E326/6/20/95

Date Masters/mistresses names and designations Children under 14 Servants names Number of servants Bachelor servants One servant Two servants Three or more servants Duty
1 Sep 1789 Mr Robert Chapman Elizabeth McRabbie 1 1 £0.2.6
Mrs Parlane Not Returned 1 1 £0.2.6
Mr James Liddell Christian Alexander 1 1 £0.2.6
Mr William Allan Ann Graham 1 1 £0.2.6
Mrs Robert Dick Betty Lowrie 1 1 £0.2.6
Baillie Dalgliesh Not Returned 1 1 £0.2.6
Baillie Mcallum Not Returned 1 1 £0.2.6
Baillie Buncle Elizabeth Brown 1 1 £0.2.6
2 Sep 1789 Mr Charles Arbuckle 1 Mary Struthers 1 1 £0.2.6
Mrs Samson Not Returned 1 1 £0.2.6
Mrs Douglas Not Returned 1 1 £0.2.6
Mr John Murray Not Returned 1 1 £0.2.6
Captain Martin Margaret Hunter 1 1 £0.2.6
Mr Young Schoolmaster Not Returned 1 1 £0.5.0
Totall 14 1 13 £1.17.6

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QUEENSFERRY
Survey of the Female Servants Tax in the Burgh of
Queensferry from the 5th April 1789 to the 5th April 1790. By James Watson Surveyor
61 48

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13 Servants @ £0.2.6 each £1.12.6
1 Batchelor @ £0.5.0 £0.5.0
£1.17.6

I James Watson Surveyor aforesaid Do hereby Certify that upon Carefull Examination
of the foregoing Rates and Duties I find they amount in whole to the sum of One
pound Seventeen shillings and sixpence Sterling And that upon the fifth day of
January current I delivered to Mr. Robert Chapman Collector for that Borough an
Axact Dupplicate of the foregoing Survey which contained my oath that the several
persons before named were duly served with Notices and Requisitions whereby they
were to be Charged with the sums hereby Certified to be due by them
Linlithgow 12th January 1790 James Watson Surveyor
[Page] 95

Transcriber's notes

Queensferry and the numbers 61 and 48 look like modern additions to the writing on the page.

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DANIALSAN, Scotgirl