Draft of MINT00720 (Mint 19/3/498-9)
An Acct of ye costs & charges of procuring Tynn from London & housing it at Amsterdam.
Paid in London per C English
First cost per C Averdupois | 3. | 16. | 00 | |
Customes | 0. | 3. | 00 | |
Cocquets, | 0. | 0. | 06 | |
Commission to English Merchants or Pewterers imployed by forreigners | } | 0 | 0. | 09 |
Hazzards or losses at sea are uncertain. In times of peace the hazzards are less. They may be valued at | } | 0. | 0. | 09 |
4 | 0. | 0 |
Paid in Holland per 100wt Dutch.
Custom | } | Gild | stiv. |
1. | 5 | ||
Coquets & Custome | } | 0. | 0 |
Freight 6, 8, 10 or 12 styvers per block & sometimes nothing. Averidge 3 styvers pr Gilder. Freight & Averidge together at a medium about 10 styvers per block or 3 st per 100wt | } | 0. | 3 |
Boat hire & Lighterage for unlading 2 styvers per block, Porterage & housing two styvers per block. Both together at a medium about 1 st pr 100wt | } | 0. | 1 |
Interest for two months forbearance of payments | 0. | 9 | |
Allowed for prompt payment at ye end of that time. | 0. | 9 | |
2. | 9 |
Which 2G. 9st per 100wt reduced into English money & weight (recconing 10 Gildrs 12st to 20s & 110 pounds Averdupois to the Dutch 100wt) comes to 4s 8d. And this summ added to 4li. 1s. 0d makes the whole charge 4li 5s 8d per C English, or 4li 4s 7d per 100 Dutch weight or 44 Gilders 17st per 100 Dutch weight.
<552v>Abated for charges troouble & hazzards in setting.
1 per cent Commission | 10 | |
1 per cent | 10 | |
1 per cent prompt paymts | 10 | |
per cent brokerage | 3 | |
per cent carriage to ye cirt weighouse & weighing for sale & per cent city Duty at ye weighouse |
} | 6 |
Warehouse room 1d or | 2 | |
3. | 6 |
Which deducted from 4li 5s 8d leaves to her Maty 4li 2s. {illeg}2d
Returns of money backwards & forwards I reccon not because they ballance one another.
<553r>The Acct stated by my Ld Treasurer Mr Lowndes & Mr Beranger
First cost | 3. | 16. | 0 | |
Customes in England | 0. | 3. | 0 | |
Freight | 0. | 0. | 3 | |
Insurance | 0. | 0. | 9 | |
Duties in Holland 4 pr cent | 0. | 3. | 0 | |
Prompt payment | 0. | 0. | 9 | |
Commission | 0. | 0. | 9 | |
Incident charges | 0. | 0. | 9 | |
Insuring payments | 0. | 0. | 9 | |
Returns of the money | 0. | 0. | 5 | |
4. | 6. | 5 | = 45 Guildrs 11 stivers. |
Source
MINT 19/3/552-3, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UKOctober 1712, c. 439 words.