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3. What is the nt^t weight of 3 hogsheads of sugar 

 weighing as follows : the first, 4cwt. 51b. gross, tare 73ib. ; 

 the second, 3cwt. 2qrs. gross, tare 561b. and the third, 

 2cwt. 3qrs. lylb. gross, tare 471b. and allowing trett to each 

 as usual .? Ans. 8cwt. 2qrs. 41b. 



CASE IV. 

 When tarey trett and doff are all allowed, 



RULE. 



Deduct the tare and trett, as before, and divide the sut- 

 tle by 168, and the quotient is the clofF, which subtract 

 from the suttle, an4 the remainder is the net. 



EXAMPLES. 



1. What is the net weight of a hhd. of tobacco, weigh- 

 ing i5Gwt. 3qrs. 2olb. gross, tare 71b. per cwt. and trett 

 SJid cloff as usual ? 



cwt. qrs. lb, 

 15 3 20 gross. 

 71b. is T*5 3 27 tare. 



26)14 3 21 



2 8 trett. 



168)14 I 13 suttle. 

 9 clofF. 



14 I 4 the answer. 



2. In 19 chests of sugar, each containing 13CW1. iqr, i 7ib. 

 gross, tare 131b. per cwt. and trett and clofF as usual, how 

 rnuch net, and what is the value at 5^d. per pound .'' 



Ans. 2i5cwt. 171b. and value 57 7I. 6s. 5-^'d. 



COMPOUND PROPORTION. 



Co iMPOUND Proportion teaches how to resolve such 

 questionsj as require two or more statings in Simple Pio- 

 portion. 



