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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
Proof
117 at 25 s. [£1.5.0] £146.5.0
62 at 30 s. [£1.10.0] £93.0.0
30 at 35 s. [£1.15.0] £52.10.0
16 at 40 s. [£2.0.0] £32.0.0
£323.15.0
10 per cent £32.7.6
£356.2.6

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Aberdeen 25th January 1794 I Charles Farquharson Surveyor aforesaid, do hereby Certify, that upon
carefull examination of the foregoing rates and duties I find they amount to Three hundred
and twenty three pounds fifteen Shillings Sterl. [sterling]. Likewise with the addition all dutie thereon
of ten P Cent [per cent], Thirty two pounds Seven Shillings & Six pence Sterl. [Sterling] And that upon the Twenty fifth
day of January 1794 I delivered to Mr. John Durno Collector of the Said duties for the Shire
aforesaid, an exact duplicate of the above Account as will appear from his receipt hereunto affixed,
duly examined And Compared with the foregoing, which contained my Oath that requisitions
were left with the Severall persons before Named or at their dwelling houses of the dates [annexed]
to their respective Names requireing them within forteen days to give in a list of their Male
Servants, retained or employed by them from the fifth day of April 1792 to the fifth day of
April 1793 And that the Said Account or Survey is made out from the lists returned to me,
and from the best information I could procure of the Male Servants of those whoes lists
are deficient and others who neglected or refused to give in a list there of in terms of
the Notices left with them as aforesaid. Charles Farquharson
Sworn at Aberdeen 25th Jany [January] 1794
before George Auldjo J. P. [Justice of the Peace]

I John Durno Collector of the Land Tax for the County of Aberdeen, Do hereby
acknowledge to have this day received from Mr Charles Farquharson, Surveyor of the [Duties]
on Houses and Windows for the County of Aberdeen, an exact Duplicate of the foregoing
Survey of the Rates and Duties on Male Servants, amounting to Three hundred [and]
fifty Six pounds two Shillings & Six pence Sterling.
John Durno
Aberdeen 28 January
1794


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