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Author: Isaac Newton

Source: MINT 19/5/35, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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  'An Acc^t of y^e cost & charges of sending Tynn to Amsterdam & selling it there by commission.' [MINT 19/3/498-9]

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An Account of the cost & charges of sending Tynn to Amsterdam & selling it there upon Commission.

	li	s	d
First cost per cwt Averdupois	3.	16.	0
Customes	0.	3.	0
Cocquets, boat hire, searchers fees, wharfage &c about	0.	0.	6
Ensurance about 1 per cent	0.	0.	9
	4.	0.	3

Which after the rate of 110 $\frac{3}{4}$ pounds Averdupois to the Dutch 100 weight & 10 Gilders 12 stivers to 20^s sterling, comes to 42 Gilders per 100 Dutch weight.

	Total cost & charges paid in London		42.	0
5	Freight (as in M^r Drummonds Account) 10 styvers per block. Averidge 3 styvers per Gilder or 1 $\frac{1}{2}$ styver per block. Boat hire & lighterage for unlading 2 styvers per block. Porterage & housing 2 styvers per block. In all 15 $\frac{1}{2}$ styvers per block, which is about 5 $\frac{1}{4}$ styvers per 100 Dutch weight	}
		}	0.	5 $\frac{1}{4}$
1	Paid in Holland customes	0.	12
2		$\frac{1}{3}$ Additional Duty	0.	4
3	Valuation & Premium 2 per cent. the valuation is more apt to be under the first cost then to exceed it, & may amount to 14, 16 or 17 styvers per 100	}	0.	16 $\frac{1}{2}$
4	Cocquets & Custome house fees about 25 or 30 stivers per parcel		0.	0 $\frac{1}{2}$

	Total charge of buying exporting & house		43.	18 $\frac{1}{4}$

	By the Rule of false Position let the price be put 45 Gilder per 100 Dutch weight & the charges of selling will be	43.	18

Carriage to the city weigh-house & weighing for sale	0.	1 $\frac{1}{2}$
City Duties half per cant	0.	4 $\frac{1}{2}$
Prompt payment 1 per cent	0.	9
Ensurance of the payments 1 per cent	0.	9
Returns of the money	0.	5
	45.	7 $\frac{1}{4}$
Commission 1 per cent	0.	9
Warehouse room	0.	2
Brokerage	0.	3
Interest for two months forbearance	0.	6
	46.	7 $\frac{1}{4}$
Profit by trading	0.	15
	47.	2 $\frac{1}{4}$

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