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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 Lunisting Parish
9 Aug 1786 John Bruce Stuart of Simbister Alexander Ramsay
James Johnston
James Mackay
Gardener
Body Servant
Body Servant
3 3 £4.10.0
Northmavine & Delting Parishes
21 Sep 1786 Andrew Gifford Ollaberrie Body Servant 1 1 £.1.5.0
21 Oct 1786 Gideon Gifford of Busta William Omond Gardener 1 1 £1.5.0
5 2 3 £7.0.0

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I John Henderson Surveyor so hereby Certify that upon Carefull Examination of the foregoing
Tax on male Servants they amount in whole to Seven pounds sterling and that upon the 8th De-
cember 1786 I delivered to Mr Henry Ross Collector of the said Tax for the Lordship of Zeland
and Exact Duplicate of the above Account duly examined and Compared with the foregoing
which contained my oath that notices were Left with the several Inhabitants or at their
Dwelling Houses of the dates annexed to their Several Names
John Henderson Surveyor
Lerwick 8th December 1786 Their Received from Mr John Henderson "Surveyor of Taxes" an Exact Copy
of the above Accompt
Henry Ross Collt [Collector] of tax

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