300 APPENDIX. 



TABLE XII. 



SHOWING CONVERSION OF BRAZILIAN INTO AMERICAN 

 CURRENCY. 



Amount of pro forma invoice, . . . Reis 44:201 $8 lo 

 At 21 >^d. exchange at Rio, . . . ^3.959 15 

 $4.84}^ — >^ per ^ sterling, Ji5i9,i6i 00 



Charges accruing in the United States : — 



Freight per steamer to New York, 40c. per 

 bag and 5 per cent, primage, $420 00 



Marine insurance, i per cent, less 30 per 

 cent. — ^ net, on $21,672 or invoice and £ 

 value @ $5.50, 151 70 



Banker's commission for credit=^ of i per 

 cent, on $19,161, 143 72 



Bill stamps in London (nil). 



Labor at vessel, 4c. per bag ; storage, one 

 month, @ 4c. ; weighing, 3Xc. ; fire in- 

 surance, i}(c. per bag > delivery (lighter- 

 age), 4c. per bag=i6_^c. per bag, . . . 16500 



Petty charges, z. e., sampling, sewing, custom 

 fees, etc., on bags, per bag, 3^0. ; approx- 

 imate for skimming of quality, bags 



@ ; furnishing new bags, 35 00 



Cables at New York, 5 00 



920 42 



Cost of 1 ,000 in store, 520,081 42 



