1 r. per pipe: what muft I fell it for per gallon to gain 12 per cent? Answer 5rs. 3a. 7p. felling price per gallon. (4) Bought 150 cafks of porter each 32 gallons for 84 rupees per cafk, paid cuftom 5a. per cak, cooley hire 2 annas per cafk; the godown rent came to 30 rupees; cooperage 37rs. 4a. When I fell them for 15000 rupees, what do I gain upon the whole, per cafk, and per cent? Answer 22671s. 2a. gain upon the whole, 15rs. 1a. 9p. 13 gain per cafk and 17 per cent nearly. (5) Bought 200 carcaffes of beef,, weight neat 474 mds. 1ofrs. 8chs. at 3rs. 8a. per maund, and falted them up in 400 barrels, which coft 3rs. 4a, a piece, paid for 50 mds. of falt, at 4rs. 12a. per maund, paid for falting, coolies, &c. 25 rupees, now I want to know, what one barrel ftands me in? An 120 (6) Shipped for Madras 12co bags of rice, which coft me 2rs. 8a per bag; paid for 1200 gunny bags at 2 annas each; for packing 3 pice per bag; cooley hire to the cuftom houfe gaut6 pice per bag, for licenfe, duty, and other port charges 210rs. Ɛa. 6p. boat hire 11 rupecs: I defire to know what it flands me in per bag on board? Answer 2rs. 1ga. 8p. per bag (7) Imported from Madras 20 pipes of wine at 180 rupees per hogfhead, paid duty here 1 anna per gallon, freight 25 rupees per tun, the charges for boat and cooley hire came to 13rs. 8a. A ftorm arifing, 1 pipe containing 126 gallons was thrown over board: What does the remainder ftand me in per gallon, how muft I fell it per hogfhead to gain 10 per cent, and what do I gain by the whole at that rate? Anfwer 3rs. 2a. 1 p. prime coft per gallon, 220rs. 123. felling price per hogfhead, and 762rs. 9a. 7p. whole gain. (8) Shipped on board the fnow Admiral Hughes 20 bales muggerdooties, each 5 corge, each 32rs. 8a. paid charges as follows: godown rent for 1 month previous to the embarkation 30 rupees; paid for to pieces dungaree each 2 rupees; packing ditto 4 annas per bale; cuftom 4 rupees per corge; boat and cooley hire 20 rupees. What come they to per corge? Anfwer 37rs. 4a. per corge. Purchased 300 maunds of long pepper at 3 ru. pees per maund, packed them in bags each 3 maunds; paid for bags 2 ann s each; packing ditto 3 pice each; godown rent came to 10 rupees; exported the whole to Madras; paid cuitoms 8 annas per bag, cooley hire 6 pice per bag, and boat hire 5 rupees: how muft I charge them per bag to gain 30 per cent upon the whole? Anfwer 1218. 4 24. 3p. 14 felling price per bag. 54 INVOICES. INVOICE Ben board the Madras Trader, John Dolbins mafter, and configned to Thomas Gunfton, merchant at Madras, for account and risk of self, of Calcutta, being marked and numbered as per margin contents to ftand charges, viz. What fum may I draw for on S. Gunston, of Madras, in pagodas exchange at 3rs. 12a. per ftar pagoda? 3 rs. 12 a. pag. 373crs. 13a. 6p. Anfwer 994 fr. pag. 40 f. 10 cash. Invoice of wine laden by George Hudfon on board the Santa Maria, Don Miguel mafter, for risk, and account of Self and Co. and configned to Patrick Loftus and Co. in Calcutta. To No. 1 to 10. To primage at 60 reas per mil reas. Madeira 21ft March 1789. Per Company and fulf George Hudson. What fum muft Patrick Loftus and Co. anfwer for that in ficca rupees exchange at 1000 mil reas for 5f. Ed. fterling, and the current rupee valued at 2f. 3d. ftering? Aufwer 407rs. 64. 5p. exchange for 127,660 mil reas. Invoice of 2 bales of chintz, laden by me John Connell on board the Betfey, Captain Humberstone, for the proper rifk and account of William Graham, merchant in Calcutta, marked as per margin, contents coft and charges, and configned to John King of Bombay as per order. Το IK To 50 pieces of chintz cach To 50 pieces of chintz each 1Ɛrs. 12a. To folding and packing ditto ΙΟ 10 8 3 Errors excepted. Mafulipatam 20th August 1789. Per John Connel'. How many Bombay rupees at 10 per cent better than current, muft John King anfwer for William Graham in Bombay? Anfwer 2014 гs. 13 a. op. r of Bombay. 2 Invoice of 6 dubbers of ghee fent to Calcutta by me Alexander Rofewell, in a panfhway belonging to Ramdon mangee, configned to William Smith merchant. No. 1 & 2 - each weight 6mds. - Tare 1ofrs. per dubber. No. 3 & 4-each weight 5mds. 20fis.-Tare 12 frs. per dubber. No. 5 & 6 — each weight 4mds. 30frs. Tare 11fro. per dubber. A: |