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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
23 Oct 1797 Major Douglas House servant 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6 £0.2.6

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Survey of the MALE SERVANTS TAX. in the Burgh of Annan, from
5th. April 1797 to 5th. April 1798 by William Laidlaw Surveyor.

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1 Servant at £1.5.0
10 p [per] Cent £0.2.6
addl 10 per Cent £0.2.6
Total £1.10.0

I William Laidlaw Surveyor aforesaid, hereby Certify That upon Careful
Examination I find the foregoing Duty amounts to the Sum of One pound
ten shillings Sterling, and that I delivered an Exact Duplicate hereof, to the
Collector of said Duty, which Contained an Oath that the person above named
was duly served with a Requisition, and is Charged agreeably to his Return,
or according to my knowledge and belief that he was liable in said
Duties
William Laidlaw

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