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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 Fettercairn Parish
29 Jul 1793 Alexander Burnett of Strachan Esqr at Fasque John Porter
James Smith
Charles Duncan
House Servant
Chaise driver
Gardener
3 3 £4.10.0 £0.9.0
Sir John Belsches of Fettercairn James Cuthbert Gardener 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
Totall 4 1 3 £5.15.0 £0.11.6
Laurencekirk Parish
10 Jul 1793 William Cream Laurencekirk Alexander Philip Waiter 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
Marrykirk Parish
The Right Honble [Honourable] The Earl of Kintore John Balflower Gardener accumulating him with other Six at Kintore falls to be Charged the tax of 5 at 7 1 1 £1.15.0 £1.1.6
10 Jul 1793 John Mclaren of Balmanno Esqr David Fetts Postillion 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
9 Jul 1793 William Richardson Esqr at Kirktownhill Robert Lindsay 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
Totall 3 2 1 £4.5.0 £0.8.6
Parishes Collected
No 1 Ecclescreeg 2 1 2 £3.15.0 £0.7.6
2 Benholm 6 2 3 3 £10.15.0 £1.1.6
3 Arbuthnott 6 1 5 £10.0.0 £1.0.0
4 Dunnottar 4 4 £5.0.0 £0.10.0
5 Fetteresso 7 3 4 £9.15.0 £0.19.6
6 Banchory 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
7 Marry Coulter 7 1 6 £10.5.0 £1.0.6
8 Upper Banchory 6 3 3 £8.5.0 £0.16.6
9 Strachan 2 2 £2.10.0 £0.5.0
10 Glenbervie 3 3 £4.10.0 £0.9.0
1 [11] Fettercairn 4 1 3 £5.15.0 £0.11.6
2 [12] Laurencekirk 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
3 [13] Marrykirk 3 2 1 £4.5.0 £0.8.6
Totall 52 3 24 22 6 £77.5.0 £7.14.6

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24 Single Male Servants of 1 & 2 at £1.5.0 each is £30.0.0 £3.0.0
22 Single Male Servants of 3 & 4 at £1.10.0 each is £33.0.0 £3.6.0
6 Single Male Servants of 5 & 7 at £1.15.0 each is £10.10.0 £1.1.0
3 Single Male Servants of unmarried persons Additionall duty at £1.5.0 each is £3.15.0 £0.7.6
52 Single Servants of the Addtiional duty on 3 Servants of unmarried persons £77.5.0 £7.14.6

I William Greig Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify That upon carefull examination of the foregoing rates and
duties they amount to Seventy seven pounds five shillings with Seven pounds fourteen shillings and six pence
being ten p [per] cent thereon of additional duty And that upon the ... day of .... 1794 I delivered to
Alexander Garden Esqr principal Collector of the said duties for the Shire aforesaid an exact duplicate of the
above Account as will appear from ......
duly examined and compared with the foregoing which contained my Oath that notices were left with
the several persons before named or at their dwelling houses of the dates annexed to their respective names
requiring them within fourteen days to give in a List of the Male Servants retained or employed
from the fifth of April 1792 to fifth April 1793 And that the said Account or Survey was made out from
Lists returned to me and from the best information I could procure of the servants of those whose Lists
were deficient and of those who neglected or refused to give in a List of their Servants in terms of the N [otices]
left with them as aforesaid William Greig Surveyor

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