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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
17 Nov 1792 David Smyth Esqr David Simmie
Donald Anderson
Duncan Maxton
Gardner
footman
Groom
3 3 £4.10.0 £0.9.0
John Richardson Esqr David Harden
John Forbes
House Servt [Servt]
Gardner
2 2 £2.10.0 £0.5.0
James Richardson Duncan McNaughtain footman 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
Docter James Wood David Gordon riding Servt [Servant] 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
18 Nov 1792 James Murray Esqr Batchelor Daniel Deuer riding Servt [Servant] 1 1 1 £2.10.0 £0.5.0
Mungo Murray Batchelor John Campbell Groom 1 1 1 £2.10.0 £0.5.0
John Campbell Senr [Senior] Auchalr [Auchalander] Archibald McIntyre Groom 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
John Campbell Junr [Junior] Auchalr [Auchalander] Robert Sherven Groom 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
John Campbell Vintr [Vintner] Patrick Rollo Waiter 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
Mrs Cathrine Marshall Vintr [Vintner] Robert Robertson Waiter 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
Mrs Ann Bust Vintr [Vintner] Alexander McGlashan Waiter 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
19 Nov 1792 James Christie Vintr [Vintner] Robert Robertson Waiter 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
15 2 12 3 £22.0.0 £2.4.0
£22.0.0
Proof
2 at £1.5.0 £2.10.0
12 at £1.5.0 £15.0.0
3 at £1.10.0 £4.10.0
£22.0.0 at 10 PCt [per cent] £2.4.0
£24.4.0 £24.4.0

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A Survey of the Rates and Duties on Male Servants arisen in the Town of Perth
from 5th April 1792 to 5th of April 1793 by Laurence Buchan Surveyor

Perth 19 November 1792 I Laurence Buchan Surveyor aforesaid do hereby certify
that upon careful Examination of the foregoing Several Rates and Duties I find they amount in
Whole to Twenty four pounds Four Shillings Str [Sterling] and this date I delivered to Mr Patrick
Miller Collector of the said Duties for the Town aforesaid an Exact Duplicate of the Above Account
duly examined and compared with the foregoing Requisitions were left with the several Masters
and Mistresses or at their Dwelling houses to which most made their returns and are
charged agreeable Thereto
Laurence Buchan Surveyor

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