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Date	Masters & mistresses names & designations	Servants names	Quality of servants	Number of servants	One and two servants	Duty	10% per 31 George III
28 Jun 1791	Mrs Johnston Huttonhall		House Servt. [Servant]	1	1	£1.5.0	£0.2.6
	Sir James Baird	John Douglas William Johnston	House Servant Groom	2	2	£2.10.0	£0.5.0
	Mrs Fairbairn vint. [vintner]		Waiter	1	1	£1.5.0	£0.2.6
	Dr. [Doctor] Richard Sommers		Ch [Chaise] driver	1	1	£1.5.0	£0.2.6
	John Clerk junr [junior] vint [vintner]		Waiter	1	1	£1.5.0	£0.2.6
				6	6	£7.10.0	£0.15.0

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Survey of the MALE SERVANTS TAX in the Royalty of Haddington
from the 5 April 1791 to the 5 April 1792 by William Johnstone Surveyor

Proof 6 Servants at £1.5.0 each is £7.10.0
and 10 per cent on £7.10.0 is £0.15.0
amounting in all to £8.5.0 Ster [Sterling]

I William Johnstone Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify That upon carefull examination I find the foregoing duties amount to the
sum of Eight Pounds five shillings sterling And that upon the 26 Oct [October] 1791 I delivered to John Carfrae Collector of said duties an exact duplicate of this accompt duely examined & Compared which contained my Oath That the foregoing Inhabitants were duely served with
Requisitions And that they were charged according to their several Returns or according to my knowledge and belief that they were
liable in said duties
William Johnstone Surveyor

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