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teas sell from 11 to 21 tales the pecul: the second gather- 

 ings from 12 to 13 : and the third gatherings from 10 to 

 1 1 tales the pecul ; from which the preceding allowances 

 have to be made. I shall now give one or two examples 

 of the mode of calculating these accounts : there may be 

 some little discrepancy in them, which I may not now be 

 able to reconcile, still they may be considered sufficiently 

 near approximations to truth ; and in China it is only by 

 comparison of such data furnished by different parties, and 

 at remote periods of time, that accurate accounts can be 

 established. 



•t Tales, m. c. 

 Say that a chop of tea of 1000 chests, weighing 66,000 catties, 



and bought at prices from 10 to 16 tales, cost - - 8147 7 



Deduct 20 per cent. - 1 629 5 4 



Deduct 5 per cent, on payment - 



Tales 

 Add 10 months' interest, at 12 per cent. 

 Costs of chests and packing 



The above example supposes that the Hong merchant 

 sends his own agent to the tea country, with ample funds 

 at his command, and that he buys with every -advantage. 

 This would make the cost of Congou tea, of the best 

 quality, after packing, about 10-3 tales the pecul, or about 

 6d. the pound, at its seat of growth. 



Tales, m. c. 

 Another chop of 600 chests, or 396 peculs, bought at prices 



varying from 16 to 21 tales, cost - - - -61 02 10 



Deduct 20 per cent. 1 220 4 2 



Tales 4881 6 8 



