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Date Masters & mistresses names & designations Servants names Quality of servants Number of servants Bachelor servants One and two servants Three and four servants Five to seven servants Eight to ten servants Eleven or more servants Duty
1786 The Royal Burgh of Ayr
8 Mar 1786 Provost David Fergusson Andrew McCormick House servant 1 1 £0.18.9
Capt. [Captain] Stevenson Thomas Baird House Servant 1 1 £0.18.9
9 Mar 1786 William Campbell of Skerrington John Murray House Servant 1 1 £0.18.9
10 Mar 1786 Colonel Stafford Samuel Brown House servant 1 1 £0.18.9
Mr. Dunn Vintner John Drinnan House servant 1 1 £0.18.9
11 Mar 1786 Mr Andrew Cathcart Vintner George Logan Waiter 1 1 £0.18.9
12 Mar 1786 Capt. [Captain] Webster William Logan House servant 1 1 £0.18.9
Mrs. Kerr John Miller House servant 1 1 £0.18.9
14 Mar 1786 Major Montgomery James Hayter House Servant 1 1 1 £1.17.6
Baillie Rankin John Cowan Driver & H.S. [House servant] 1 1 £0.18.9
16 Mar 1786 Countess of Crawford John Morrison
Andrew White
William Kerr
Hugh Dick
Alexander Crawford
House servant
Footman
Coachman
Postilion
Gardner
5 5 £6.11.3
Hugh Hamilton Esquire Thomas McKearny House Servt. [Servant] 1 1 1 £1.17.6
16 2 11 5 £18.15.0

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From 5th July 1785 to 5th April 1786 By Robert Aiken Surveyor

Proof
1 Rate 9 Servants @ £1.5.0 Each per Annum or £0.18.9 for ¾ of a year is £8.8.9
1 Rate 5 Servants @ £1.15.0 Each per Annum or £1.6.3 for ¾ of a year is £6.11.3
1 Rate 2 Servants @ £1.17.6 Each per Annum being for ¾ of a year £3.15.0
Total of 16 Male Servants Total by Proof £18.15.0

I Robert Aiken Surveyor aforesaid Do hereby Certify that upon Careful Examination
of the foregoing several Rates and Duties I find they amount to Eighteen pounds
fifteen shillings sterling And that upon the fourth of April I delivered to Mr James
Johnston Collector of said Duties an Exact Duplicate of and duly Examined
and Compared with the foregoing Account which contained my Oath that
Notices were left with the Several Inhabitants or at their dwelling houses
And that the Rates and Duties Annexed to their respective names are just
and true charges against them to the best of my skill and knowledge.
Robert Aiken Surveyor

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