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Author: Isaac Newton

Source: MINT 19/3/570, 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 Accompt of the cost & charges of sending Tynn to Amsterdam & selling it there by Commission.

Paid in London, First cost p^r cwt Averdupois	3. 16. 00
Customes	0. 3. 00
Cocquets, boat hire, searchers fees, Wharfage &c about	0. 0. 06
Insurance by sea 1 per cent	0. 0. 09
	4. 0. 03

This summ after the rate of 110 $\frac{3}{4}$ pounds Averdupois to the Dutch 100 weight & Gilders 12 stivers to 20^s sterling comes to 42 Gilders per 100 Dutch weight	}	42.^{ild^ers} 0.^Stivers
Paid in Holland, Customes about 12^st per 100^wt. One third Additional Duty about 4^st. Valuation 2 p^r cent. These Duties are apt to meet with some favour in valuing the goods below the first cost. Her Majestypaid for the Tynn in Holland, Customes 10^st p^r 100^wt, Additional Duty 3 $\frac{1}{3}$ ^st, Valuation 12 $\frac{1}{2}$ . In all	}	1. 5 $\frac{5}{6}$
Coquets & Custome house fees about 25 or 30^st p^r parcell		0. 0 $\frac{1}{2}$
Freight (as in M^r Drummonds Account) 10 styvers per block Averidge 3 styvers p^r Gilder, or 1 $\frac{1}{2}$ styver per block. Boat-hire & Lighterage for unlading 2 styvers per block. Porterage & housing 2 styvers p^r block. In all 15 $\frac{1}{2}$ styvers per block, which is about 5 $\frac{1}{4}$ styvers per 100^wt	}	0. 5 $\frac{1}{4}$
Total charge of buying exporting & housing		43. 11 $\frac{7}{12}$
By the Rule of fals Position let the Price in selling be put 45 Gilders per 100 Dutch weight, & the charges of selling will be as follows
Carriage to the city weigh-house & weighing for sale 1 $\frac{1}{2}$ st City Duties for weighing $\frac{1}{2}$ per cent. In former Accounts I find these two Articles about	}	0. 5 $\frac{1}{2}$
Prompt payment 1 per cent		0. 9
Insurance of the payments 1 per cent		0. 9
Interest for two months forbearance & a month in returning the money to London	}	0. 12
Commission 1 per cent		0. 9
Brokerage		0.
Warehouse room about		0. 2
		46. 1 $\frac{1}{12}$