TARE AND TRET. TARE and TRET are allowances made to the buyer, on some particular articles. Tare is the weight of the box, bag, barrel, or whatever contains the goods sold. Tret is the allowance made for wastage. Gross is the weight of the goods sold, with box, bag, or whatever contains them, included. When the tare is deducted from the gross, what remains is called suttle. Neat weight is that which remains after all allowances have been deducted. Case 1. When the tare is so much on a given quantity gross. Rule. Subtract the given tare from the given quantity, and the remainder will be the neat weight. Case 2. When the tare is so much per bag, box, hogshead, or other denomination. Rule. Multiply the given tare per bag, box, barrel, &c. by the number of bags, boxes, barrels, &c. and subtract the product from the gross; the remainder will be the neat weight. Case 3. When the tare is so much on the hundred weight. Rule. Divide the gross weight by the aliquot part or parts of a hundred weight, and deduct the amount of the result from the gross, and the remainder will be the neat. Case 4. When tare and tret are both allowed. Rule. First find the tare, which deduct from the gross, and the remainder will be suttle. Divide the suttle by 26*, the product will be the tret, which subtract from the suttle, and the remainder will be the neat. Questions What are tare and tret? What is tare? What is gross? What is the remainder called, when the tare has been deducted? What is the remainder called, after all allowances have been made? When the tare is so much on a given quantity gross, how do you work to obtain the neat? When the tare is so much on the bag, box, barrel, &c. how do you obtain the neat? When the tare is so much on the hundred weight, how do you obtain the neat? When tare and tret are both allowed, how do you obtain the neat? Examples.-Case 1. 1. What is the neat weight of 1 hogshead of tobacco, weighing 5 cwt. 2 qr. 15 lb. gross, when the tare is 3 qr. 7 lb.? Cut. qr. lb. 2. What is the neat weight of 8 hogsheads of sugar, each weighing 7 cwt. 3 qr. 20 lb.; tare in the whole, 5 cwt. 1 qr. 19 lb.? Ans. 58cwt. Oqr. 1lb. 3. How much is the neat weight of a hogshead of tobacco, weighing gross 6 cwt. 2 qr. 5lb.; tare 39 lb.? Ans. 6cwt. Oqr. 22lb. * Four pounds on the 104 lb. is the usual allowance for tret; the reason therefore why we divide by 26 is, that 4 is of 104. 26 4. What is the neat weight of 369 cwt. 2qr. 21 lb. gross weight of tobacco; tare in the whole, 10 cwt. 1 qr. 12 lb. ? Ans. 359cwt. 1qr. 9lb. 5. How much is the neat weight of 8 hogsheads of sugar, each weighing 5 cwt. 1 qr. 19 lb. gross; tare in the whole, 2 cwt. 0 qr. 23 lb.? Ans. 41cwt. Oqr. 17lb. 6. What is the neat weight of 3 barrels of indigo, weighing as follows: viz. No. 1, 3 cwt. 2 qr. 19 lb. gross; tare 34 lb.-No. 2, 6 cwt. 0 qr. 13 lb. gross; tare 57 lb.No. 3, 4 cwt. 3 qr. 5 lb. gross; tare 46 lb. ? Case 2. Ans. 13cwt. 1gr. 12lb. 1. How much is the neat weight of 7 casks of sugar, each weighing 3 cwt. 2 qr. 12 lb. gross; tare 25 lb. per cask? Cwt. qr. lb. 3 2 12 lb. 2. What is the neat weight of 7 hogsheads of sugar, each weighing 4 cwt. 2 qr. 24 lb. gross; tare, 2 qr. 18 lb. per hogshead? Ans. 28cwt. 1qr. 14lb. 3. Sold 6 casks of indigo, weighing gross 21 cwt. 2 qr. 21 lb.; tare, 2 qr. 3. per cask: what is the neat weight, and value thereof at $5.50 per cwt.? Neat, 18cwt. 2qr. 3lb. Ans. {Value, $101 89cts. 7m.+ 4. Bought 9 casks of raisins, each weighing 2 cwt. qr. 25 lb. gross; tare, 30 lb. per cask: what is the neat weight thereof, and value at $5.10 per cwt.? Ans Neat, 19cwt. 3qr. 11lb. Case 3. 1. How much is the neat weight of 25 kegs of raisins, each, gross, 1 cwt. 2. 15 lbs.; tare, 19lb. per hun dred weight? 2. What is the neat weight of 4 hogsheads of sugar, each weighing 7 cwt. 3 qr. 14 lb. gross; tare, 20 lb. per hundred weight? Ans. 25cwt. 3qr. 14lb. 3. What is the neat weight and value of 10 hogsheads of tobacco, each weighing 5 cwt. 1 qr. 13 lb. gross, and 16 lb. tare per cwt., at 8 dollars and 75 cents per cwt.? S Neat, 46cwt. Ans. Value, $402 50cts. 4. What is the neat weight an value of 6 hogsheads of sugar, each weighing 4 cwt. 1 qr. 24 lb. gross; tare, 18 lb. per cwt.; at 7 cents per pound? Ans. { Value, $188 92cts, 5m. Case 4. 1. There are 17 boxes of sugar, each 1 cwt. 3 qr. 18 lb. gross; tare, 16 lb. per cwt.; tret, 4 lb. per 104 lb.: what is the neat weight, and what is the value at 7 dollars and 60 cents per cwt.? 2. What is the neat weight and value of 12 bags of coffee, each 2 cwt. 1 qr. 10 lbs. gross; tare, 18 lb. per cwt.; tret, 4 lb. per 104 lb. ; at $19.60 per cwt.? S Neat, 22cwt. 2qr. 18lb Ans. Value, $444 15cts. 3. In 6 hogsheads of sugar, each weighing 4 cwt. 1 qr. 11 lb. gross; tare, 1 gr. 5 lb. per hogshead; tret, 4 lb. per 104 lb.: what is the neat weight, and value at $6.75 per cwt.? Ans. {Neat, 23 cut, 1gr 161b. Value, $157 90cts. Application. 1. At 231 cents per pound, what will 13 bags of coffee come to, weighing gross 17 cwt. 3 qr. 22 lb, tare in the whole, 3 qr. 14 lb.? Ans. $444 54cts. 2. There are 15 hogsheads of sugar, each hogshead weighs 5 cwt. 2 qrs. 19 lb. gross; tare per hogshead, 2 qr. 25 lb.: what will the sugar amount to, at $6.75 per cwt.? SNeat, 74cwt. Oqr. 22lb. {Value, $500 82cts. 3. At $3.75 per cwt., what will 4 hogsheads of tobac co come to, weighing gross, viz. No. 1, 6 cwt. 3 qr. Ans. |