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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
Creech Parish
18 Aug 1794 Col [Colonel[ McKay Hugh Baillie Rosehall Groom 1 1 1 £2.10.0 £0.5.0
Dornoch Parish
18 Aug 1794 G Dempster Esq. Skibo Gardener 1 1 £1.15.0 £0.3.6
Golspey Parish
16 Aug 1794 Earl Gower Dunrobin Gard [Gardener] & Game Keeper 2 2 £6.0.0 £0.12.0
G Sackville Suthd [Sutherland] Esq Uppat Groom 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
3 3 2 £7.5.0 £0.14.6
Loth Parish
14 Aug 1794 Mr Gilchrist Loth Beg Groom 1 1 1 £2.10.0 £0.5.0
Capt [Captain] Gordon of Carrol 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
2 1 2 £3.15.0 £0.7.6
Strathnever Farr Parish
30 Aug 1794 Lord Reay Skerra Body Servant 1 1 1 £2.10.0 £0.5.0
Reay Parish
30 Aug 1794 George McKay Esq Bighouse Gamekeeper & Groom 2 2 £2.10.0 £0.5.0
Parishes Collected
Creech Parish 1 1 1 £2.10.0 £0.5.0
Dornoch Parish 1 1 £1.15.0 £0.3.6
Golspey Parish 3 1 2 £7.5.0 £0.14.6
Loth Parish 2 1 2 £3.15.0 £0.7.6
Farr Parish 1 1 1 £2.10.0 £0.5.0
Reay Parish 2 2 £2.10.0 £0.5.0
10 3 7 1 2 £20.5.0 £2.0.6
10 per cent £2.0.6
£22.5.6 Total

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A Survey of the MALE SERVANTS TAX. for the Shire of Sutherland
from 5 April 1793 to 5 April 1794 By David Brodie Surveyor

Proof
3 Bachelor Servants at £2.10.0 Each is £7.10.0
4 Servants at £1.5.0 £5.0.0
1 Servant at £1.15.0 £1.15.0
2 Servants at £3.0.0 £6.0.0
£20.5.0
10 per cent £2.0.6
£22.5.6 Total

I David Brodie Surveyor do hereby certify That upon careful Examination of the foregoing
Rates & Duties I find they amount in Whole to Twenty two pounds five shillings and sixpence
& that upon 7th November last I delivered to Mr Dugald Gilchrist Collector of Said duties an
exact Duplicate of the above amount duly examined & compared with the foregoing which
contained my Oath that requisitions were left with the several Masters & Mistresses or at
their Dwelling houses of the Dates annexed to their Respective names, that they were to be charged
with the sums hereby certified to be due from them David Brodie Surveyor [page] 214

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