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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
Country part of Stranraur
Earl of Stair Thomas Murray
William Willie
Donald McKelvin
James Innes
John Caris
Thomas McClaughtie
Alexander Walker
Thomas McConal
Hugh Graham
Valliot
Buttler
Footman
Baker
Gardner
Gam keeper
Cook
Footman
Coachman
9 9 £18.0.0
Parishes Collected
Sorbie 5 5 £8.15.0
Country pt [part] of Whithorn 2 2 2 £5.0.0
Glaserton 11 3 5 6 £20.10.0
Mochran 5 5 £8.15.0
Glenluce 5 1 5 £7.10.0
Kirkmaiden 4 4 £6.0.0
Stonykirk 5 2 3 £7.0.0
Portpatrick 1 1 £1.5.0
Laswalt 4 4 £6.0.0
Kirkholm 2 2 £2.10.0
Cury. p' [Country part] of Stranraur 9 9 £18.0.0
53 6 17 11 16 9 £91.15.0

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Survey of the MALE SERVANTS TAX. [Page] 209

Proof 6 Batchelor Sevts. [Servants] at £1.5.0 each is £7.10.0
17 Sevts. [Servants] at £1.5.0 ..................................£21.5.0
11 Sevts. [Servants] at £1.10.0..................................£16.10.0
16 Sevts. [Servants] at £1.15.0..................................£28.0.0
9 Sevts. [Servants] at£2.0.0.......................................£18.0.0
Grand Tottal................................................................£91.5.0

I William Currie Surveyor Aforesaid do hereby Certifie that upon Carefull Examination of the forgoing
Several Raits And Duties I find the Amount in whole to Ninty one pounds Five Shillings Sterling
And that upon the 22nd of Dec [December] 1786 I delivered to Mr Andrew Hannah Coll. [Collector] for the Said duties for the
Shire Aforesaid An Exact duplicat which Contained my Oath that notices were left with the Several
Inhabitants or at their dwelling Houses the date Anexed to their Respective names that was to be
Charged the Sums hereby Certified to be due from them.
William Currie
John Alves J.P. [Justice of the Peace]
Thomas Adair prinl. [principal] Collector

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