Draft of MINT00720 (Mint 19/3/498-9)

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An Account of the cost & charges of sending Tynn to Amsterdam & selling it there upon Commission.

	li	s	d
First cost per cwt Averdupois	3.	16.	0
Customes	0.	3.	0
Cocquets, boat hire, searchers fees, wharfage &c about	0.	0.	6
Ensurance about 1 per cent	0.	0.	9
	4.	0.	3

Which after the rate of 110$\frac{\mathrm{3}}{\mathrm{4}}$ pounds Averdupois to the Dutch 100 weight & 10 Gilders 12 stivers to 20s sterling, comes to 42 Gilders per 100 Dutch weight.

	Total cost & charges paid in London		42.	0
5	Freight (as in Mr Drummonds Account) 10 styvers per block. Averidge 3 styvers per Gilder or 1$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}$ styver per block. Boat hire & lighterage for unlading 2 styvers per block. Porterage & housing 2 styvers per block. In all 15$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}$ styvers per block, which is about 5$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{4}}$ styvers per 100 Dutch weight	}
			0.	5$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{4}}$
1	Paid in Holland customes	0.	12
2		$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{3}}$ Additional Duty	0.	4
3	Valuation & Premium 2 per cent. the valuation is more apt to be under the first cost then to exceed it, & may amount to 14, 16 or 17 styvers per 100	}	0.	16$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}$
4	Cocquets & Custome house fees about 25 or 30 stivers per parcel		0.	0$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}$
	Total charge of buying exporting & house		43.	18$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{4}}$
	By the Rule of false Position let the price be put 45 Gilder per 100 Dutch weight & the charges of selling will be	43.	18

Carriage to the city weigh-house & weighing for sale	0.	1$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}$
City Duties half per cant	0.	4$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}$
Prompt payment 1 per cent	0.	9
Ensurance of the payments 1 per cent	0.	9
Returns of the money	0.	5
	45.	7$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{4}}$
Commission 1 per cent	0.	9
Warehouse room	0.	2
Brokerage	0.	3
Interest for two months forbearance	0.	6
	46.	7$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{4}}$
Profit by trading	0.	15
	47.	2$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{4}}$

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