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Survey of FEMALE SERVANTS TAX. in the Town of Elgin
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7 Batchlers Servant at 2/6 [£0.2.6] each Over & above the duty for a year is £0.17.6
67 Servants at 2/6 [£0.2.6] each for a year is £8.7.6
20 Servants at 5/ [£0.5.0] each for a year is £5.0.0 £14.5.0

I Patrick McDonald Surveyor Aforesaid do hereby Certify that Upon Careful Examination of
the foregoing Several Rates and duties ffind they amount in whole to Fourteen pounds five
Shillings Sterling And that I delivered to James Duffus Collector of the said duties in the Town
of Elgin Upon the 28th day of december 1786 An Exact duplicate of the Above Acctt [Account] duly examined
and Compared with the foregoing which Contained My oath that Notices were left with the whole foregoing
Inhabitants or at their dwelling Houses of the respective dates forsaid in Order that they might
Might make a report of the greatest Number of Female Servants retained or employed by them
for the period therein mention which they did, in substance as above
Patrick McDonald Surveyor
Sworn before ane at Forres this 11th Day of Jan 1787 Alexander Grant J.P. [Justice of the Peace]