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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 servants	Five to seven servants	Eleven or more servants	Duty
10 Jul 1785	Galashiels Parish
	James Christy in Galahouse	Adam Haldon James Hall Alexander Drummond	Valet & Butler Driver Footman	3			3			£3.7.6
	Capt. [Captain] Heugh Scott of Gala	Gilbert Thomson	Gardiner	1	1	1				£1.17.6
				4	1	1	3			£5.5.0
11 Jul 1785	Part of Stow Parish
	James Pringle Torwoodlee	Peter Low Ritchard Airton Archibald Coser William Walker	Gardiner House Sert. [Servant] Groom --	4			4			£4.10.0
5 Aug. 1785	Part of Roberton Parish
	John Elliot of Bortwickbea	John Williams	House Sert. [Servant]	1		1				£0.18.9
	Country part of Selkirk
	Andrew Plumer of Middlestead	Walter Rutherford Robert Wilson	Gardiner Groom & House Sert. [Servant]	2		2				£1.17.6
	John Pringle of Hainen	Thomas Vickerman William Easton	Groom Gardiner	2	2			2		£4.10.0
	The Duke of Bacleugh	Thomas Hotson Thomas Graham	Gamekeeper Gamekeeper	2		2			2	£4.10.0
				6	2	2		2	2	£10.17.6
	Parishes Collected
	Galshiels Parish			4	1	1	3			£5.5.0
	Part of Stow Parish			4			4			£4.10.0
	Part of Roberton Parish			1		1				£0.18.9
	Country part of Selkirk Parish			6	2	2		2	2	£10.17.6
				15	3	4	7	2	2	£21.11.3

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A Survey of the MALE SERVANTS TAX in the Shire of
Selkirke from the 5 of July 1785 to the 5 of April 1786
by William Brunton Syr [surveyor]

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3 Batch. St [Batchelor Servants] at £0.18.9 each £2.16.3
4 Servt. [Servants] at £0.18.9.each £3.15.0
7 Servt. [Servants] at £1.2.6 each £7.17.6
2 Servt. [Servants] at £1.6.3 each £2.12.6
2 Servt. [Servants] at £2.5.0 each £4.10.0
£21.11.3

I William Brunton Surveyor do hereby Certify that upon Careful examination of the
foregoing Rates and Duties I find they amount to £21.11.3 Sterling and upon the 18 March 1786 Sent bye
post to John Scott Collector of the Said Duties for the Shire aforesaid an exact Duplicate of
the above duly examined an Compared with the forgoing and I do make Oath that the above is
a just List returned by the Inhabitants when requisitions were made of the Dates aforesaid.
William Brunton

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