Holograph notes on the price of tin from Siam

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Siam Tin sell in Holland for 50 Gilders Bank money (i. e. 4li. 5s. 6d) per cwt

Ours for 45 or 56 Current money (i. e. 4li 1s )r 2s 10d)

Siam Tin at Mallacca costs from 35 to 40 Dollars of 4s a Dollar the Bahara of 400lwt Averdupois nat (i. e. from 39s15 to 44s45 the cwt)

In China it pays 1 Tale of 6s 8d custome & sells for 10 Tale a Pecol of 132lwt Averdupois

It is often carried from Mallacca to Persia at 60 per cent profit

It is vendible at the Bay at the fort & at Surat