APPENDIX. 38 1 



Tales 4881 6 8 at 8 mace, 2 candareens = 5953$ g dollars. Tales, m. c. 



Dollars 5953^ at 7 mace, 2 candareens ... 4286 3 4 

 Net weight - - 321 peculs. 



Gain on weight - 32 5 



353 5 Ta. m. c. 



Part of a former chop - 42 95 at 1 1 6 7 - 501 2 2 



396 O Tales 4787 5 6 

 Chests and packing 10 9 



Tales 4788 6 3 



Tales, m. c. 

 Thus making the pecul of tea 12 9 



In this statement the 5 per cent, is not deducted. 



The contracts with tea-men were said to be effected by 

 the Hong merchants, in the season 1824-6, on the follow- 

 ing terms. 



Tales, m. Tales, m. Tales, m. 

 Puiqua, advanced 4200 tales on account "1 , _ - . _ - , „ - 



Mowqua ditto ditto J 



Chunqua ditto 2000 - - - 175 185 195 



No advances - - - - 18 5 19 2 20 5 



The several items of the account may be thus explained. 



T. m. c. T. m. c. 



Contract prices - - - - -20 50 1850 



Cost of chests and packing - - -131 131 



Interest at 18 per cent, for 10 months, on 400 



peculs of tea, at 1 4 tales the pecul, or on 5600 



tales 2 4 1 4 8< 



Cost of transport and duties to Canton, the 



pecul - 



Interest 6 months on the above 1600 tales 

 Tea-factors' profit - 



Cost of tea previously to packing 



* Interest at 12 per cent, for ten months, on 4200 tales, t. m. c. 



advanced - - - - - -100 



Interest at 18 per cent, for 8 months, on difference between 



money advanced, and cost of tea, at 14 tales the pecul - 4 8 



Tales 1 4 8 



