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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	10% per 31 George III
7 Jun 1791	Doctor John Gilchrist	Samuel Clellan	Postilion	1	1		£1.5.0	£0.2.6
	Mrs Walter Riddell	James Marshall Thomas Brown	Postilion Footman	2	2		£2.10.0	£0.5.0
	Thomas Goldie Esquire	James Ross	House Servt [Servant]	1	1		£1.5.0	£0.2.6
	Capt [Captain] John Hamilton	James Ross	Postilion	1	1		£1.5.0	£0.2.6
	George Johnston Coffee house	James Glendinning	Waiter	1	1		£1.5.0	£0.2.6
	Henry Clint Vintner	William Graham Primus Stevenson	Waiter Waiter	2	2		£2.10.0	£0.5.0
	Lady Carnwath	James Bell	Footman	1	1		£1.5.0	£0.2.6
	Mrs McVitie Vintner	Luke Newlands William Mariner	Waiter Waiter	2	2		£2.10.0	£0.5.0
	Mrs Lothian	William Underwood Robert Creighton Alexander Finlayson	Game Keeper Postilion Gardener	3		3	£4.10.0	£0.9.0
	David Haig Esquire	John W Menzies	House Servt [Servant]	1	1		£1.5.0	£0.2.6
	William Lawson Esqr of Girthhead	Thomas Grieve	Game Keeper	1	1		£1.5.0	£0.2.6
				16	13	3	£20.15.0	£2.1.6

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Survey of the MALE SERVANTS TAX in the burgh of Dumfries from
5th April 1791, to 5th April 1792 by [William Currie Surveyor]

Proof
13 servants at £1.5.0 is £16.5.0
3 Servants at £1.10.0 is £4.10.0
16 £20.15.0
10 pr cent[per cent] £2.1.6
Total £22.16.6

I William Currie Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon carefull examination
I find the foregoing duties Amount to the sum of Twenty two Sixteen shillings and six pence
St [Sterling] and that upon the Twenty fourth day of Novr [November] Seventeen hundred and Ninety one Years
I delivered to Mr Francis Maxwell Coltr[Collector] of said duties an exact duplicate of which Accot[Accompts]
duly examined and Compar:d which contain:d my Oath that the Preceeding Inhabitants
were duly serv:d with requisitions and that they were Charged in Conformity
to their several returns and according to my knowledge and belief the were Liable
in said duties
by William Currie Surveyor
Joseph Johnston J:P [Justice of Peace]

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