhead Dunbar 1 1 £0.2.6
William Wilson Dunbar 1 1 £0.2.6
Miss Melville Dunbar 1 1 £0.2.6
Christopher Middlemas Dunbar 1 1 £0.2.6
Thomas Meik Mercht. [Merchant] Dunbar 1 1 £0.2.6
Charles Hay Dunbar 1 1 £0.5.0
Charles Lorimer Colltr. [Collector] Dunbar 1 1 £0.5.0
John Tait Town Clk. [Clerk] Dunbar 1 1 £0.5.0
Miss Ferguson Dunbar Mary Stennis 1 1 £0.2.6
Mrs Hay Dunbar 1 1 £0.2.6
Capt. [Captain] Dawson Dunbar 1 1 £0.2.6
Robert Forrest Dunbar Margaret Robertson 1 1 £0.2.6
Miss Pringle Dunbar 1 1 £0.2.6
Mrs Drysdale Dunbar 1 1 £0.2.6
Dr. [Doctor] Alexander Johnston Dunbar 1 1 £0.5.0
Mrs Kilgour Dunbar Jean Downie
Agnes Spence
2 2 £0.10.0
Capt. [Captain] Leslie Dunbar Mary Little 1 1 £0.2.6
37 5 26 6 £6.0.0

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DUNBAR

Survey of the FEMALE SERVANTS TAX. in the Royalty of Dunbar
from 5 April 1788 to 5 April 1789 by William Johnstone Surveyor
[Page] 59
P [Page] 59

Proof
5 Batchelors Maids at 5/- [£0.5.0 is £1.5.0
26 Maids at 2/6 [£0.2.6] is £3.5.0
6 Maids at 5/- [£0.5.0] is £1.10.0
[Total] £6.0.0 Ster. [Sterling]

I William Johnstone Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon carefull examination I find the above duties amount
to the sum of Six pounds Sterling. And that upon the 29 Octbr. [October] 1788 I delivered to William Kirkwood Collector of these duties in
exact duplicate of this Account duely examined & Compared which contained my Oath That the preceeding Inhabitants were duely
served with Requisitions And that they were charged in conformity to their several returns Or according to my knowledge and
belief that they were liable in these duties.
William Johnstone Surveyor

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