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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
1789 Royal Burgh of Ayr
3 Aug 1789 Miss Fullarton James Stewart House Servant 1 1 £1.5.0
Capt. [Captain] Webster David Lacklane House Servant 1 1 £1.5.0
Provost Fergusson William Smith
Andrew McCormick
Driver
House Servant
2 2 £2.10.0
Capt. [Captain] Stevenson -- Auld 1 1 £1.5.0
4 Aug 1789 Mrs. Campbell of Skerrington Charles Howie House Servant 1 1 £1.5.0
Mrs. Logan of Camlarg James Morrison House Servant 1 1 £1.5.0
John Kennedy Esq. Richard Jackson House Servant 1 1 £1.5.0
William Dunn Vintner Andrew White Waiters 2 2 £2.10.0
5 Aug 1789 Mr. Cathcart Vintner David Rowan Waiter 1 1 £1.5.0
Mrs. Kerr of Newfield John Miller House Servant 1 1 £1.5.0
Major Montgomerie a Bath [Bachelor] James Haiter House Servant 1 1 1 £1.5.0
8 Aug 1789 Col.[Colonel] McKinzie Greenfield Norman McLeod 1 1 £1.5.0
Countess of Crawford John Morrison
Alexander Crawford
James Ballantine
William McKerg
John Hendrie
Butler
Gardener
Footman
Coachman
Postilion
5 5 £8.15
Capt. [Captain] Gairdner in Park Hugh McCreath House Servant 1 1 £1.5.0
Hugh Hamilton of Pinmore Br [Bachelor] Thomas McCartney H [House] Servant 1 1 1 £2.10.0
6 Provost Ballantine a Bn. James Smith Gardener 1 1 1 £2.10.0
Total 22 3 17 5 33 £15.0.0
Proof
17 Servts. [Servants] @ £1.5.0 £21.5.0
3 Servt. [Servants] Bat [Batchelors] @ £1.5.0 £3.15.0
5 Servt. [Servants] £1.15.0 £8.15.0

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Royal Burgh of Ayr
MALE SERVANTS TAX
From 5th April 1789 to 5 April 1790 Robert Aiken Surveyor
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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 Thirty three pounds fifteen shillings Sterling And then upon the
sixteenth day of March current I delivered to Mr. Thomas McClelland principal
collector of said Duties for said Burgh in exact Duplicate of and duly
examined and compared of the foregoing Accot. [Account] which constitute my oath that
notifications were delivered or left on the date foresaid, and that the rates charged
on said Acct [Accounts] were just & true to the best of my skill and knowledge, and to the
best of my belief, no person liable to be charged was omitted.
Robert Aiken Surveyor

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