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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
27 July 1789 Royal Burgh of Rothsay £ Sh D
John Gordon Esq. of Belvue James Steell
William Wylie
Gardener
House Servt. [Servant]
2 2 £2.10.0
John McLeod Esq. of Coalback Charles Hall House Servt. [Servant] 1 1 £1.5.0
3 3 £3.15.0

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Royal Burgh of Rothsay
Male Servants Tax
From 5th. April 1789 to 5th April 1790 By Robert Aiken Surveyor
[Page] 105

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3 Servants at £1.5.0: £3.15.0.
Total £3.15.0

I Robert Aiken Surveyor aforesaid Do hereby Certify That upon
carefull examination of the foregoing Rates and Duties I find they amount in
whole to Three pounds fifteen shillings Sterling And that upon the Thirteenth
day of March current I caused to be delivered to Mr. John Wright principal Collector of
said Duties for said Burgh an exact Duplicate of, and duly examined and
compared with the foregoing account, which contained my oath that Notifications
were delivered or left of the dates foresaid, and that the Rates charged in said
account were just & true to the best of my Skill & knowledge; And to the
best of my belief no Person liable to be charged was omitted.
Robert Aiken Surveyor

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