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Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797

"The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 08 (of 12)"


[B] 2. To custom L320,000 |[A] 1. By sale amount of
[C] 3. " freight 200,000 | piece-goods and
[D] 4. " 5 per cent duty on | raw silk L1,300,000
L1,300,000 65,000 | Discount 61/2 per
[E] 5. " 2 do. warehouse | cent allowed the
room do. 26,000 | buyers 84,500
7 do. commission |
on L604,500 42,315 |
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L653,315 |
[F] 6. " Balance 562,185 |
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L1,215,500 | L1,215,500
[A] 1. The sale amount is computed on an average of the sales of the two
last years' imports.
[B] 2. The custom is computed on an average of what was paid on
piece-goods and raw silk of said imports, adding additional imposts.
[C] 3. The ships going out of this season, (1782,) by which the above
investment is expected to be sent home, are taken up at 47_l.


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