THE NETHERLANDS.

AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP.

100 Cents make 1 Florin.

In the rate of exchange of London on the Netherlands, the Florin is divided into 20 Stivers, each of which is worth 5 Cents. The value of the Florin is about 20 d. Sterling, making the par of exchange about 12 Florins per £ Sterling.

N. B. The Netherland rate of exchange on London is frequently given in Schillings and Grotes Flemish, reckoning 10 Schillings for 3 Florins, and 2 Grotes for 5 Cents.-47 Florins, or 157 Schillings Flemish, are reckoned equal to 100 French Francs.

Ex. 5. Exchange £ 500 into Florins at 12 Fl. 10 Cts.

6. Exchange £ 375 into Florins at 11 Fl. 15 Stiv.

7. Exchange Fl. 10000 into Sterling at 12 Fl. 5 Cts.
8. Exchange Fl. 8745 50 Cts. into Sterl. at 11 Fl. 19 Stiv.

GERMANY.

The exchange places of London on Germany are, Hamburg, Berlin, Frankfort, Vienna, and Trieste.

The Mark Banco is worth about 17 d. Sterling, making the par of exchange about 13 Mks. 10 Sch. per £ Sterling.-The exchange on Altona, in Denmark, is similar to that of Hamburg.

Ex. 9. Exchange £ 100 Sterling into Marks at 13.10.

10. Exchange £ 475 15 Sterling into Marks at 13.12.
11. Exchange Bmf. 10000 into Sterling at 14.0.
12. Exchange Bmf. 6754.10 into Sterling at 13.15.

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BERLIN.

30 Silver Groschen make 1 Prussian Dollar.

The value of the Dollar is about 2 s. 103 d. Sterling, making the par of exchange about 6 Dol. 27 Silver Gro. per £ Sterling.

Ex. 13. Exchange £ 500 into P. Dollars at 7.3. 14. Exchange P. D. 1000 Sterling at 6.27.

FRANKFORT.

90 Kreuzers make 1 Rixdollar.

Also, 4 Kreuzers make 1 Batzen, 60 Kreuzers, or 15 Batzen, make Florin, and 221⁄2 Batzen make 1 Rixdollar, or 90 Batzen make 4 Rixdollars.

The Rixdollar of exchange is worth about 36 d. Sterling, making the par of exchange about 150 Batzen per £ Sterling.

Ex. 15. Exchange £ 500 into Rixdollars at 150.
16. Exchange Florins 3000 into Sterling at 154.

VIENNA AND TRIESTE.

60 Kreuzers make 1 Florin.

The value of the Florin is about 2 s. Sterling, making the par

of exchange about 10 Florins per £ Sterling.

Ex. 17. Exchange £ 100 into Florins at 10.2.

18. Exchange Fl. 4156 30 kr. into Sterling at 10.5.

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ITALY.

The chief exchange places of Italy are Genoa, Venice, Leghorn, Naples, and Palermo, to which may be added, but of less importance, Milan, Rome, Ancona, and Florence.

GENOA.

100 Centisimi make 1 Lira Nuova.

The Lira Nuova of Genoa and the Sardinian States, is equal in value to the French Franc, or about 9 d. Sterling, making the par of Exchange about 25 L. N. 26 Cti. per £ Sterling. Ex. 19. Exchange £ 84 12 6 into Lire N. at 26.10. 20. Exchange Lire N. 8397 52 Cti. into Sterl. at 25.85.

VENICE AND MILAN.

100 Centisimi make 1 Lira Austriacha.

The Lira Aust. is worth the third part of an Austrian Florin, or about 8 d. Sterling, and therefore the pars of exchange are, for London on Venice 6 Lire A. for about 48 d. Sterling; and for Milan on London about 30 Lire A. per £ Sterling.

Ex. 21. Exchange £ 300 into Lire A. at 48 d. for 6 Lire. 22. Exchange Lire A. 4000 into Sterling at 30 L. A.

ROME AND ANCONA.

10 Paoli or 100 Bajocchi make 1 Scudo or Crown.

The Roman Crown is worth about 50 d. Sterling, making the par of Exchange of Rome or Ancona on London, 48 Paoli per £ Sterling.

Ex. 23. Exchange £ 100 into Scudi at 48 P.

24. Exchange Scudi 500 into Sterling at 50 P.

NAPLES.

100 Grani make 1 Ducat

The value of the Neapolitan Ducat, called the Ducato del Regno, is about 40 d. Sterling, making the par of exchange of Naples on London about 600 Grani per £ Sterling.

Ex. 25. Exchange £ 500 Sterling into Ducats at 39 d. 26. Exchange Ducats 4176 34 Gr. into Sterling at 39%.

The value of the Onza is about 120 d. Sterling, making the par of exchange at Palermo on London, about 60 Tari per £ Sterling.

Ex. 27. Exchange £ 100 Sterling into Onze at 118 28. Exchange 1000 Onze into Sterling at 119%.

The Pezza, in gold valuation, called Pezza d'oro, or in the money of exchange of Leghorn, is worth about 48 d. Sterling ; but in silver valuation, or in the money of account, (and also the money of exchange of Florence,) the Pezza is worth about 45 d. Sterling; 100 Pezze in Gold are valued at 107 Pezze in Silver. Ex. 29. Exchange £ 300 Sterling into Pezze d'oro at 473.

30. Exchange 1000 Pezze d'oro into Sterling at 48.

The value of the Dollar of Plate is nearly 3-4 ths of a Spanish or Hard Dollar, 85 Dollars of Plate being equal to 64 Hard Dollars.*

The Hard Dollar is valued at 50 d. Sterling, and the value of the Dollar of Plate, which is the Dollar of Exchange, is therefore about 37 d. Sterling.

Ex. 31. Exchange £ 400 into Dollars of Plate at 36 d. Ex. 32. Exchange Dollars P. 3472 5 rls. 8 qtos. into Sterling at 36 d.

PORTUGAL.

1000 Reis make 1 Milreis.

The value of the Milreis of Exchange is uncertain, because payments of Bills and Accounts in Portugal are made in legal money, or one half in Cash and the other half in paper money, which is at a large and fluctuating Discount.

Ex. 33. Exchange £ 837 17 10 Sterling into Milreis at 48 d. 34. Exchange Mil. 4606 456 Reis into Sterling at 50 d.

* Vellon money is employed in the public accounts, but plate money is generally used in exchanges, and it is also the money of accounts in some parts of Spain. The Dollar of plate is generally reckoned at 15 reals 2 maravedis vellon, but at Malaga it is reckoned at 15 reals vellon.

In Alicant and all Valencia, as also in Barcelona and all Catalonia, the money of account is in Libras of 20 sueldos each of 12 dineros: in the former the Libra is equal to the Dollar of plate; in the latter 7 Libras are equal to 5 Dollars of plate.