298 



A. D. 1 620. 



Cojl at Alep[0. 



6,000,000 lb of peppei*, ^ per lb 600,000 o 

 450,000 lb cloves, 4/9 per lb 106,875 

 150,000 lb mace, 4/9 per lb 35.625 



400,000 lb nutmegs, 2/4 per lb 46,666 

 350,000 lb indigo, ^fj\^ per lb 75,833 



1,000,000 lb raw iilk, 12/ per lb 600,000 



o 

 o 

 o 



4 

 8 



o 



L 1,465, coo o o 



Cojl in India, 



2~dL.62,^oo o o 



gd 16,875 o o 



8^ 5000 o o 



4^ 6666 13 4 



1/2 20,416 13 4 



sy 400,000 o o 



L5 1 1,458 6 8 



' Thus (continues Mr. Munn) for a little above a third part of the 

 price of the wares fliipped from Turkey, we have them fliipped from, 

 India ; and adding one fixth part more for the expenfe of the voy- 

 age homeward, beyond that of tlie Turkey one, the laid wares by the 

 Cape of Good Hope will coft us but about half the price which they 

 will colt from Turkey : befides, that the greater part of the Eaft-In- 

 dia coft is paid to our own people, and centers at home ; as the 

 freight, infurance, fupcjxargoes, wages, much of the provifions,' &c *. 



in India, and thofc they fell 



* Munn alfo eftimates tlie annual importation coft onboard the n>ips 

 of the following India goods, with the prices they for in England, thus : 



Co/} an laard ihc Jh'ips In Indian 



250.ooqlb pepper 2{.(/ . L26,04i 13 



1 50,000 lb cloves 9(/ - 5626 o 



150,000 lb nutmegs 4,/ - 2500 o 



50,coo lb mace 8(^ - 1666 13 



2oo,cco lb indigo 1/2 - J 1,666 13 



],07,i40 lb China ia\T filk 7/ 37,499 o 



50,000 pieces cah'co 7/ 15,000 o 



4 

 o 



o 

 4 

 4^ 

 o 

 o 



Li 00,000 o o 



Selling fricei in En^Iantf. 



1/8 L2o8,333 6 8. 



2/6 



6/ 



5/ 



20f 

 20/" 



45,000 



18,750 



15,000 



50,00a 



107, 1 40 



5 0,000 



L494,22j 6 8 



And he confiders ihc vvliale of the great differ- gives a comparative view of the lowefl, prices of 



ence, which coiifiils of freight, duties, charges, 

 and profits, as clear gain to the nation. 



He afterwards eftimates the annual confnmptlon 

 of the following India goods in England, snd 



Tif" tuivejl aniient prices. 



them, when got from Turkey or Lilbon, before 

 England imported any from India, and the com- 

 mon prices in his own time, thus : 



Tie common viodern prices. 



The difference of thefe fums is a faving in the 

 <'xpcnditurc of England in confeqnence of the di- 

 ■.e&. impovtation from India. 



It is proper to obferve, that a review of the 

 Dutch India trade was publiflied about this fame 

 time, the autlior of whieli ftales the returns from 

 the yc-ir 1596 to 1601, nil cliaiges deducted, to 

 be 233 tons of gold ; and he proceeds reckoning 

 the company's and the nation's profits by the 

 trade, aod all in tons of gold. The profits or di- 



Lio8,333 6 8\ 



vidends made in fixteen years, reckoning from the 

 year 1605, were 200 gilders on each (hare of loc ; 

 and the value or market-price of each (hare was 

 230 gilders. [See the extract in Purchases Pil- 

 grlmes, L. v, c. 15.] 



We muft remember that this work was written 

 by a partner of the Dutch company, who, like 

 Mr. Munn, was defirous of exhibiting the affairs 

 of his compnnv in the moil advantageous light. 

 M. ■ * • 3 



