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Date	Masters & mistresses names & designations	Servants names	Quality of servants	Number of servants	One and two servants	Three and four servants	Duty	10% per 31 George III
26 Jul 1793	Dr [Doctor] Gilchrist for Mr Biggar	John Taylor	House Serv [Servant]	1	1		£1.5.0	£0.2.6
	Doctor Gilchrist for himself	James Crosbie	House Serv [Servant]	1	1		£1.5.0	£0.2.6
	Mrs Walter Riddell	Thomas Brown	House Serv [Servant]	1	1		£1.5.0	£0.2.6
	Capt [Captain] Hamilton	James Beck James Paterson	House Serv [Servant] Postilion	2	2		£2.10.0	£0.5.0
Jun 1793	James Gordon	Archibald Gordon	House Serv [Servant]	1	1		£1.5.0	£0.2.6
	George Johnston Coffee house		Waiter	1	1		£1.5.0	£0.2.6
	Henry Clint Vintner	William Graham	Waiter Waiter	2	2		£2.10.0	£0.5.0
28 Jun 1793	Lady Carnwath	James Bell	Footman	1	1		£1.5.0	£0.2.6
	Mrs Maxwell of Kirkconel	John McWhae	Footman	1	1		£1.5.0	£0.2.6
	Mrs McVitie Vintner	Luke Newlands Primus Stevenson	Waiter Waiter	2	2		£2.10.0	£0.5.0
	Mrs Lowthian	Robert Crichton Alexander Finlayson William Underwood	Postilion Gardner Gamekeeper	3		3	£4.10.0	£0.9.0
29 Jun 1793	David Staig Esqr	Robert Smith	House Serv [Servant]	1	1		£1.5.0	£0.2.6
	Mrs Lawson Mercht[Merchant]	Thomas Grieve	Gamekeeper	1	1		£1.5.0	£0.2.6
	John Syme Esqr	George McGeorge	Gamekeeper	1	1		£1.5.0	£0.2.6
	Capt [Captain] Riddell Carzield		House Serv [Servant]	1	1		£1.5.0	£0.2.6
				20	17	3	£25.15.0	£2.11.6
	Mrs Maxwell of Kirkconnel Charged in Kirkcudbt. [Kirkcudbright] Shire			1	1		£1.5.0	£0.2.6
				19	16	3	£24.10.0	£2.9.0

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Survey of the MALE SERVANTS TAX in the Burgh of Dumfries
from 5 April 1793 to 5 April 1794 by William Laidlaw Surveyor

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19 Servants at £1.5.0 £21.5.0
3 Servants at £1.10.0 £4.10.0
£25.15.0
10 p cent[per cent] £2.11.6
Total £28.6.6

I William Laidlaw Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon Careful Examination
I find the foregoing Duties Amount to Twenty eight pounds six shillings &
sixpence St [Sterling] And that upon the twelfth Day of Dec 1793 I delivered to Mr Francis
Maxwell Collector of the said Duties an exact Duplicate here of which contained
my oath That the before named persons were regularly served with notices of
the above duties being due by them
William Laidlaw

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