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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 10% per 31 George III
09 Jul 1791 Lanerk Town
Miss Porterfield at Smiellom Entered & to be paid for at Edinr[Edinburgh] John Renwick
Andrew Williamson
Postilion
Footman
2
John Haddow Vintr [Vintner] Thomas Pait Waiter 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
Total 3 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
£1.5.0
£0.2.6
Grand Total £1.7.6
Proof One Male Servant at £1.5.0 is £1.5.0
Ten per cent on the above Duties is £0.2.6
Grand Total £1.7.6

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A Survey of the Duties on Male Servants kept in the Royal Burgh of Lanerk for the Year from the 5th of April 1790 to the
5th of April 1791 by William Mure Surveyor Surveyed July 9th 1791


I William Mure Surveyor aforesaid, do hereby certify, that upon Carefull Examination of the foregoing Several Rates
& Duties, I find they amount, in whole, to One pound Seven Shillings & Sixpence Sterling, & that upon the 5th day
of December I Delivered, to Mr James Waygateshaw Collector of the said Duties, for the Burgh Aforesaid an Exact
Duplicate of the above Account duly Examined & Compared with the foregoing which Contained my Oath that
Requisitions were left with the Several Inhabitants, or at their Dwelling houses, of the Dates Annexed to their
Respective names & that they are to be Charged with the sums hereby Certified to be Due from them
William Mure Surveyor


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