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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
May 1794	John Bruce Stewart Esq of Simbister	Bruce Robertson Alexander Ramsay	Body Servt [Servant] Gardener	2	2	£2.10.0	£0.5.0
3 Oct 1794	Gideon Gifford Esq of Busta	William Ormond Gilbert Andeerson	Gardener Body Servant	2	2	£2.10.0	£0.5.0
						£5.0.0	£0.10.0
							£5.0.0
							£5.10.0

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Survey of the Rates and Duties arising in the Lordship of Shetland on Male Servants from
5 April 1794 to 5th April 1795
By Francis Heddell Surveyor

I Francis Heddell Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon Carefull Exami
nation I find the foregoing duties upon Male Servants amount to the sum of Five pounds
ten shillings Sterling and upon this 4th day of November 1794 I delivered to Mr Henry Ross
Collector of the said Tax for the Lordship of Shetland at his office in Lerwick an exact Dupli
cate of this Account duly examined and Compared which Contained my Oath that the
foregoing Inhabitants were duly served with requisitions and that they were
charged in Conformity to their several returns or according to my knowledge
and belief that they were liable in said duties
Francis Heddell Survy [Surveyor]

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