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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
Dec 1785 Alexander Baillie Esqr. Murdoch McPherson Driver 1 1 £0.18.9
Mr Malcolm Ross B. [Bachelor] Roderick Kerr riding Servt [Servant] 1 1 £1.17.6
John Sutherland Vintner John Ross Waiter 1 1 £0.18.9
3 1 3 £3.15.0

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A Survey of the Rates & Duties on Male servants Arisen in the Burgh of Tain from
5th July 1785 to 5th April 1786 by Hugh MacFarquhar Surveyor

[Page] 113

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1 Batchelors Servt. [Servant] @ ...............£1.17.6
2 Servts [Servants] @ £0.18.9 each.........£1.17.6
£3.15.0 Total £3.15.0


I Hugh MacFarquhar Surveyor Aforesaid do hereby certify That upon carefull examination of the foregoing
Rates & Duties, I find they Amount in Whole to Three pounds fifteen Shillings & that an exact Duplicate of
the Above Acct [Account] lys in my own hands as present Treasurer for the Burgh Aforesaid & Collector of said Duties
Hugh MacFarquhar Surveyor
Tain 14th Feb 1786

1 Batchelors Servt [Servant] at £0.18.9 is £0.18.9
3 Servts [Servants] at £0.18.9 is £2.16.3
4 Servants £3.15.0

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