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MALE SERVANTS TAX of Forfar Shire Continued

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74 Single Male Servants of 1 & 2 of Married and unmarried persons for one Year as above at 25/s [£1.5.0] each is £92.10.0
47 Single Male Servants of 3 & 4 of Married & unmarried persons for one Year at 30/s [£1.10.0] each is £70.10.0
18 Single Male Servants of 5 to 7 of married & unmarried persons for one Year at 35/s [£1.15.0] each is £31.10.0
15 Single Male Servants of Eleven & upwards of married & unmarried persons for one Year at 60/s [£3.0.0] is £45.0.0
13 Single Male Servants of unmarried male persons above the age of 21, Additional Dutie at 25/s [£1.5.0] each is £16.5.0
£225.15.0

I William Greig Surveyor of aforesaid do hereby certify that upon carefull examination of the foregoing duties I find they Amot [Amount]
in whole to Two Hundred Fifty five Pounds Fifteen Shillings Sterling and that upon the [...] day of March 1787 I delivired
Major David Gardyne Collector of the said duties for the Shire aforesaid an exact duplicate of the above account (as will
appear from [...] ) duley examined and compared with the foregoing, which contained my Oath that
Nottices were left with the several inhabitants before named or at their dwelling houses of the dates annexed to
there respective names requiring them within fourteen days to give in a list of their Servants retained or employed
by them from the fifth day of April 1785 to fifth of April 1786 and that the said Account or Survey is made from the
list returned to me and from the best information I could procure of the Servants of those who neglected or refused to
give in a list thereof in terms of the nottices left with them as aforesaid.
William Greig Surveyor



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