APPENDIX. 



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XVII. 



VALUE OF EXCHANGE ON LONDON AND THE UNITED STATES AT DIFFERENT 

 PORTS VISITED BY THE EXPLORING SQUADRON, MADE UP TO 1842. 



Madeira . . . 

 Rio de Janeiro . 

 Valparaiso . . 

 Lima .... 

 Sydney, N. S. W. 

 California . . . 

 Sandwich Islands 

 Manilla . . . 

 Singapore . . . 

 Cape Town . . 

 St. Helena . . 



Amount realized in dol- 

 lars per £100 sterling 

 exchange on London. 



£100 sells for $460 



100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 



440 

 520 

 510 



480 

 450 

 430 

 450 

 450 

 444 

 444 



Rate of Exchange on the 

 United States. 



10 to 12 per cent. disc. 

 12 to 14 " 

 Par. 

 it 



10 per cent. disc. 



12 " 



12 to 15 per cent. disc. 



10 



10 



10 " 



10 



Value of Silver Dol- 

 lars. 



