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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
24 Aug 1791 Royal Burgh of Irvine Bt. forwd. [brought forward] 42 4 30 8 £6.15.0 £0.13.6
Mrs. Bryce Ann Porter 1 1 £0.2.6 £0.0.3
Samuel Gemmel Mercht. [Merchant] Ann Findlay 1 1 £0.2.6 £0.0.3
Mrs. Francis Jean Porteous 1 1 £0.2.6 £0.0.3
25 Aug 1791 Mrs. Hugh Galt Mary Gairdner 1 1 £0.2.6 £0.0.3
Mr. Muir Teacher Mary Sillars 1 1 £0.2.6 £0.0.3
Total 47 4 35 8 £7.7.6 £0.14.9

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Page 3d. -- Survey Continued 21
Royal Burgh of Irvine

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4 Bars. Servts. [Batchelors Servants] at 5/ [£0.5.0] £1.0.0
35 Servts. [Servants] at 2/6 [£0.2.6] £4.7.6
8 Servts. [Servants] at 5/ [£0.5.0] £2.0.0
Total by Prooff £7.7.6
10 per Cent thereon £0.14.9
Total £8.2.3

I Robert Aiken Surveyor aforesaid Do hereby Certify that upon careful Examination
of the foregoing Rates and Duties I find they amount with ten per Cent thereon in whole to Eight pounds ten shillings
and three pence Sterling and that upon the Tenth day of December Curr. [Current] I delivered
to Mr. John Watt Collector of said Duties for said Burgh an Exact Duplicate of & 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.
[Signed] Robert Aiken

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