D E R R Y. 23$ 



£.7495 10 o 

 Intereft on that fum, at 6 per cent, for 



8 months -- - 299 17 2 



7795 7 2 



Prime cofl; in Weft Indies 153. 9I& a 



barrel. 

 Sell at 12342 10 O 



Expenfes - 77So 7 2 



Profit - 4547 2 10 



4546, on the expenfes of 7795, is 58 



per cent. — bounty of 2s. a barrel 987 8 O 



£•5534 10 10 



Here appears a very noble profit ; but fifh- 

 ing upon paper is an eafier bufinefs than upon 

 Loch Swilly; and it is neceftary to obferve, 

 that the merchant who engages in this filhery, 

 muft provide, if he fifties himfelf, boats, nets, 

 fait, barrels, and ftores, all which muft be rea- 

 dy, though not a herring ftiould come into the 

 Loch, or though ftorms prevent a boat going 

 out. He muft alfo have the fum ready in his 

 counting- houfe for all the other expenfes, in 

 cafe the fifnery proves fuccefsful, which upon 

 the whole are circumftances that make great 

 profits neceffary, or the bufinefs would not be 

 undertaken at all. 



The 



