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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 10% per 31 George III
22 Jun 1791 Sir Alexander McKenzie of Coul 2 Servants 2 2 £0.10.0 £0.1.0
Capt. [Captain] Kenneth McKenzie 2 Servants 2 2 £0.10.0 £0.1.0
Mrs Wood 1 Servant 1 1 £0.26 £0.0.3
Mr. John Munro 1 Servant 1 1 £0.2.6 £0.0.3
Mrs. Houston 1 Servant 1 1 £0.2.6 0.0.3
George Robertson 1 Servant 1 1 £0.2.6 £0.0.3
8 4 4 £1.10.0 £0.3.0

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A Survey of the Rates & Duties on Female Servants Arisin in the Burgh of Fortrose
from 5th April 1791 to 5th April 1792 By David Ross Asistant Surveyor
FORTROSE
[Page] 131

Prooff
8 Servants
4 @ £0.2.6 each is £0.10.0
3 @ £0.5.0 each is £1.0.0
10 Pr.Ct [Per Cent] on same £0.3.0
£1.13.0 Total £1.13.0

I David Ross Surveyor Aforesaid, do hereby certify that upon carefull examination of the
foregoing Rates & Duties. I find they Amount in Whole tp One pound thirteen Shillings
and that upon the twenty ninth day of October last I delivered to Baillie James Watson
Collector of said duties for the Burgh Aforesaid, an exact Duplicate of the Above Acct. [Account]
duly examined and compared with the foregoing, which contained my Oath that the Above
Acct. [Account] containd the number of servants kept or employd by the several Masters or Mistress's
According to the best of my knowledge or information.
David Ross Asst. [Assistant] Surveyor
Tain 2nd. Nov [November] 1791

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