BILLS of PARCELS, W HEN Goods are fold by one Person to another, the Particulars are wrote in a Bill, with the Price of each Pound, Yard, Ell, &c. and the amount at the end of the line, and when all the Particulars are fet down, and the feveral fums they come to, be placed in order one under another, Then add them together, and place the total at the Bottom. This is what is meant by a Bill of Parcels, and is generally given by every Trader to the Buyer, the form of which is as follows. Simon Bateman Efq; 15th March, 1775. Bought of Roger Winefeller. S. d. Port Red 15 Gallons at 6 4 per gal. Claret 1. S. d. Palm Sack Lifbon white 40 4 3 967 8 BILLS on BOOK FOR Conrade Dubois Efq; Dr. l. s. d. 33 15 0 45 19 4 To Henry Sims, for work and Materials, in his House at Henley-Park, Surry. 1738. May 18 Oak tim. 12 load at 21. 55. per Ton, 27 Fir tim. 35 T at 1l 12s 10d a load. June 11: Oak plank 96 ft. at 3d. . per foot 15: Norw. deals 590 at 61. 155. per lid. 29 Sixpenny nls. 29 tho. at gs 10d per m. Ten great nls. 30doz. at 14s 10d per 22 July 16: Work for felf 90 days at 35 4d per day 15 for I man gods. at 2s 6d. p.r day 11 Wainfcot 73 Yards, at 3s 2d. per yd. 11 Double quarter 58 feet at 4d. per foot. Deals and nails are 120 to the hundred, 50 are load, and 40 feet a Ton of Timber. feet Form Form of a Bricklayer's Bill, from the celebrated Mr, GEORGE BICKHAM. Sir Pargiter Fleetwood Dr. To James Mainstone, for work and Materials in his houfe on Tower-hill, LONDON. N. B. A Brick ought to be 9 Inches long, 4 broad, and 2 thick, 500 Bricks are a load, 1000 Tiles the. fame, 25 bufhels are a hundred of Lime. About 4500 Bricks will make a Rod of Brickwork, (vi) 2724 fquare Feet, a Brick and a half thick. The honourable Lady Pink, 1775. To Mary Millener Dr. 1. s. d. March 12. To fine lace 12yds. at 10s 4d. per yd. 6 4 0 Flowered Ribbon 10 at 2s 6d. I 6 3 14. Sarcenct Hoods 6 at 4s. I 40 24. Kid Gloves 8 pair at 2s 1d. per pair, April 2. Lambs dit. 2 doz. at 125. per dozen. 19. India Fans, 6 doz. at 4s id. per doz. Mr. James Shortmeasure, Dr. To Woolftone Winecooper. 1775. Mar. 12. Palm Sack, 18 Galls. at 8s. 6d. April 7. White Lisbon 32 Gals. at 4s. 10d. 7 12. Burgundy, 10 dozen, at 50s. 16. Mountain, 7 Galls. at 6s. 2d, 21. Adouble cheft of Florence agreed for 4 148 26 5 2 1330 68 6 8 £. 68 19 8 SIMPLE INTEREST. IMPLE INTEREST, is the Profit allowed in the lending or forbearance of any fum of money, for fome determined space of time. When the Intereft is required for a Year, multiply the Principal by the rate per Cent, and divide that Product by 100, the Quotient is the Intereft required. What's the Intereft of 179l. for a Year, at 51. per Gent, per Annum. 1. Aufwer 81. 195. od. What's What's the Intereft of 971. 17s. 6d. for a Year at 57. per Cent. 1. s. des Anf. 4 17 10. 7 6 Note. The dividing by 100 in this and the following 1787 Examples, (where needful) is 12 performed by cutting of the figures with a ftraight line, to the right hand, to answer the 2 cyphers in 100, fee Page 1050 7I RULE When the Intereft is required for 2, 3, 4, 5, &c. years, multiply the Intereft for 1 year, by the number of years g ven in the Question, the Product will be the Anfwer. L3 What's |