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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
1793 County of Elgin
Collonel Grant Moy 4 4 £6.0.0 £0.12.0
James Brodie of Brodie 2 2 £2.10.0 £0.5.0
Robert Urquhart Sanchar 1 1 1 £2.10.0 £0.5.0
Major Duff Blervie 2 2 £2.10.0 £0.5.0
Honble [Honourable] Arthur Duff Ortown 2 2 2 £5.0.0 £0.10.0
P. Rose watson Coltfield 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
William Brodie Esq 1 1 1 £2.10.0 £0.5.0
Sir Archibald Dunbar 1 1 1 £2.10.0 £.5.0
John Brander of Petgaveny 2 2 £2.10.0 £0.5.0
Honbl [Honourable] George Duff 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
Alexander Innes of Garmouth 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
Sir William Gordon 2 2 2 £5.0.0 £0.10.0
Lady Gordon 2 2 £2.10.0 £0.5.0
Robert Grant of Elchies 2 2 2 £5.0.0 £0.10.0
24 9 20 4 £42.5.0 £4.4.6

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A Survey of MALE SERVANTS TAX. Elgin Shire for one year
To 5th. April 1794 By Patrick McDonald Surveyor


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9 Batchelors Servants @£1.5.0 each above duty £11.5.0.......Duty on Servants £42.5.0
20 Servants.............. @£1.5.0 each ................. £25.0.0.......Ten per Cent........ £4.4.6
...................................................................... £36.5.0 .............................. £46.9.6
4 Servants................@£1.10.0 each................... £6.0.0
...................................................................... £42.5.0
Ten Per cent on £42 5.0...................................... £4.4.6
...........................................Amount................ £46.9.6


I Patrick McDonald Survy [Surveyor] do hereby certify that Upon careful examination of the forgoing rates and duties I find
they Amount in whole to forty Six pound Nine Shilling and Sixpence and that I deliverd to Patrick Duff
Collector of Said duties for the County of Elgin an exact duplicate of the Above Acctt [Account] duly examined and
Compaird with the forgoing which containd my Oath that Requisitions were left with the Several Inhabitants
or at their dwelling houses And that the Assessment is made up from the lists and Answers in my possession
Sworn before me at Nairn novr [November] 18th 1793 John Fraser JP [Justice of the Peace] [Signed] Patrick McDonald Survy [Surveyor]

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