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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
27 Jul 1793 Mrs Johnston of Huttonha [Huttonhall] House Servt. [Servant] 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
James Seton Esq. House servt. [servant] 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
Sir James Baird 2 2 £2.10.0 £0.5.0
Mrs. Fairbairn vint. [vintner] a Waiter 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
Dr. [Doctor] Richard Sommers Chaise driver 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
John Clerk vint. [vintner] a Waiter 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
7 7 £8.15.0 £0.17.6

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

Proof
7 Servants at £1.5.0 each is £8.15.0
And 10 pcent [per cent] on £8.15.0 is £0.17.6
Amount of these Duties is £9.12.6 Sterling

I William Johnstone Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify That upon carefull examination I find the foregoing
Duties I find they amount to the sum of Nine Pounds twelve shillings & sixpence Sterling And that upon the 9th Octr [October] 1793
I delivered to John Carfrae the Collector of said Duties an exact duplicate of this Accompt duely examined
& compered which contained my Oath That the foregoing 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 were
liable in said Duties.
William Johnstone Surveyor

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