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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
The Parishes Collected
Foulden 3 3 £4.10.0 £0.9.0
Mordington 6 4 2 4 £13.10.0 £1.7.0
Ayton 7 2 5 £11.5.0 £1.2.6
Eymouth 3 2 3 £6.5.0 £0.12.6
Coldinghame 2 2 £2.10.0 £0.5.0
Chirnside 5 5 2 3 £13.5.0 £1.6.6
Buncle 3 3 £4.10.0 £0.9.0
Hutton 6 6 £7.10.0 £0.15.0
Edrom 13 3 13 £23.5.0 £2.6.6
Swinton 1 1 1 £2.10.0 £0.5.0
Ladykirk 4 1 3 £5.15.0 £0.11.6
Foggo 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
Langton 3 3 £4.10.0 £0.9.0
Polwarth 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
Coldstream 13 2 6 7 £20.10.0 £2.1.0
Eccles 15 1 3 12 £23.0.0 £2.6.0
Greenlaw 6 2 4 £8.10.0 £0.17.0
Westuther 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
Lauder 2 2 £2.10.0 £0.5.0
Earlston 14 1 3 3 8 £25.10.0 £2.11.0
Martin 11 6 4 7 £23.0.0 £2.6.0
Nenthorn 4 4 £6.0.0 £0.12.0
Dunse 21 6 6 9 £36.0.0 £3.12.0
145 25 48 69 11 17 £248.0.0 £24.16.0

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P. [Page] 5th Survey of the MALE SERVANT TAX in Berwickshire continued

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25 Bachelors Servants at £1.5.0 is £31.5.0
48 Servants at £1.5.0 is £60.0.0
69 Servants at £1.10.0 is £103.10.0
11 Servants at £1.15.0 is £19.5.0
17 Servants at £2.0.0 is £34.0.0
145 £248.0.0
And 10 p[per] cent on £248.0.0 is £24.16.0
Total Amount of these duties is £272.16.0 Sterling

I William Johnstone Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon carefull examination of the foregoing rates & duties I
find that they amount to the sum of Two hundred & Seventy two Pounds sixteen shillings Sterling and that upon the
13th. Oct. [October] 1794 I delivered to David Renton Collector of said duties an exact duplicate of this Accompt duely examined
and Compared which contained my Oath That the preceeding Inhabitants were duely served with requisitions And that they
were charged according to their several returns or my knowledge & belief that they were liable in said duties.
William Johnstone Surveyor.
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