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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 Tain
16 July Alexander Baillie of Tarrel John McKay Driver 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
Capt. [Captain] David Ross Banker John Kerr house servt. [servant] 1 1 1 £2.10.0 £0.5.0
2 1 2 £3.15.0 £0.7.6

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A Survey of the Rates and Duties on Male Servants. Arrisen in the Burgh of Tain from 5 April
1793 to 5 April 1794 By David Ross Assistant Surveyor

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2 Servants
1 Batchelor's @ £1.5.0......£1.5.0
2 Servants. @ £1.5.0........£2.10.0........£3.15.0
10 pr [per] Cent and.............................£0.7.6
........................................................£4.2.6. Totall

I David Ross Surveyor aforsaid do hereby Certify That upon Carefull examination of the foregoing
Rates and Duties, I find they amount in whole to Four pound Two shillings and Six pence Sterling and
that upon the Thirty first day of august last I delivered to George Murray Treasurer of the Burgh of Tain
and Collector of the Said Dutys an exact Duplicate of the above account duely examined and Compared
with the foregoing which Contained my oath that the acct. [account] Contained the Number of male Servants returned
to me or were kept by the said masters, according to the best of my knowledge or Information.
David Ross
Tain 9th october 1793

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