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trade with the inhabitants of a place after havino; per- 

 formed quarantine, or upon a certificate that the ship did 

 not come from an infected place. 



Price-current. — A statement or list, published statedly or oc- 

 casionall}", of the prevailing prices of merchandise, stocks, 

 specie, bills of exchange, rate of exchange, etc. 



Pri'mag'e. — A certain allowance paid by the shipper or con- 

 signee of goods to the mariners and master of a vessel 

 for loading the same. 



Prom'issory Note. — A written promise by which one person 

 engages or promises to pay a certain sum of money to 

 another. 



Pro'test. — On bills of exchange, the solemn declaration of a 

 notary public of the dishonor of a bill. 



Quar'antine. — The term during which a ship, arriving in port, 

 and suspected of being infected with a malignant, contagious 

 disease, is obliged to forbear all intercourse with the shore. 



Redemp'tion. — Repurchase by the issuer of notes, bills, or 

 other evidences of debt by making payment to the holder. 



Re-exchange'. — The expense chargeable on a bill of exchange 

 or dralt which has been dishonored in a foreign country, 

 and returned to that country in which it was made or 

 indorsed, and then taken up. 



Register. — A document issued by the custom-house, contain- 

 ing a description of a vessel, its name, tonnage, country, 

 ownership, etc., always to be kept on board on a foreign 

 voyage, as evidence of its nationality. 



Responden'tia. — A loan on goods laden on board of a ship. 



Rever'sion. — A payment which is not to be received, or a 

 benefit which does not begin, until the happening of some 

 event, as the death of a person now living. 



Sal'vage. — A recompense allowed to such persons as have assisted 

 in saving goods from fire, loss at sea, or ships from shipwreck. 



Specific Duty. — A tax upon goods of a specific sum upon given 

 quantity or number. 



Stamp-duty. — A duty or tax imposed on paper and parch- 

 ment, the evidence of the payment of which is a stamp. 



Sterling. — In English commerce, a term which is applied to 

 money, signifying that it is of the fixed or standard 

 national value. 



Su'pra-protest. — An acceptance of a bill by a third person 

 after protest for non-acceptance by the drawee. 



