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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
26 Oct 1797 John Care Esq. of Caverse 1 1 1 £2.10.0 £0.5.0
Proof
1 Batchelor Servant at £2.10.0
Ten per Cent thereon £0.5.0
Ten per Cent thereon £0.5.0
Sum Total £3.0.0

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A Survey in the Burgh of Jedburgh from 5th April 1797 to 5th April 1798 of the
MALE SERVANTS TAX. by George Rodger Surveyor

I George Rodger Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon carefull
Examination I find the foregoing duties amount to the sum of Three pounds
Sterling And that upon the 22nd day of January Instant I transmitted to
Mr Robert Blaikie Collector of these duties an Exact duplicate of this Ac-
-compt containing my Oath that the preceeding Inhabitants were duly Served
with Recquistions of the dates foresaid and that they were charged according
to their several Returns, or the best Information .
George Rodger Surveyor
January 1798

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