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Survey of the Rates and Duties upon Male Servants within the Royal Burgh of Irvine from
5th April 1793 to 5th April 1794 By Robert Aiken

Prooff
2 Bachrs [Bachelors] male Servts [Servants] £1.5.0 each £2.10.0
5 Servts [Servants] at £1.5.0 each £6.5.0
£8.15.0
10 Per Cent thereon £0.17.6
Total by prooff £9.12.6

I Robert Aiken Surveyor aforesaid Do hereby Certify
that upon careful Examination of the foregoing rates
and Duties I find they amount to Eight pounds fifteen
shillings str. [sterling] which with the ten Per Cent thereon being
Seventeen Shillings and Six pence str. [sterling] makes their amount
in whole to nine pounds twelve Shillings and Six pence
Sterl. [Sterling] and that upon the Sixteenth Day of
November Currt. [Current] I caused deliver to Mr William Templeton
Collector of said Duties for said Burgh at his office an
Exact Duplicate of and duly examined & compared with
the foregoing account which contained my oath that
Notifications were delivered or left of the Dates foresaid
That the Rates and duties therein charged were just &
true to the best of my skill & knowledge & to the best
of my belief no person liable to be charged was omitted

Robert Aiken

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