TARE AND TRETT. What are practical rules for deducting certain allowances made on goods, in buying and selling by weight, called? A. Tare and Trett. What is the whole weight of goods, including external package, called? A. Gross weight. What is an allowance for the weight of the external package, called? A. Tare. What is an allowance of one pound on every 26 for waste, dust, &c. called? A. Trett. What is an allowance of one pound, on every 16, to retailers, for the turn of the scale, called? A. Cloff. What is that which remains after a part of the allowance has been made, called A. Suttle. What is that which remains after all allowances are made, called? A. Neat Weight. When tare is so much per box, barrel, or bag, &c. what is the rule? A. Multiply the tare of 1 by the number of bales, barrels, &c. and subtract the product from the gross. What is that which remains called? A. The neat weight. Exercises for the Slate. In 6 hogsheads of sugar, each weighing 9 cwt. 2 qrs. 10 lb. gross; tare 25 lb. per hogshead; how much neat weight? cwt. qr. lb. 9 2 10 In 5 bags of cotton marked with the gross weight as follows, tare 28 lb. per bag; what is the weight? cwt.qr. lb. A. 7 0 15 B. 4 1 14 C. 7 3 5 D. 8 1 10 E. 7 3 4 A. 34 cwt. 0 qr. 20 lb. What is the neat weight of 20 hhds. of Tobacco, each weighing 8 cwt. 1 qr. 20 lb.; tare 100 lbs. per hhd. ? A. 150 cwt. 2 qrs. 24 lb. CASE II. When the tare is so much per cwt. what is the rule? A. Find the tare by the Rule of Three, or divide the gross weight by the aliquot parts of a cwt. for the tare, which subtract from the gross, and the remainder will be the Neat Weight. Exercises for the Slate. In 258 cwt. 2 qrs. 24 lb.; tare 14 lb. per cwt. what is the neat weight? cwt. qrs. Ib. 14)258 2 24 32 1 10 Ans. 226 1 14 neat. In 194 cwt. 2 qrs. 14 lb. gross; tare 8 lb. per cwt. what is the neat weight? A. 180 cwt. 2 qrs. 25 lb. What is the value of the neat weight of 8 hhds. of Tobacco, at $24,50 cts. per cwt. each hhd. weighing 8 cwt. 3 qrs. 10lb. gross; tare 14 lb. per cwt.? A. $1515,93,7. CASE III. When trett is allowed with the tare; how do you find the tare? A. As before. What do you divide the remainder or suttle by? A. 26. How do you proceed next? A. Subtract the trett from the suttle. What will the remainder be? A. Neat weight. Examples for the Slate. In 495 cwt. 1 qr. gross, tare 28 lbs. per cwt., and trett 4 Ibs. per 104 lb., what is the neat weight? cwt. *qr. lb. oz. dr. 284)495 1 000 123 3 7 0 0 26)371 1 21 0 14 1 4 0 9 356 3 16 15 7 At $9,25 per cwt. what will 6 hhds. of Tobacco come to, weighing gross, viz. cwt. qrs. lb. No. 1. 4 2 14 2. 3 0 15 3. Tare 14 lb. per cwt. 4. 4 5. 6 3 6. 4 1 11 CASE IV. When Trett, Tare, and Cloff, are allowed; how do you deduct the Tare and Trett ? A. As before. What do you divide the remainder by? A. 168. Why? A. Because 2 lb. is What will the quotient be? g of 3 cwt. A. Cloff. How do you proceed next? A. Subtract the Cloff from the Suttle, the remainder will be the neat weight. Exercises for the Slate. At 12 cts. per lb. ; what will 9 hhds. of Tobacco come to, weighing viz. What is the RULE to settle the accounts of persons trading in company, or adjusting a bankrapt's estate among his creditors called? A. Fellowship. When the several shares of partners are continued in trade an equál term of time; what is it called? A. Single Fellowship. RULE. What do you make the first term? A. The whole stock. What the third term? A. Each man's stock. What will the answer be? A. Each man's gain, or loss. Exercises for the Slate. Three merchants traded in company; A. put in $280, B. $600, and C. $320, they gained $240; what is each man's share of the gain? A. 280 Three merchants trading in Charleston, lost goods to the amount of $3840: now suppose A.'s stock was 5760, B.'s $2340, C.'s $9600, what sum must each man sustain of the loss? A. A's $1249, 62c. 7m. B's $507, 66c. Im. C's $2082,71c. 1m. A. B. and C. freighted a ship, with 192 tuns of wine, of which A. had 96 tuns, B. 72, and C. 24, but by reason of stormy weather, they were obliged to throw 90 tuns overboard; how much must each man sustain of the loss? A. A.'s 45. B.'s 334. C.'s 114. Four merchants, A. B. C. and D. built a sloop which cost $3460, and the freight for their first voyage, amounted to $740, of which A.'s share was $148, B.'s $22, C.'s $296, and D.'s $74, what was each man's stock? A. A.'s stock was $692, B.'s $1038, C.'s $1384, D's. $346. The legislature levied a tax of $140,000 on 4 towns, to be paid in proportion to the number of inhabitants in each, which is as follows. viz. the first town containing 5000, the 2d. 7000, the 3d. 8000, and the 4th. 10000 persons; what part must each pay? A. The first $23333}, the 2d. $32666, the 3d. $37333, the 4th. $466663. A detachment, consisting of 5 companies, being sent into a garrison, in which the duty required 228 men a day; the 1st. company consisted of 162 men, the 2d. 153, the 3d. 144, the 4th. 117, and the 5th. 108; what number of men must each company furnish in proportion to their strength? A. The 1st must furnish 54, the d. 51, the 3d. 48, the 4th. 39, and the 5th, 36 men. A ship, valued at $25200 being lost at sea, of which belonged to A. to B. and the remainder to C.; what loss will each sustain, supposing she is insured to the amount of $18000? A. A.'s loss is $2400, B.'s $3600, and C's $1200. A merchant, failing in trade, makes a consignment of all his property, which amounts to $1500; his debts are as follows, viz. to A. $350, to B. $1000, to C. $1200, to D. $420, to E. $85, to F. $40, to G. 20; what part of his property must each credi tor receive? A. A. received $168,53,9. B. $481,54,0. C. $577,84,9. D. $202,24,7. E. $40,93,0. F. $19,26,1. G. $9,63,0. Six men spent in a pleasure excursion $6,75 of which they agreed that A. should pay, B., C. 7,_D. 71, and the remainder should be divided equally between E. and F.; what was each man's part to pay? A. A.'s part was $1,123 cts. B.'s 564 cts. C.'s $1,684 cts. D.'s $2,25cts. and E. and F.'s part was 564 cts. apiece. A certain district school in Connecticut, is made up as follows. viz. A. assessed for his property $500 sends 2 scholars. B. 620 3 4860 Received public money $25. Expences are as follows, viz. For teacher $11 per month for 4 months The expence of teacher, wood, and board is to be borne by the parents, in proportion to the scholars each one sends; but the repairs, stove and pipe in proportion to the taxable property. Now what will be each man's tax on his property, and what for his scholars? how long must the teacher board with each parent? how much will be the tax per head, and how much on the dollar? $c. week. Ans. A.'s Tuition &c. 2 Repairs, &c. 2,50 Board & The tax per dollar is 5 mills, and per head $1. |