FKEIGHTS QUANTITY OF GOODS WHICH 

 COMPOSE A TON IN SHIPPING. 



Wharf Scene in New York. 



From By-laws of the New York Chamber of Commerce. 



Resolved, That when vessels are freighted by the ton, and 

 no special agreement is made between the owner of the 

 vessel and freighter of the goods, respecting the proportion 

 of tonnage which each particular article shall be computed 

 at, the following regulation shall be the standard of compu- 

 tation : 



