4. In 31478 lb. of fugar, how many piculs ?

8. What will 279 piculs 25 lb. of fugar come to, at 7 rix dol lars per picul?

Calculations are made in Tales, Mace, Candareens, and Cash.

I candareen.

1 mace.

1 tale.

The tale of China is estimated at 1 dollar 48 cents in the United States.

The Spanish dollar is current at 72 candareens.

Weights are in Tales, Piculs, and Cattas

16 tales make 1 catta; 100 cattas 1 picul.

A picul is equal to 133 lb. English.

The cavid of China is 14 inches; it is divided into 10 parts.

To change pounds English to Cattas.

RULE, Dedu&t 25 per cent. or one quarter, for cattas,

EXAMPLE.

In 62668 lb. English, how many cattas?

62668
15667

Anf. 47001 cattas.

To change cattas to pounds English.

RULE. Add one third for pounds English.

1. What is the amount of 308 chefts of bohea tea, weighing neat 01956 lb. at 15 tales per picul ?

2.

What will 75 chefts of fouchong tea come to, weighing neat 4875 lb. at 44 tales per picul?

3. How many dollars will pay for an invoice of tea, amounting to 6446 tales i mace 6 candareens?

Accounts are kept in Dollars, Rials, and Quartos.
12 quartos make 1 rial; 8 rials 1 dollar.

The arobe is 25 lb. 5 arobes make 1 picul.

Their 100 lb. is equal to 104 lb. English.

I.

What will 1897 bags of fugar amount to, weighing neat 1361 piculs I arobe 17 lb. at 6 dollars per arobe?

The money is in paper, filver, and gold.

Paper money is in the bills of the Company, and is of uncertain

value,

Silver is in the rupees of different parts of India.

The Sicca rupee is worth more than any other by 7 to 8 per
Gold is the Mohur pagoda.

The exchange is various, as filver is rarely feen.

cent.

JAPAN.

Accounts are in Tales, Mace, and Candareens.

10 candareens make 1 mace.

10 mace

I tale of a dollar, or 75 cents.

Ten mace are equal to 1 rix dollar.

Six tales make a corban, a gold coin not used in accounts.

In Weights-10 tales make I mace; 16 mace 1 catta. The ichan or hickey is 3 feet.

The balee is 65 quarts.

Thirty-five per cent. was the duty on privileged imports in 1799. It is on the exports (which are all free of duty) that the Dutch make their profit upon their return to Batavia. A privilege is granted to the captain of the Dutch fhips to carry money, which often fells at an advance.

How much is the neat proceeds of 4 filver watches, at 35 tales: each, deducting the duty of 35 per cent. ?

The article is given in the firft column, the price in the next column, the duties in the third, and the neat proceeds in the fourth.

PARTICULARS OF THE TONNAGE or GOODS, As calculated to make up the Tonnage for the Freight of Goods brought in Eaft-India or China Ships to Europe, viz.