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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 Eight to ten servants Eleven or more servants Duty
13 Sep 1787 Hugh Dalrymple Esq James Yorston
Peter Whitecross
2 2 £2.10.0
Capt [Captain] James Dalrymple one 1 1 1 £2.10.0
Charles Dalrymple Esq David Gibson
Robert Porteous
House servt [servant]
footman
2 2 £2.10.0
5 1 5 £7.10.0

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Survey of the MALE SERVANT TAX in the Royalty of
North Berwick for the year ending 5 April 1788 by William Johnstone Surveyor

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Proof 5 Men Servants at £1.5.0 is £6.5.0
1 Batchelor Men Servants at £1.5.0 is £1.5.0
£7.10.0

I William Johnstone Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon carefull examination of the above duties I find they amount to Seven pounds ten shillings Sterling and that upon the ... Novemr [November] 1787 I delivered to Henry Nelson Collector of said duties in the Royalty of
North Berwick an exact duplicate of this accompt duely examined & Compared which contained my oath that the above Inhabitants were duely served with Requisitions of the above date, and that they were charged in conformity to their own answers thereto or according to my knowledge and belief that they were liable in the said forms hereby certified to be due from them William Johnstone Surveyor

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