394 NOTE ON PBICES OF PE,OA''ISIONS, &C. 



I note that in 1734, " white tin " was worth 55s. per cwt. or 

 £55 per ton, a considerably better price than the X3resent, if 

 we take into account the low rates of wages and the shallowness 

 of the mines ; this will account for the abundance of old tin- 

 workings in places where it would certainly not pay to work now. 

 For Wheal Eose oare the Lord's Dues were ^th. 



MisoELLAJ^EOTJS CHARGES. Among these I find " 2 packs of 

 cards," for use after the monthly pay, charged Is., which is 

 cheap enough, and 4 quires of paper, bought at Truro, for 3s., 

 which does not seem to be cheap. 



A good deal of money was received by Mr. Ennys in payment 

 for the use of his different stamps and the rent of G-rist Mills. 

 Sometimes the stamps were let absolutely, thus we find 

 '' Harris's Stamping Mill, in Trevaunance Coomb " let in 1722 for 

 £15 per annum ; "Forth Chapel Coomb Stamps" £13 ; " Lenobrey 

 Stamps" £5 ; •' Hill Stamps " £14 10s. ; "Little Stamps" £7; and 

 Feb. 10, 1725, " Cash received of Nch. Daddow for ye use of 

 Mr. Ennys' s Stamps for a fortnight ye sum of £1. 



Frequently, however, the stuff was brought to be stamped in 

 sacks, the charge being from 6s. to 8s. per hundred sacks 

 (approximately 10 tons, but varying in weight with the richness 

 of the stuff), a small allowance being made for the "leavings." 

 Trevaunance Mill, in 1719, was let for £36 10s. per annum. 

 Incidentally, we find that the mill owner used to build up the 

 millstones from "cane stones" purchased at 3s. each, for that 

 purpose. These were fastened together with plaster of paris, 

 which was burnt from gypsum on the spot. 



There are several entries, one as early as 1722, of charges 

 made to "strangers" for landing "slat stones," probably from 

 Delabole, and Mr. Ennys seems to have had a taste for natural 

 history, for May 30, 1720, is an entry "expenses on John 

 Harris and others on sending them to the Gull Eock at w'^'' time 

 they brought home 4 young Gulls, 1 s. 



A good many entries occur with reference to the ' ' driving of 

 the Wheal Trevaunance adit, in the Estate w"*' was Mr. Tonkins;" 

 the last being Nov. 1st, 1721, when "the additt was holed (to the 

 eastran dip^Der)," and N. Bennett and his partners were paid for 

 5 fathoms, at £4 10s. per fathom, so that the ground must have 

 been hard, 



