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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	Duty	10% per 31 George III
1794	Royal Burgh of Ayr
23 Sep 1794	John Hamilton Esq Sundrum	James Ballantine Charles Shaw William Forrester Hugh McCreath	Footman H. Servt. [House Servant] Gardner Postn. [Postilion]	4			4		£6.0.0	£0.12.0
	Mrs. Logan	David McCreath	H. Servt [House Servant]	1		1			£1.5.0	£0.2.6
	Dr. [Doctor ] Bowie	John Burgess	H Servt. [House Servant]	1		1			£1.5.0	£0.2.6
	Capt. [Captain] Webster	William Morrison	H Servt. [House Servant]	1		1			£1.5.0	£0.2.6
	Charles Buchan Esq	J. Rowan	H Servt. [House Servant]	1		1			£1.5.0	£0.2.6
	William Campbell Esq	Robert Paton	H Servt. [House Servant]	1		1			£1.5.0	£0.2.6
	Baillie George Charles	Matthew Paton	H Servt. [House Servant]	1		1			£1.5.0	£0.2.6
	Mrs Campbell Skerington	John Elder	H Servt. [House Servant]	1		1			£1.5.0	£0.2.6
	Mr William Dunn Vintner	Thomas Drynan	Waiter	1		1			£1.5.0	£0.2.6
	Mr. Andrew Cathcart	Charles	Waiter	1		1			£1.5.0	£0.2.6
	Collector Stevenstone	Robert Dick	H Servt. [House Servant]	1		1			£1.5.0	£0.2.6
28 Oct 1794	Hugh Hamilton Esq Bellisle	Thomas McCartney David Muir	Postln [Postilion] H.S & Gamek. [House Servant & Gamekeeper]	2	2	2			£5.0.0	£0.10.0
	Capt. [Captain] Gardner Mt [Mount] Charles	James McMillan	H. Servt.	1		1			£1.5.0	£0.2.6
	Col. [Colonel] McKenzie Greenfield	Peter McMillan	H Servt. [House Servant]	1		1			£1.5.0	£0.2.6
	Mrs Fergusson Doonholm	William Hunter	Post. [Postilion] H Servt [House Servant]	2		2			£2.10.0	£0.5.0
	The Countess of Craufurd	Mr Morrieson Alexander Craufurd James Ballantine William McKergo John Hendry Hugh Anderson	Butler Gardner Footman Coachman Postiln [Postilion] Gamek. [Gamekeeper]	6				6	£10.10.0	£1.1.0
				26	2	16	4	6	£39.0.0	£3.18.0

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Survey of the Rates and Duties upon Male Servants within the Royal Burgh of Ayr from 5th April 1794 to 5th April
1795 By Robert Aiken Surveyor

Proof
2 Batchelor Servants at £1.5.0 each £2.10.0
16 servants at £1.5.0 each £20.0.0
4 Servants at £1.10.0 each £1.10.0
6 Servants at £1.15.0 each £10.10.0
...........................................£39.0.0
10 per cent thereon...........£3.18.0
Total By Proof....................£42.18.0

I Robert Aiken Surveyor Aforesaid Do hereby Certify that upon Carefull Examination of the foregoing
Rates and Duties I find they amount to Thirty nine pounds Sterling which with the ten per cent
duty thereon being Three pounds Eighteen shillings Sterling makes them amount in whole to
Forty two pounds Eighteen Shillings Sterg [Sterling] And that upon the Twenty third day of November
last I delivered to Mr Thomas McClelland Collector of said Duties for said Burgh at his Office
an exact Duplicate of and duly examined and Compared with the foregoing Account
which Contained my Oath That Notifications were delivered or left of the dates foresaid and
that the Rates & Duties Charged in said Account are just and true to the best of my
skill and knowledge And to the best of my belief no person liable to be charged was
omitted.
Robert Aiken

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