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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
Brought over 137 20 109 16 4 8 £216.5.0
Aug 1787 Major Donaldson Princes Street 1 1 £1.5.0
Mrs Dallas 1 1 £1.5.0
Mr Charles Gordon of Braid 2 2 £2.10.0
Mr Hugh Corrie Hanover Street 1 1 £1.5.0
Mr Peter Hunter 1 1 £1.5.0
Mr Robert Craigie 1 1 1 £2.10.0
Earl of Buchan 3 3 £4.10.0
Mr Alexander Wight Writer 1 1 £1.5.0
Mr Archibald Mcdowall 1 1 £1.5.0
Mrs Barclay 1 1 £1.5.0
Mrs Stewart 1 1 £1.5.0
Mr Thomas Scott Writer 1 1 1 £2.10.0
Mr Frederick Fothringham Frederick Street 1 1 £1.5.0
Jul 1787 Mr John Pringle Society 1 1 1 £2.10.0
Lt. [Lieutenant] Colonel Pringle 1 1 1 £2.10.0
Jun 1787 Mrs Elliot Back of Fountain Well 1 1 £1.5.0
Jul 1787 Dow. [Dowager] Lady Hopetoun St Andws [Andrews] Square 4 4 £6.0.0
Jul 1787 Mr Alexander Wood Surgeon High School yards 1 1 £1.5.0
-- Jul 1787 Mr Robert Cullen Advt. [Advocate] Argyle's Square 1 1 1 £2.10.0
Lord Plenderland Browns Square 4 4 £6.0.0
Mr Simpson Cashier To the Royal Bank 1 1 £1.5.0
Jul 1787 Mr Charles Innes Princes Street 1 1 1 £2.10.0
-- Jul 1787 Honble. [Honourable] Mrs Gordon St Andws [Andrews] Square 1 1 £1.5.0
Jul 1787 Mrs Mcdonald George Street 1 1 £1.5.0
Second Division 170 26 131 27 4 8 £267.15.0
The Foregoing Divisions Abstracted
1st Division To Page 4th 277 51 225 33 10 9 £430.0.0
2d Division To Page 7th 170 26 131 27 4 8 £267.15.0
Total 447 77 356 60 14 9 8 £697.15.0

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City of Edinr. [Edinburgh] from 1787 To 1788
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77 Bachelors Servts [Servants] at £1.5.0 each £96.5.0.
356 Servants at £1.5.0 each £445.0.0
60 Servants at £1.10.0 each £90.0.0
14 Servants at £1.15.0 each £24.10.0
9 Servants at £2.0.0. each £18.0.0
8 Servants at £3.0.0. each £24.0.0
Total £697.15.0

I Robert Maughan Assistant Surveyor Aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon Carefull Examination
of the Foregoing Rates & Duties I find they Amount to Six Hundred & Ninty Seven Pounds Fifteen
Shillings Sterling and that upon the Eleventh Day of December Seventeen hundred & Eighty Seven
I delivered to Mr George McQueen Collector of the said Duties for the City of Edinburgh an Exact Duplicate
of the Foregoing Accompt duly examined & Compared which contained my oath that Notices were left
with the Several Inhabitants or at their Dwelling Houses of the Dates annexed to their respective
Names Robert Maughan Assistant Surveyor

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