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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
29 Sep 1787 Killmure Wester Parish
Charles McKenzie [Killiernie] Archibald Douglas Groom 1 1 £1.5.0
John McKenzie Allangrange Murdoch Cameron House Servt [Servant] 1 1 £1.10.0
Petter McGregor Driver 1 1 £1.10.0
John Robertson Gardener 1 1 £1.10.0
4 1 3 £5.15.0
Avoch Parish
Sir Roderick McKenzie [Scatwall] William Fraser footman 1 1 £1.5.0
John Ross Driver 1 1 £1.5.0
2 2 £2.10.0
Aplecross Parish
1 Oct 1787 Thomas McKenzie at Aplecross Body Servt [Servant] 1 1 £1.5.0
1 1 £1.5.0
Tain Parish
10 Oct 1787 Mrs Ross at Tarloggie Mr Galloway Postillion 1 1 £1.5.0
footman 1 1 £1.5.0
2 2 £2.10.0
Parishes Collected
Tarbat Parish 3 3 £4.10.0
Fearn Parish 1 1 £1.5.0
Killmure easter Parish 5 5 £8.15.0
Nigg Parish 1 1 £1.5.0
Rosskeen Parish 5 2 3 £7.0.0
Alness Parish 9 8 1 8 £27.5.0
Killtearn Parish 5 1 5 £7.10.0
Dingwall Parish 1 1 £1.5.0
Contan Parish 1 1 £1.5.0
Urray Parish 8 2 6 £14.10.0
Killmure wester Parish 4 1 3 £5.15.0
Avoch Parish 2 2 £2.10.0
Aplecross Parish 1 1 £1.5.0
Tain Parish 2 2 £2.10.0
48 9 20 9 5 14 £86.10.0
22 Jan 1788 William Ross of Strandwick 4 4 4 £11.0.0
52 13 20 13 5 14 £97.10.0

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48 Servants
9 Bachelor's at £1.5.0 each over & above the Duty £11.5.0
20 Servants at £1.5.0 each.....................................£25.0.0
9 Servants at £1.10.0 each.....................................£13.10.0
5 Servants at £1.15.0 each.................................... £8.15.0
14 Servants at £2.0.0 each.....................................£28.0.0
£86.10.0 Total.........................................................£86.10.0

I Hugh Macffarquhar Surveyor Aforesaid, do hereby certify, That upon carefull examination of the foregoing
Rates & Duties, I find they Amount in whole to Eighty Six pounds & ten Shillings, and that upon the Seventeenth
day of December Current I delivered at the House of Roderick McKenzie of Scotsburn Collector of said Duties
for the Shire Aforesaid An exact Duplicate of the Above Acct [Account] duly examined & compared with the foregoing
which containd my Oath that the Above Accts [Accounts] containd the number of Servants returned to me or were [kept]
by the different Masters or Mistress's According to the best of my knowledge or Information
Tain 22 Dec [December] 1787...................................................................................................Hugh McFarquhar Surveyor

Survey of the
Rates & Duties on
Male Servts [Servants] Arisen
in the Shire of Ross
for the Year ending
5th April 1788

Ross Shire

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