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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 10% per 31 George III
Burgh of Wigton
29 Sep 1791 William McConnel Esqr. Alexander Hannay Footman 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
Matthew Campbell Esqr. Robert McCutcheon Footman 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6
2 2 £2.10.0 £0.5.0

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Survey of the MALE SERVANTS TAX. in the Burgh of Wigton
from the 5th day of April 1791 to the 5th day of April 1792 by Anthony Mcmillan Survr. [Surveyor]
[Page] 99


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2 Male Servts. [servants] at £1.5.0 each is £2.10.0
10 pr.Cent [per cent] thereon is £0.5.0
£2.15.0

I Anthony Macmillan Surveyor aforesaid Do hereby Certify that upon careful examination of the
foregoing several rates and duties I find they amount in whole to the sum of Two Pounds
fifteen shillings Sterling; and that upon the third day of Decr. [December] one thousand
seven hundred and ninety one years I delivered to Mr John McKairly Collector of the said
duties for the Burgh aforesaid an exact Duplicate of the foregoing which contained
my Oath that Requisitions or notices were delivered to or left for the said several
Persons of the dates annexed to their respective name & that were to be charged with
the sums so certified to be due from them.
Anthony Macmillan

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