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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
1796 Colonel Cumming 3 3 £4.10.0 £0.9.0 £0.9.0
Colonel Blane Springfield 1 1 1 £2.10.0 £0.5.0 £0.5.0
4 1 1 3 £7.0.0 £0.14.0 £0.14.0

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A Survey of the MALE SERVANTS TAX. in the Burgh of Forres for
one year to 5 April 1797 by Robert Flyter assistant Surveyor

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3 Servants @ £1.10.0 each £4.10.0
1 Batchelors Serv [Servant] @ £2.10.0
£7.0.0
Twenty per Cent thereon £1.8.0
Sum Total £8.8.0

I Robert Flyter assistant Surveyor aforesaid Do hereby Certify that upon Carefull
Examination of the foregoing Rates and Duties I Find they amount in whole to the sum
of Eight Pounds Eight Shillings Sterling, that the preceeding Inhabitants were duly
served with Notices and that they are Charged according to their Returns to me and
Also that I have transmitted to M Thomas Eddie Collector of said Duties an
Exact Duplicate of the foregoing Report Robert Flyter ass. [assistant] Surveyor

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