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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
1790 Canisbay Parish
17 Dec 1790 Rt Honl. [Right Honourable] Earl of Caithness Groom & Postillion 2 2 £2.10.0
Capt[Captain] Campbel of Barcaldine 1 1 1 £2.10.0
3 1 3 £5.0.0
Halkirk Parish
16 Dec 1790 Benjamin Williamson Baniskirk Groom 1 1 £1.5.0
Olrick Parish
11 Dec 1790 James Traill of Hobister Postillion & Gardener 2 2 £2.10.0
Thurso Parish
22 Dec 1790 Rt Hon [Right Honourable] Lady Jannet Sinclair of Ulbster Postillion & Footboy 2 2 £2.10.0
Wick Parish
8 Dec 1790 James Sinclair of Harpsdale Groom 1 1 £1.5.0
Benjamin Dunbar of Hemprigs Groom & Gardener 2 2 £2.10.0
3 3 £3.15.0
Parishes Collected
Canisbay Parish 3 1 3 £5.0.0
Halkirk Parish 1 1 £1.5.0
Olrick Parish 2 2 £2.10.0
Thurso Parish 2 2 £2.10.0
Wick Parish 3 3 £3.15.0
11 1 11 £15.0.0

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Survey for the Shire of Caithness of the
MALE-SERVANTS TAX.
from 5 April 1790 to 5 April 1791 By Andrew Liddell Surveyor
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Proof
1 Bachelor Servant at £1.5.0 is £1.5.0
11 Servants at £1.5.0 is £13.15.0
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£15.0.0 Total
I Andrew Liddell Surveyor Do Certify That the foregoing Rates & Duties Do amount in whole
to Fifteen Pounds and that on 4th Jany [January] 1791 I delivered to Mr John Davidson Collector of Cess for
Caithness an exact Duplicate of the above Account which containd my Oath That
Requisitions were left with the several Masters & Mistresses or at their dwelling House of
Dates which are prefixed to their respective Names.
Andrew Liddell Surveyor

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