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Date	Masters & mistresses names & designations	Servants names	Quality of servants	Number of servants	One and two servants	Three and four servants	Duty
14 Sep 1789	Dr [Doctor] John Gilchrist	John Fraser		1	1		£1.5.0
	William Walker Riddle	James Marshall Thomas Brown	Coachman boy	2	2		£2.10.0
	Commy [Commissary] Thomas Goldie	Francis Gracie William Smith	Gamekr [Gamekeeper] Gamekeeper	2	2		£2.10.0
	Capt [Captain] John Hamilton	Thomas Bell John Proudfoot		2	2		£2.10.0
17 Sep 1789	Robert Riddle of Caziel	-- George Riddle	Gamekr [Gamekeeper] Gamekeeper	2	2		£2.10.0
	Mr Francis Short Wr [Writer]		Livery boy	1	1		£1.5.0
	George Johnston Coffee ho [house]		Waiter	1	1		£1.5.0
	Thomas Flint Vintr [Vintner]		Waiter	1	1		£1.5.0
	Dr [Doctor] John Harley
19 Sep 1789	David Haig Esqr	James Walker	Ho Servt [House Servant]	1	1		£1.5.0
	Trustees of Alexander Mitchelson Esqr			1	1		£1.5.0
	Mr Mcvitty Vintr [Vintner]		Waiter Waiter	2	2		£2.10.0
	Lady Carnwath	William Paterson		1	1		£1.5.0
	Mrs Lothian Rosehall	William Underwood Richard Crichton Alexander Finlayson	Footman Coachman Gardr [Gardener]	3		3	£4.10.0
				20	17	3	£25.15.0

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Report of the MALE SERVANTS TAX in the Burgh of
Dumfries for the year ending 5 April 1790 by Robert Dunbar Asst Surv [Assistant Surveyor]

Proof 17 servants at £1.5.0 each £21.5.0
3 servants at £1.10.0 each £4.10.0
£25.15.0

I Robert Dunbar Assist[Assistant] Surveyor aforesaid, do hereby certify that upon careful examination
I find the foregoing duties amount to the Sum of £25.15.0 and that upon the
25th day of Janry [January] 1790 I sent by one of the Dumfries Carriers to Mr H Maxwell
Collr [Collector] an exact duplicate of this acct [account] which contained my oath that the precdg[preceding] inhts[inhabitants]
were duly Served wt [with] requisitions, of the dates aforesaid and that they are charged
according to their Several returns to me or to the best information I could
procure
Robert Dunbar Asst Surv[Assistant Surveyor]

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