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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
19 Jul 1788 Mrs Fairbairn vintr [vintner] Waiter 1 1 £1.5.0
Mrs Johnston of Huttonhall Ch [Chaise] driver 1 1 £1.5.0
Alexander Aitchison 1 1 £1.5.0
Capt. [Captain] Dunlop 1 1 £1.5.0
John Clerk junr [junior] vintr [vintner] S. Mitchel Waiter 1 1 £1.5.0
5 5 £6.5.0

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Survey of the MALE SERVANTS TAX in the Royalty of
Haddington from the 5 April 1788 to the 5th April 1789 by William Johnstone Surveyor

Proof 5 Servants at £1.5.0 is £6.5.0

I William Johnstone Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon carefull examination I find the foregoing duties amount to Six pounds
five shillings Sterling and that upon the 29 Oct 1788 I delivered to John Carfrae Collector of said duties an exact duplicate of this account duely examined and Compared which Contained my Oath That the preceding Inhabitants were duely served with requisitions and that they were charged in Conformity to their several Returns Or according to my knowledge & belief that they were liable in said duties
William Johnstone Surveyor

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