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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
22 Jul 1797 Capt [Captain] James Dalrymple 6 6 £10.10.0 £1.1.0 £1.1.0
Charles Dalrymple Esqr 4 4 £6.0.0 £0.12.0 £0.12.0
10 4 6 £16.10.0 £1.13.0 £1.13.0

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Survey of the MALE SERVANTS TAX. in the Royalty of North Berwick
from the 5 Aprile 1797 to the 5 Aprile 1798

4 Servants @ £1.10.0 .. £6.0.0
6 Servants @ £1.15.0 .. £10.10.0
£16.10.0
10 Per Cent on £16.10.0 £1.13.0
addl [additional] 10 pr [per] Cent £1.13.0
£19.16.0


I John Menzies Surveyor do hereby Certify that upon Carefull examination of the foregoing Rates
and Duties I find that they amount to the sum of Nineteen Pounds Sixteen Shillings Sterling and that
upon the nineth day of October I delivered to James Buchan Collector of these Duties an exact
duplicate of this acct [account] duly examined and Compared which Contained my oath that Requisitions were sent to the foregoing Inhabitants
of the preceeding Rates and that they were charged the Sums annexed to each of their names according to the
Answers they made said Requisitions or according to my knowledge and belief that they were liable in
these duties.
John Menzies Surveyor

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