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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 Five to seven Eight to ten Eleven or more Duty 10% per 31 George III 10% per 36 George III
Minto Parish No. 1st
The Right Honble. [Honourable] Lord Minto Jean Bell
John Howden
George Birks
James Folton

Archibald Sinclair
Valet
Butler
Groom
Footman
Job Coachman
Gardiner
6 6 £10.10.0 £1.1.0 £1.1.0
Roberton Parish 2nd
William Chisholm of Chisholm Esqr. George Fidd Footman 1 1 1 £2.10.0 £0.5.0 £0.5.0
Parishes Collected
Minto 6 6 £10.10.0 £1.1.0 £1.1.0
Roberton 1 1 1 £2.10.0 £0.5.0 £0.5.0
Total 7 1 1 6 £13.0.0 £1.6.0 £1.6.0

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A Supplementary Survey in the County of Roxburgh from 5th April 1797 to 5th of
April 1798 of the MALE SERVANTS TAX by George Rodger Surveyor

Proof
1 Batchelor Servant at £1.5.0 - £1.5.0
1 Servant at £1.5.0 - £1.5.0
6 Servants at £1.15.0 - £10.10.0
Total duty £13.0.0
Ten per Cent thereon £1.6.0
Ten per Cent thereon £1.6.0
Sum Total £15.12.0

I George Rodger Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon carefull Examination I find the
forgoing duties amount to the sum of Fifteen pounds [twelve] shillings Sterling and that of this date I
transmitted to Mr. John Rutherford Collector of these duties an Exact Duplicate of this Accompt
containing my Oath that the preceeding Inhabitants were Served with Requisitions that they
were charged according to their several Returns or the best Information.
26 February 1798 George Rodger Surveyor .

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