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MALE SERVANTS TAX in the Isle of Bute
from 5th of July 1785 to the 5th April 1786
By John Veitch Surveyor


I John Veitch Surveyor aforesaid do hereby certify that upon careful examination of the
foregoing several rates and duties I find they amount in whole to one pound Seventeen
Shillings and Sixpence Sterling and that upon the 17th of March 1786 I transmitted to Alexander
May Collector of the Said duties for the Shire aforesaid an exact duplicate of the above Acct. [Account]
duly examined and compaired with the foregoing which contained my oath that requisitions
were left with the several Inhabitants or at there Dwelling houses of the dates annexed to
their respective names & that the asesments were made from the answers sent me and
now in my possesion. John Veitch Junr. [Junior] Surveyor