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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	Duty
1789
7 Aug 1789	Mrs Fairburn vint [vintner]	Alexander Thom	Waiter	1		1		£1.5.0
	Mrs Johnston of Huttonha'			1		1		£1.5.0
	Mrs Don			1		1		£1.5.0
	Captain Don Bachelor			1	1	1		£2.10.0
	Sir James Baird	John Douglas William Elder	House servt. [servant] Groom	2		2		£2.10.0
	Sir John Maxwell Bach [Batchelor]	John Peacock William Elder Peter Strong	Butler Groom Footman	3	3		3	£8.5.0
	John Clerk jun [junior] Vint. [Vintner]		Waiter	1		1		£1.5.0
				10	4	7	3	£18.5.0

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Survey of the MALE SERVANTS TAX on the Royallty Of
Haddington from the 5 April 1789 to the 5 April 1790 by William Johnstone Surveyor
[Page] 69

Proof. 4 Batchelors servants at £1.5.0 is £5.0.0
7 Male servants at £1.5.0 is £8.15.0
3 Male servants at £1.10.0 is £4.10.0
£18.15.0 Ster [Sterling]

I William Johnstone Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify That upon careful examination I find the foregoing duties amount to the sum
of Eighteen Pounds five shillings Ster [Sterling] And that upon the 29 Decem [December] 1789 I delivered to John Carfrae Collector of said duties an exact duplicate of this Account duely examined and Compared which contained my oath that the foregoing Inhabitants were duely served with Requisitions of the above date And that they were charged according to their several returns Or according to my knowledge and belief
that they were liable in said Duties.
William Johnstone Surveyor

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