E326/5/27/111

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A Survey of the MALE SERVANTS TAX in the Shire of Peebles from the 5
of July 1797 to the 5 of April 1798 By William Brunton Surveyor

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12 Male Servants @ £0.7.6 Each is ...... £4.10.0
13 Male Servants @ £0.11.3 Each is .... £7.6.3
11 Male Servants @ £0.15.0 Each is .... £8.5.0
........................................................... £20.1.3
£20.1.3 @ 20per Cent is .................. ...£4.0.3
Sum Total ....................................... ....£24.1.6

I William Brunton Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon careful examination I find the above dutys amounts to
the Sum of Twenty four pound One Shilling and Six pence and that upon the -- day of --
I delivered to Gordon Neidham Collector of Said duties for the Shire aforesaid an exact duplicate of the above which containd
my Oath duly compared that the forgoing persons were duly served with Requisitions of the dates forgoing desiring them
within fourteen days to deliver or cause to be delivered to me upon calling for that purpose an Attested list of All the Male Servants
used and employed by them from the 5 of July 1797 to the 5 of April 1798 as well as an account of what Servants they
might use and employ anywhere Else And that the forgoing Report was made up from their Several Attested lists or
returns to me from the best of my Knowledge of their respective total Establishments
William Brunton

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