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Volume contents
- 1 - 1785-86 , Aberdeen burgh
- 25 - 1785-86 , Arbroath burgh
- 29 - 1785-86 , Ayr burgh
- 33 - 1785-86 , Banff burgh
- 37 - 1785-86 , Brechin burgh
- 39 - 1785-86 , Burntisland burgh
- 41 - 1785-86 , Campbeltown burgh
- 43 - 1785-86 , Crail burgh
- 45 - 1785-86 , Cullen burgh
- 49 - 1785-86 , Culross burgh
- 51 - 1785-86 , Cupar burgh
- 53 - 1785-86 , Dingwall burgh
- 55 - 1785-86 , Dumbarton burgh
- 57 - 1785-86 , Dumfries burgh
- 61 - 1785-86 , Dunbar burgh
- 65 - 1785-86 , Dundee burgh (1784-85)
- 71 - 1785-86 , Dunfermline burgh
- 73 - 1785-86 , Dysart burgh
- 75 - 1785-86 , Edinburgh burgh
- 121 - 1785-86 , Elgin burgh
- 125 - 1785-86 , Forfar burgh
- 127 - 1785-86 , Forres burgh
- 131 - 1785-86 , Fortrose burgh
| Date | Masters/mistresses names and designations | Servants names | Number of servants | Bachelor servants | One servant | Two servants | Three or more servants | Duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1785 | Baillie Alexander McKenzie | Ann Grahame | 1 | 1 | £0.3.9 | |||
| Ann Wattson | 1 | 1 | £0.3.9 | |||||
| Capt. [Captain] Kenneth McKenzie | Housemaid | 1 | 1 | £0.3.9 | ||||
| Mrs Smith | Margaret Davidson | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| Mrs Malcom McKenzie | Ann Morrisson | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| George Robertson | Ann Jack | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| Sir Alexander McKenzie of Coul | Alice Sutherland | 1 | 1 | £0.3.9 | ||||
| Margaret Sutherland | 1 | 1 | £0.3.9 | |||||
| John Gullie | Marry McIntosh | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| Mrs Wood | Margrat Urquhart | 1 | 1 | £0.3.9 | ||||
| Ann Aird | 1 | 1 | £0.3.9 | |||||
| Mrs Houston | Jannet Findlay | 1 | 1 | £0.3.9 | ||||
| Christian Ross | 1 | 1 | £0.3.9 | |||||
| Mrs Rose | Marry Reid | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| John Munro | Housemaid | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| Burnurd Williamson | Margret Leitch | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | £2.6.10½ |
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FORTROSE
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A Survey of the Rates & Duties on Female Servants, Arissen in the Burgh of Fortrose
from 5th July 1785 to 5th April 1786. By Hugh Macffarquhar Surveyor
Prooff
1 Bachelor Servt [Servant]at 3/9 £0.3.9
7 Feml. S [Female Servants] @ 1/10 [£0.1.10] for each is £0.13.1½
8 Female Servants @ 3/9 [£0.3.9] each £1.10.0
£2.6.10½ Total
I Hugh MacFarquhar Surveyor aforesaid, do hereby certify that upon careful examination of the
foregoing Rates and Duties, I find they amount in whole to Two pounds Six shillings & tenpence
halfpennie, and that upon the thirteenth day of this current month of Febry [February] I delivered to
Provost Andrew Robertson of Dingwall, present Elected Baillie of the Burgh aforesaid an
exact Duplicate of the above Acct [Account] duly examined & compared with the foregoing which contained
my Oath that the above lists contained the number of Servants returned to me by the different
masters & mistress's, & that were kept as employed by them according to the best of my
knowledge or information
Hugh MacFarquar Surveyor
Twenth [Twentieth] Febry [February] 1786
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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Female servant tax - Volume 3 - Burghs (A-F) (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/6/3
Volume 3 contains female servant tax rolls for the following burghs: Aberdeen, Arbroath, Ayr, Banff, Brechin, Burntisland, Campbeltown, Crail, Cullen, Culross, Cupar, Dingwall, Dumbarton, Dumfries, Dunbar, Dundee, Dunfermline, Dysart, Edinburgh, Elgin, Forfar, Forres, and Fortrose.
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records)
The Scottish Exchequer, and subsequently the Court of Exchequer, were concerned with the accounting of collected taxes in Scotland. These taxes include the Carriage tax (1785-1798), Cart tax (1785-1798), Clock and watch tax (1797-1798), Dog tax (1797-1798), Farm horse tax (1797-1798), Servant tax (1777-1798), Hearth tax (1691-1695), Horse tax (1785-1798), Inhabited house tax (1778-1798), Land tax (1645-1831), Poll tax (1694-1698), Shop tax (1785-1789), Window tax (1748-1798). Following the Consolidating Acts (38 Geo. III cap. 40 and 41), the duties on windows, inhabited houses, male servants, carts, carriages and dogs were incorporated in Consolidated Schedules of Assessed Taxes (1798-1799).