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Date Masters and mistresses names and designations Servants names Quality of servants Number of servants Bachelor servants One and two servants Three and four servants Five to seven servants Eight to ten servants Eleven or more servants Duty 20% per 37 George III
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Abbey 21 4 10 7 £12.7.6 £2.9.6
Paisley 5 2 3 £2.8.9 £0.6.9
Mearns 3 3 £1.13.9 £0.6.9
Houstown 2 2 £0.15.0 £0.3.0
Lochwinnoch 10 10 £7.10.0 £1.10.0
Kilbarchan 12 2 4 6 £7.10.0 £1.10.0
Erskine 4 4 £1.10.0 £0.6.0
Greenock 5 2 3 £2.8.9 £0.9.9
Port Glasgow 2 2 £0.15.0 £0.3.0
Inchinan 9 2 7 £4.13.9 £0.18.9
Inverkip 12 2 3 7 £7.13.9 £1.10.9
Renfrew 23 7 16 £15.18.9 £3.3.9
108 22 40 46 £65.5.0 £13.1.0
20 P [Per] Cent thereon £13.1.0
£78.6.0

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22 Servants at £0.10.0 ¾ duty £8.5.0
40 servants at £0.15.0 ¾ duty £22.10.0
46 servants at £1.0.0 ¾ duty £34.10.0
108 £65.5.0
20percent thereon £13.1.0
£78.6.0

I David Hutcheson Surveyor aforesaid do Certify That upon examination I find the
above duties amount to Seventy eight pounds six shillings sterling and that this
day I delivered to John Wyllie Collector of these duties a duplicate of the foregoing
account duly compared which contained my oath that the Inhabitants before
named are charged the sums to their names severally sett conform to their
returns to my requisitions or to the best of my information and belief that
they are liable therein by law
David Hutcheson
Glasgow 28 Feb 1798

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