E326/5/12/97

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
Jul 30 1788 Royal Burgh of Rothsay
John Gordon Esqr of Belvue 2 2 £2.10.0
William McLeod Bannatine Esqr of Kaims a Batchr [Bachelor] 2 2 2 £5.0.0
4 2 4 £7.10.0
Proof
4 Servants at £1.5.0 each £5.0.0
2 Bachelor Servants at £1.5.0 each £2.10.0
£7.10.0

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Royal Burgh of Rothsay
MALE SERVANTS TAX.
From 5th April 1788 to 5 April 1789 By Robert Aiken Surveyor
[Page] 97

I Robert Aiken Surveyor aforesaid Do hereby Certify
That upon careful Examination of the foregoing Rates and Duties they
amount in whole to Seven Pounds Ten Shillings Sterling, And that
upon the -- I caused deliver to John Blain
Collector of said Duties for said Burgh an exact Duplicate of, and duly
examined and compared with the foregoing Account containing my Oath
that Notifications were delivered or left of the Dates foresaid and that the
Rates charged in said Account were just and true 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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