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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Burgh of Ayr | |||||||||||
| 21 Aug 1786 | Collector Wright | John Cameron | House Servant | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | |||||
| Miss Fullarton | James Stewart | House Servant | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | ||||||
| Provost David Fergusson | Andrew McCormick | House Servant | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | ||||||
| Hugh Stevenson Esquire | Thomas Baird | House servant | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | ||||||
| Capt. [Captain] Patrick Hunter a Batchelor | Douglas Fergusson | House Servant | 1 | 1 | 1 | £2.10.0 | |||||
| 22 Aug 1786 | Mrs Campbell of Skerrington | John Murray | House servant | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | |||||
| Mr Dun Vintner | John Drennan | House Servant | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | ||||||
| Mr Andrew Cathcart Vintner | George Logan | Waiter | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | ||||||
| 23 Aug 1786 | Capt. [Captain] Webster | William Logan | H. [House] Servant | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | |||||
| 25 Aug 1786 | Major Montgomery a Batchelor | James Hayter | H. [House] Servant | 1 | 1 | 1 | £2.10.0 | ||||
| Colonel Thomas Trigg | George Cross | Butler | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | ||||||
| Bailie Rankine | John Cowan | Postilion | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | ||||||
| The Countess of Crawford | 5 | 5 | £8.15.0 | ||||||||
| 28 Aug 1786 | Hugh Hamilton Esq. Holmston a Batchelor | Thomas McCrouny | H. [House] Servant | 1 | 1 | 1 | £2.10.0 | ||||
| Total | 18 | 3 | 13 | 5 | £28.15.0 |
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MALE- SERVANTS TAX.From 5th April 1786 to 5th April 1787 By Robert Aiken Surveyor
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Batchelors Servants 3 @ £2.10.0 each is £7.10.0
10 Servants @ £1.5.0 each is £12.10.0
5 Servants @ £1.15.0 each is £8.15.0
£28.15.0
I Robert Aiken Surveyor aforesaid Do hereby Certify, That upon Careful Examination
of the foregoing Rates and Duties, I find they amount in whole to Twenty
Eight pounds fifteen shillings sterling, and that upon the sixth day of
January Current I delivered to Mr James Johnston Collector of said Duties for
said Burgh an exact duplicate of and duly examined and compared
with the foregoing Account which contained my Oath, that Notifications were
delivered or left of the dates foresaid and that the Rates charged in said Account were
just and true charges to the best of my skill and knowledge; and to the best
of my belief no person liable to be charged, was omitted.
Robert Aiken Surveyor
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