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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
1788 Town of Banff
10 [-r] 1788 George Robinson Esq 2 2 £2.10.0
James Duff Esqr. 2 2 £2.10.0
William Leslie Esqr Dunlugas 1 1 1 £2.10.0
John Innes Esq. Edingish 1 1 £1.5.0
Doctor. Abernethie 1 1 £1.5.0
Capt. [Captain] Adam Urquhart 1 1 £1.5.0
William Whittle 1 1 £1.5.0
James Urquhart Esqr. Sh. D. [Sherriff's Deputy] 1 1 1 £2.10.0
Lady Findlater 4 4 £6.0.0
Mrs Admiral Gordon 1 1 £1.5.0
Mrs Duff Hatton 1 1 £1.5.0
Lady Abercrombie 1 1 £1.5.0
17 2 13 4 £24.15.0

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A Survey of the MALE SERVANTS TAX. Arrisen in the Town of Banff
from the 5th Aprile 1788 to the 5th Aprile 1789 By Patrick McDonald Surveyor
[Page] 13

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2 Batchelors Servants @ 25/- [£1.5.0] each Above duty is £2.10.0
13................Servants @ 25/- [£1.5.0] each .................is £16.5.0
4..................Servants @ 30/- [£1.10.0] each..................is £6.0.0
...........................................................................................£24.15.0

I Patrick McDonald Survey [Surveyor] Aforesaid do hereby Certify that Upon Careful examination of the forgoin rates and
duties on Male Servants I find they Amount in whole to Twenty four pounds fifteen Shillings Str [Sterling] and that
Upon the -- day of Nov. [November] I delivered to James Anderson Collector of said duties for the Town of Banff an exact
duplicate of the Above Acctt [Account] duly examined And Compared which Contained My Oath that the forgoing
Inhabitants were Served with requisitions and that the Assessments Are Made Up from the lists
And Answers now in my possession~
Patrick McDonald Surveyor
Sworn befor me at Forres 2nd Jany [January] 1789 ~ Alexander Grant J.P [Justice of the Peace]

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