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

Author: Newton, Isaac

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

	£ d
Paid in London First cost per cwt 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 $\frac{3}{4}$ 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 100wt. One third Additionial Duty 4st per 100 Wt Valuation 2 per cent. These Duties are apt to meet with some favour in valuing the goods below the first cost. Her Majesty paid for the Tenn in Holland Customes 10 st per 100 wt, Additional Duty, 3 $\frac{1}{3}$ st per 100 & Valuation 12 $\frac{1}{2}$ st per 100 In all	}	1. 5 $\frac{5}{6}$
Cocquets & Custome house fees about 25 or 30 st pr parcel		0. 0 $\frac{1}{2}$
Freight (as in Mr Drummonds Account) 10 styvers per block Averidge 3 styvers pr Gilder or 1 $\frac{1}{2}$ styver per block. Boathire & Lighertage for unlading 2 styvers pr block. Porterage & housing 2 styvers per block. In all 15 $\frac{1}{2}$ styvers per block which is about 5 $\frac{1}{4}$ styvers per 100wt	}	0. 5 $\frac{1}{4}$
Total charge of buying exporting & housing		43. 11 $\frac{7}{12}$
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 .		0. 1 $\frac{1}{2}$
City Duties for weighing $\frac{1}{2}$ pr cent. In former Accounts I find it about	}	0. 4
Prompt payment 1 pr cent		0. 9
Insurance of the payments 1 per cent		0. 9
Interest for two months forbearance & a month in returning the money	}	0. 11
Commission		0. 9
Brokerage		0. 3
Warehouse room about		0. 2
		46. 0 $\frac{1}{12}$ .

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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 8st including Averidge	0. 9
Factoring	0. 6
Got or lost by the course of Exchange	- -