To find the price of one, at fo much per thousand. RULE.-Multiply the price by 12; divide the product by 50; then take the pounds for fo many pence, and the fhillings, for fuch a part of a penny as they are of a pound, which will be the anfwer. BILL of PARCEL S. Newburyport, January 1, 1793. Mr. Timothy Huckster 25 48 Bohea tea, at 3s. 6d. cheese, at 9d. per ft. 15 pair of worsted hose, at Bought of Samuel Merchant, per fb. dozen. 55. 8d. per pair. 4 dozen women's gloves, at 36s. 6d. per dozen. 19 dozen knives and forks, at 5s. 9d. per 9 grindstones, at 15s 9d. per ftone. cwt. brown fugar, at 51s. per cwt. loaf fugar, at is. d. per . 1.5,6 £34 3 3 Samuel Merchant. TARE and TRE T. Tare and Tret are practical rules for deducting certain allowances, which are made by merchants and tradefmen in felling their goods by weight. Tare is an allowance, made to the buyer, for the weight of the box, barrel or bag, &c. which contains the goods bought, and is either at so much per box, &c. at fo much per cwt. or at so much in the gross weight. Tret is an allowance of 4ft in every 1041b for waste, duft, &c. Cloff is an allowance of 2ft upon every 3 cwt. Grofs weight is the whole weight of any fort of goods, together with the box, barrel or bag, &c. which contains them. Suttle is when part of the allowance is deducted from the grofs. Neat weight is what remains after all allowances are made. CASE CAS E I.* When the tare is at so much per box, barrel or bag, &c.—-Multiply the number of boxes, barrels, &c. by the tare, and fubtract the product from the grofs, and the remainder will be the neat weight required. EXAMPLES. 1. In 6 hogheads of fugar, each weighing 9cwt. 2qrs. 10ft grofs, tare 25 per hogfhead; How much neat? 2. In 5 bags of cotton, marked with the grofs weight as follows, tare 231b per bag; What neat weight? 3. What is the neat weight of 15 hogfheads of tobacco, each 76wt. 1gr. 13b, tare 100 per hhd. ? Anf. 97cwt. ogr. 11fb. CASE This, as well as every other Cafe in this rule, is only an appli cation of the rules of Proportion and Practice, When the tare is at so much per cwt.-Divide the grofs weight by the aliquot parts of a crut. Subtract the quo tient from the grofs, and the remainder will be the neat weight. EXAMPLES. I. In 129cwt. 3grs. 16lb grofs; tare 14tb per cut. What neat weight? When the tret is allowed with tare ;-Divide the futtle weight by 26, and the quotient will be the tret, which fubtract from the futtle, and the remainder will be the neat. EXAMPLES. I. EXAMPL E S. In 247cwt. 2qrs. 15lb. grofs; tare 28 per cwt. and tret 4lb. per 104lb. What neat weight? lb. Cwt. grs. Ib. 28247 2 15 grofs. 12 tare, fubtract. 2. What is the neat weight of 4hhds. of tobacco, weighing as follow; the 1ft, 5cwt. 1qr. 12lb. grofs; tare65lb. per hogfhead; 2d, 3cwt. oqr, 19lb. gross; tare 75lb.; the 3d, 6cwt. 3qrs. grofs, tare 49lb.; and the 4th, 4cwt. 2qrs. 9lb. grofs; tare 35lb. and allowing tret to each as ufual? Anf. 17cwt. ogr. 19lb. CAS E IV. When tare, tret and cloff are allowed ;-Deduct the tare and tret as before, and divide the futtle by 168, and the quotient will be the cloff, which fubtract from the futtle, and the remainder will be the neat. EXAMPLES. 1. What is the neat weight of a hogfhead of tobacco, weighing 16cwt. 2qrs. 20lb. grofs; tare 14lb. per cwt. tret 4lb. per 104, and cloff 2lb, per 3cwt. ? |