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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
Royal Burgh of Irvine
7 Oct 1797 Capn. [Captain] Davidson B. [Bachelor] William Johnstone H. [House] Servant 1 1 1 £2.10.0 £0.5.0 £0.5.0
Honble [Honourable] Patrick Boyle David Rowan
John Campbell
William Lauder
H. [House] Servant
Postilion
Footman
3 3 £4.10.0 £0.9.0 £0.9.0
9 Oct 1797 Capn [Captain] John Campbell B. [Bachelor] Robert Porter
William Cram
G. keeper & Postn. [Game Keeper & Postilion]
Gardener
2 2 2 £5.0.0 £0.10.0 £0.10.0
10 Oct 1797 William Bryan Vint. Vintner James Wardrobe Waiter 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6 £0.2.6
Total 7 3 4 3 £13.5.0 £1.6.6 £1.6.6

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Survey of the Rates and Duties on Male Servants within the Royal Burgh of Irvine From 5th April 1797
to 5th April 1798 By Robert Aiken

Proof
3 Batr. [Bachelor] Servts. [Servants] at £1.5.0 each is £3.15.0
4 Servts. [Servants] at £1.5.0 is £5.0.0
3 Servts. [Servants] at £1.10.0 is £4.10.0
£13.5.0
10 Pr Ct. [Per Cent] thereon for 31 George IIId £1.6.6
10 Pr Ct. [Per Cent] thereon for 36 George IIId £1.6.6
Total £15.18.0

I Robert Aiken Surveyor Do hereby Certify that upon Careful Examination of
the foregoing Rates and Duties I find they Amount to Fifteen pounds Eighteen Shillings
Sterling by the above proof And that Conform to his Receipt there was delivered to Mr
William Templeton Collector of said Duties an Exact Duplicate of this Account which
Contained My Oath that Requisitions were delivered or left And that the Rates and Duties
charged in said Account were Just and true to the best of my Skill knowledge and belief
And no person known to me Omitted Who ought to have been Charged
Robert Aiken

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