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Date	Masters & mistresses names & designations	Servants names	Quality of servants	Number of servants	One and two servants	Duty	10% per 31 George III
25 Jul 1793	John Lorimer vintr. [vintner]	Alexander Bruce	Waiter	1	1	£1.5.0	£0.2.6
	James Frazer vintr. [vintner]		Waiter	1	1	£1.5.0	£0.2.6
	Dr. [Doctor] Wightman		House servt. [servant]	1	1	£1.5.0	£0.2.6
	Capt. [Captain] William Clerk		House servt. [servant]	1	1	£1.5.0	£0.2.6
	Colonel Steele Bellhaven		House servt. [servant]	1	1	£1.5.0	£0.2.6
				5	5	£6.5.0	£0.12.6

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Survey of the MALE SERVANTS TAX. in the Royalty of Dunbar
from the 5th April 1793 to 5th April 1794 by William Johnstone Surveyor.

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5 Servants at £1.5.0 each is £6.5.0
and 10 p.[per] Cent. on £6.5.0 is £0.12.6
£6.17.6 Sterling

I William Johnstone Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify That upon carefull examination I find the foregoing Duties
amount to the Sum of Six Pounds seventeen Shill.[shillings] & six pence Sterling and that upon the 8th Octbr. [October] 1793 I delivered
to Patrick Halyburton Collector of said Duties an exact duplicate of this Accompt duely examined & compared which
contained my Oath That the preceeding Inhabitants were duely served with Requisitions and that they were
charged in conformity to their several returns Or according to my knowledge & belief that they liable in
said Duties.
William Johnstone Surveyor.

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