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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 Five to seven Eight to ten Eleven or more Duty 10% per 31 George III 10% per 36 George III
20 Sep 1797 John Huntar Vintr. [Vintner] 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6 £0.2.6
James Scrimsgeour Vintr. [Vintner] 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6 £0.2.6
2 2 £2.10 £0.5.0 £0.5.0

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A Survey of the Rates and Duties on the Male Servants in the Burgh of Forfar
from the 5th Aprile 1797. To the 5th Aprile 1798 By Daniel Ross Surveyor
Page 1st

I Daniel Ross Surveyor Do hereby Certify that upon Carefull examination I find the foregoing
Duties amt [amount] to three pounds Sterl. [Sterling] And I Deliverd To Mr ___ Collr [Collector] of said Duties an exact Duplicate
of this Acct [Account] Which Containd my Oath that the preceeding Inhabitants were servd with Notices
of the Date aforesaid and that they were to be charged conformably to their Returns from
the best Information I could procure
Daniel Ross

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