No, 27, 28, 29, qt. each 10 short cloths, } at Now suppose Errors excepted in London, November 4, 1808, George Trusty. said Trusty draws upon a Merchant for the value of this factory, at 73 P' cent. how much doth it come to ? Answ. 5311. 5s. 9d. nearly. B CHAP. VIII. Ᏼ Ꭺ Ꭱ Ꭲ Ꭼ Ꭱ. ARTER or Truck is the exchange of wares, value for value, according to the rates or prices agreed upon. Questions Questions relating thereto are solved by the Rule of Three, or the contracted method of Practice instead thereof, viz. 1st, If a given quantity of goods at a given price are proposed to be bartered for other goods at a given price, it is plain, I must find the price of those goods, of which the quantity is given; and 2ndly, what quantity of the goods to be received in exchange, at the price they are rated at, will amount to the same value, &c. Examples. 1. A merchant barters 10 pieces of drugget, each 25 yds. at 184d. yard, against pepper, at 15d. the b. The question is, How many pounds of pepper he must receive? Answ. 308. 44 tb. 15]. is 250 yds. at Is. 6d. 125 10 5 -385 5 12 15)4625(308 45 125 120 55| 2. How much sugar at 8d. . must be delivered for 20 cwt. of tobacco, at 31. P Cwt.? Answ. 16C. Oqrs. E yard, 3. A gives B 250 yards of drugget at 184d. for 308b of pepper; I demand what the pepper stands him in è fb. ? Ansu. 15d. 4. A merchant hath 1000 yards of canvas at 94d, the yard, which he barters for serge at 104d. Py ard; how many yards must he receive? Answ. 92634 yards. 5. A hath 1230 stone of tallow at 2s. 34d. stone: B has 110 tanned hides, wt. 3994b. at 50. b. and they barter at these rates. Tell me how much money A is receive of B, besides the hides? Answ. 401, 11s. 2 d. 6. B delivered 3 hogsheads of brandy, at 6s. Su. gallon, to C for 126 yards of cloth, what was the cloth yard? Answ. 10s. 7. A has silk of 14s. b. B has cloth of 10s. yard, which he barters at 12s. 6d. the yard, at how much must A put his silk to make his profit equal with B? Answ. 17s. 6d. S. S. d. S. Or thus, 8. A hath linen cloth worth 20d. ell ready money; but in barter he will have 2s. B has broad cloth worth 14s. 6d. yard, ready money; at what price ought the broad cloth to be rated in barter? Answ. 17s. 44d. 9. C has candles at 6s. dozen ready money; but in barter he will have 6s. 6d. dozen; D has cotton at 9d. pound ready money: what price must the eotton be at in barter; and how much cotton must be bartered for 100 dozen of candles? Answ. The cotton 92d. b. in barter, and 7 Cwt. 16. of cotton must be given for 100 dozen of candles. 10. A has coffee, which he barters with B at 10d. more than it cost him, against tea, which stands B in 10s. b. but puts it to 12s. I would know how much the coffee did cost at first? Answ. 3s. 4d. ton; and 11. B has 5 tons of butter, at 251. 10s. 101⁄2 ton of tallow, at 331. 15s. ton: which he barters with C, thus, to have 1501. 1s. 6d. in money, and the rest in beef, at 21s. P barrel. How many barrels is he to res Answ. 316 barrels. ceive? 5 ton at 25 1. S. d. is 127 10 0 12. A and B barter, A hath 41C. of hops, at 30s. Cwt. for which B gives him 201. in money, and the rest in prunes, at 5d. P. what quantity of prunes did B give A ? Answ. 17C. 3qrs. 4b. 13. Two merchants barter, A has 20C. of cheese, at 218. 6d. Cwt. B has 8 pieces of Irish cloth, at 31. 14s. piece: whether of them must receive money, and how much? Answ. A must receive 81. 2s. 14. A has 5 bales of pepper, wt. neat 1600. at 170. b. which he barters with B for two sorts of goods, the one at 5d. the other at 8d. . to have in money, and of each sort of goods an equal quantity: I demand how many . of each sort of goods he is to receive, and how much in money? Answ. 13934. and 371. 15s. 63d. in money. 4 15. Two merchants barter; C has 10 hogsheads of madder, qt. neat 90C. 3qrs. 14. which cost 38s. 6d. Cwt. and he puts it at 42s. Cwt. and he receives of D in ready money, and the rest in hemp, which cost 34s. 10d. Cwt. Tell me how much money and hemp C is to receive, and what Dought to rate his hemp P Cwt. to make the barter equal? Answ. C must receive in money 471. 14s. 2 d. and 73C. Oqrs. 5-75b. of hemp, at 38s. 'C. Note. The above question is taken from Voster, who makes the quantity of hemp 75C. 1qr. 93. but accord. ing to this solution the barter doth not appear equal to me, since C according thereto, hath a profit upon the whole, and Donly on 3 of the value. 1. OUGHT a piece of cloth; long 59 yards, at 12. yard. Sold the same at 14s, the yard, what is the profit upon the whole piece? Answ. 51. 6s. Sold for Bought for 14s. ' yard. Whereby is gain'd 2 P Yd. Therefore 1 S. -2 Yds. S. 1. S. 53: 106 or 5 6 2. Bought 18Cwt. of cheese, at 28s. cwt. which I sell out again at 31d. P' pound: what is the profit in the hole? Answ. 41. 4s. 3. If 3. 1930 of merchandizes are bought for 611. 5, and fold for 69h 8s. 4d: I demand the profit upon each ? Answ. 2d. 4. Bought 12hhds. of wine, at 10. 5s the hogsledd, paid for cellarage and other charges 4s. 6d. P trogshead, sold the hogshead for 37 crowns, each, fat 53. Sd.) I do and the profit or loss? Answ 51. 98. loss. SECT. II. 3. If a ton of talloty tost 2.1. and is sold for 2gh 10% I demand the proft a cent? Anău: 1241. Antw. 124. 20 If 20 gain : 24—100 barrels *. If I buy a pound of cloves for 6s. 3d. and sell it for 6s. how much do cent. loss is it? Ani centi 7. Bought 1030 barrels of wheat, at 10s paid for divers charges 101. how much 4 if it is sold at 11s. 4 9 If 1% of pepper is sold for 2. barrel? how much is the loss Antw. 16 cent. cent. is gained cent. Ans. 10, 104d then there is lost cent. 9. When I sell a pound of silk for 20s, and 8d. I gai 2s. 6d. Now I want to know how much I would gain if İ sold a bale of silk which tost 1201. ? Anstb. 121. 10s. SECT. III. 10. If i tun of wine cost 401. for how much must it bea 11. If 100 weight of any commodity east dds. ah What price must. If weight of that commodity be sold to gain after the rate of 101, for every 100 laid out! Answ. 3 d. 12. Having bought 18 gallons of brandy for 121. how may I sell 1 gallon and gain at the rate of 8 cent.? Answ, 14s. 448. 13. Having sold 10 yards of cloth for 41. 16s. and thereby gained at the rate of 10 cent, what was the prithe cost of 1 yard f Angiv. Es. 8d. 14. At |