Preparatory notes and calculations concerning Dutch trade and English customs on it for MINT00720 (Mint 19/3/498-9)

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An Accompt of the cost & charges of sending Tynn to Amsterdam & selling there by Comimission

	£    d
Paid in London First cost per C Averdupois	3. 16. 00
Customes	0. 3. 00
Cocquets, boat hire, searchers fees, Wharfage &c about	0. 0. 06
Insurance by sea 1 pr cent	0. 0. 09
	4. 0. 03

Which after the rate of 110$\frac{\mathrm{3}}{\mathrm{4}}$ pounds Averdupois to the Dutch weight, & 10 Gilders 12 Stivers to 20s sterling, comes to 42 Gilders per 100
Dutch weight.		42. 0
Paid in Holland Customes about 12st pr C100wt. One third Additionial Duty 4st per C 100 Wt Valuation 2 per cent. These Duties are apt to meet with some favour in valuing the goods below the first cost. Her Maty. paid for the Tenn in Holland Customes 10 st per C 100 wt, CustomesAdditional Duty, 3$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{3}}$st per 100 Additional Duty && Valuation 12$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}$ st Valutionper 100     In all	}	1. 5$\frac{\mathrm{5}}{\mathrm{6}}$
Cocquets & Custome house fees about 25 or 30 st pr parcel		0. 0$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}$
Freight (as in Mr Drummonds Acct) 10 styvers per block Averidge 3 styvers pr Gilder or 1$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}$ styver per block. Boathire & Lighertage for unlading 2 styvers pr block. Porterage & housing 2 styvers per block. In all 15$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}$ styvers per block wch is about 5$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{4}}$ styvers per 100wt	}	0. 5$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{4}}$
Total charge of buying exporting & housing		43. 11 $\frac{\mathrm{7}}{\mathrm{12}}$
by the Rule of false Postion let the price in selling be put 45 Gilders per 100 Dutch weight, & the charges of selling will be as follows.
Carriage to the City Weighhouse & weighing for sale 1$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}$ A   0.		0. 1$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}$
per 100 City Duties half er cent for weighing $\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}$ pr cent. In former 0 Accounts I find it about	}	0. 4$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{4}}$
Prompt payment 1 pr cent		0. 9
Insurance of the paymts 1 per cent		0. 9
Interest for two months forbearance 1& per centa month forin returning the money	}	0. 911
Commission		0. 9
Brokerage		0. 3
Warehouse room about		0. 2
		45. 18$\frac{\mathrm{7}}{\mathrm{12}}$46. 0$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{12}}$.

By this Acct the Merchant can have Tyn housed at Amsterdam for 43.G 11$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}$ st. And this puts the price at a selling price at about 43$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}$ Gilders in ready money. Add

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Commission for buying for people abroad 1 pr cent	0. 9
Freight 6 8 or 10 styvers per block & sometimes nothing, at a medium 18st including Averidge	0. 9
Factoring	0. 6
Got or lost by the course of Exchange	- -