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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
Dornoch Parish
14 Jul 1788 Major Mckay Hugh Bailie Groom [Etc] 1 1 1 £2.10.0
15 Jul 1788 George Demster [Dunechen] Gardener at Skibo 1 1 £1.15.0
2 1 1 1 £4.5.0
Golspey Parish
14 Jul 1788 Rt Hon [Right Honourable] Earl Gower Gardener 1 1 £3.0.0
12 Jul 1788 Coll. [Colonel] James Sutherland of Uppat Postilln [Postillion] [Etc] 1 1 £1.5.0
2 1 1 £4.5.0
Loth Parish
11 July 1788 Mr Dugald Gilchrist Groom [Etc] 1 1 1 £2.10.0
Capt. [Captain] John Gordon of Carrol Groom [Etc] 1 1 £1.5.0
2 1 2 £3.15.0
Farr Parish
26 Jul 1788 Rt Hon [ Right Honourable] Lord Reay Body Servant 1 1 1 £2.10.0
Reay Parish
George Mckay of Bighouse Groom [Etc] 1 1 £1.5.0
Parishes Collected
Dornoch Parish 2 1 1 1 £4.5.0
Golspey Parish 2 1 1 £4.5.0
Loth Parish 2 1 2 £3.15.0
Farr Parish 1 1 1 £2.10.0
Reay Parish 1 1 £1.5.0
8 3 6 1 1 £16.0.0

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A Survey for the Shire of Sutherland of the
MALE-SERVANTS TAX.
from 5 April 1787 to 5 April 1788 By Andrew Liddell Surveyor [Page] 209

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3 Batchelor Servts. [Servants] at £1.5.0 each is £3.15.0
6 Servt [Servants] at £1.5.0 each is £7.10.0
1 Servt [Servant] at £1.15.0 each is £1.15.0
1 Servt. [Servant] at £3.0.0 each is £3.0.0
8 £16.0.0 Total
I Andrew Liddell Surveyor Do Certify That the foregoing Duties amount in whole To Sixteen Pounds
and That upon 27th Septr. [September] 1788 I delivered to Mr Dugald Gilchrist Collector of Said Duties an exact
Duplicate of the foregoing Account which contained my Oath That Notices were left with the Several
Masters or Mistresses or at their dwelling houses of the Dates annexed to their respective Names who
have been truly charged according to the best on my belief or judgement Andrew Liddell Surveyor

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