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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
1791 Town of Banff
9 Jun 1791 James Urquhart Esq John Grant Footman 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
10 Jun 1791 Capt [Captain] Bartlet 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
11 Jun 1791 James Ross Vintner Peter Gordon Waiter 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
12 June Mrs Admiral Gordon John Dun Driver 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
William Leslie Esq Butler & driver 2 2 2 £5.0.0 £0.10.0
James Duff Esq Butler & driver 2 2 £2.10.0 £0.5.0
Capt. [Captain] Adam Urquhart John Sim footman 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
Capt. [Captain] Hay Duncan Morison Driver 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
Sir George Abercrombie Butler & footman 2 2 £2.10.0 £0.5.0
George Robinson Esq Butler & driver 2 2 £2.10.0 £0.5.0
Lady Findlater Butler & driver 4 4 £6.0.0 £0.12.0
18 2 14 4 £26.0.0 £2.12.0

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Survey of MALE SERVANTS TAX. Arrising in the Town of Banff
from the 5th April 1791 to the 5th April 1792 By Patrick M'donald Suryr [Surveyor]

Prooff 14 Servants @ 25/- [£1.5.0] each for a year is ..................... £17.10.0
4 Servants @ 30/- [£1.10.0] each for a year is......................... £6.00
2 Batchr [Bachelor] Servts [servants] @ 25/- [25 shillings] above duty is £2.10.0......duty on Sert. [Servants] £26.0.0
....................................................................................................... .£26.00.....Ten PCent [per cent].......£2.12.0
Ten Percent on £26.0.0 for a year is .................................................... £2.12.0.......Total ..........................£28.12.0
....................................................................................Total Amount £28.12.0


I Patrick Mcdonald Sury [Surveyor] do hereby certify that Upon careful examination of the foregoing rates and duties
I find they Amount in whole to twenty Eight pound twelve Shillings Ster [sterling] And that Upon the 12th Novemr. [November]
I transmitted James Anderson Collector of said duties for the Town of Banff an exact duplicate of the Above
Acct. [Account] duly examined and compared which contained my Oath that the Several Inhabitants were duly
Served with Requisitions And the Assessment made up from the lists and answers in my
Possession....Patrick M'donald Survr [Surveyor]

Sworn before me at Forres
18 Nov [November] 1791 Thomas Young Bailie

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