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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
1797 Burgh of Stranraer
17 Oct 1797 Major John Ross of Cairnbrook Batch [Bachelor] Hay Stewart House Servt. [Servant] & Game Keeper 1 1 1 £2.10.0 £0.5.0 £0.5.0

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Survey of the Male Servants Tax in the Burgh of Stranraer
from the 5th day of April 1797 to the 5th day of April 1798 by David Macmillan Surveyor


Proof

1 Male Servant at £1.5.0 above the duty is £1.5.0
1 Male Servant at £1.5.0 ____________ is £1.5.0
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£2.10.0

10% thereon is £0.5.0
Additional ditto is £0.5.0
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£3.0.0

I David Macmillan Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon careful examination of the foregoing several Rates
and Duties I find they amount in whole to the sum of Three pounds Sterling and that upon the
-- day of January one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight years I delivered to --
Collector of the said Duties for the Burgh aforesaid an exact Duplicate of the foregoing which contained
my Oath that Requisitions or Notices were delivered to or left for the several foregoing persons at
their dwelling places and the Charges made out from their returns on my best information.
David Macmillan Surveyor

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