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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
5 Aug 1786 Burgh of Dumbarton
George Mcfarlane John Auld waiter 1 1 £1.5.0
Mr Riddle Levenside John McGregor
John Valens
William Anderson
Footman
Groom
Gardner
3 3 £4.10.0
4 1 3 £5.15.0

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Male Servants Tax in the Burgh of
Dumbarton From the 5 April 1786 to 5th April 1787 by John Veitch surveyor

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1 Servant of the 1st class @ £1.5.0 is £1.5.0
3 Servants of the 2nd Class @ £1.10.0 each £4.10.0
£5.15.0

I John Veitch Surveyor aforesaid do hereby certify that upon careful examination of the foregoing
several rates and duties I find they amount in to five pound fifteen Shillings Sterling and
upon the 23rd of Dec [December] 1786 I transmitted to John McAuly Collector for the Burgh aforesaid an
exact duplicate of the above Account duly examined and compared with the foregoing which
contained my Oath that requisitions were left with the several Inhabitants or at their
Dwelling houses of the dates annexed to their respective names and that the assessments
were made from the answers sent me and now in my possession.
John Veitch Jnr [Junior] Surveyor

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