Find the value of the following quantities; the prices were copied from the London newprice current, dated 22d Sept. 1820. The lowest and highest prices have been taken, therefore each question will require two answers; and a third answer may be required to find the average of any, or of all the questions, which may be performed by adding the two products together of the highest and lowest prices, and dividing that product by 2, or by adding the two given prices together, and dividing that product by 2, and proceeding as in other cases 2741 Highest Prices. £ 3. d. 16 12 72 do. white do. 82 do. do. do. 71 78 75 22 42 45 36 784 ... new rye 60 276 sacks of flour 2 1968 lb. 1st quality of cotton twist, No. 40 16394 lb. leather butts 29 10 01214 tons, 252 gal. new whale Greenland oil 92 1963 cwt. Cork butter, 1st quality 18 The letter D stands for duty, which is paid to government for bringing the article into this country. 9112 1b. cochineal D 10d. 6107 Surat cotton, Bengal do. 3.694 6 697 6874 9 37 ... ... 4 1 4 2 % 876 Bourbon do. camphire Malabar cardamoms, D 2s. castor oil rhubarb indigo blue and violet Bengal skein silk cinnamon cloves mace, second quality nutmegs bohea tea (100 per cent. duty) tortoise shell, D 45. 125 cwt. Cheribon coffee, D 1s. 6d, dragon's blood, D £9. 6s. 8d. | 33 gambogium, D 95. 6d. nux vomica Java turmerick galls in sorts 2344 1967 2112 32 976 126 19 18 795 3 15 694 gum arabic, D 12s. 4 10 14 18 28 375 11 10 Cape aloes, D £7 Guinea grains, D 11s. 4d. Highest Price. £ s. a. 641 1 & 2 eleph. teeth, D 40s. & 80s. 32 6844 39 39 374 ... ... 1681 986 lb. palm oil, D 50s. bees wax, D 66s. 6d. gum copal, D 8d. worm seeds, D 18d. 6 987 hides, D 7d. ... 375, doz. Barbary goat skins, D 2s.9d. NORTH AMERICAN PRODUCE. ... 395 cwt.pot ashes, 1st sort dry,D11..2d. 37 13 38 64 2 3 ... ... 875 lb. pink root, D 10d. 18 8701 ... fine sea island cotton 976 lb. fine parch beaver skins 5 8 874 each, 1st sort dear skins 176 876 (loads 50 feet) Quebec red pine WEST INDIES & SPANISH MAIN PROD. 384 ... ... 11274 lb. Carthagena cotton 11385 Demerary cotton ... 9 314 Caraccas indigo, D 5d 21874 gal. leeward island rum, D 11s. 7d.§| MEDITERRANEAN, SPAIN, PORTUGAL,&C. 387 cwt. roach alum, D 11s. 6d. Teneriffe barilla, D 11s. 4d. 876 alkanet root, D 10d. per lb. 24 Venetian cream of tartar, D 15s. honey,D 15s. 4 15 30 13 24 The Allowances usually made in this Weight are TARS, TRET, and CLOFF. TARE is an allowance made to the buyer for the weight of the box, barrel, bag, &c. which contains the good cought and is either At so much per box, barrel, &a At so much per cent, or At so much in the gross weight. TRET is an allowance of 4 lb. in every 104 lb. for waste, dust, &c. made by the merchant to the hyer. CLOFF is an allowance of 2 lb. to he citizens of London, on every draught above 3 cwt. on some sort of goods. GROSS WEIGHT is the whole weight of any sort of goods, and that which contains it. |