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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
12 Aug 1794 Burgh of Tain
Alexander Baillie Little Tarrel John Mackay house ser. [servant] 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
£1.7.6

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A Survey of the Rates and Duties, on Male Servants, in the Burgh of Tain from 5th April 1794 to 5th April
1795 By David Ross Assistant Surveyor.

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1 Servant @ 25/- [£1.5.0] is £1.5.0
10 per cent on £1.5.0 is £0.2.6
£1.7.6 Totall

I David Ross Surveyor aforsaid Do hereby certify That upon Carefull examination of the foregoing Rates and dutys
I find they amount to one pound Seven Shillings and Sixpence Sterling and that upon the Eight day of September
last ~ I delivered to George Murray Treasurer of the Burgh of Tain Collector of the said Duteys for the Burgh aforsaid
an exact Duplicate of the above acc. [account] duely examined and Compared with the foregoing, which Contained my oath, That the
above Servant was all that was returned to me or was kept within the said Burgh to my knowledge and best Information
and that Mr Baillie was to be Charged with that amt [amount] hereby Certifyed to be due by him. David Ross
16th October 1794

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