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COTTON-WOOL. 



No. 8. 



Extract Report of the Import and Export Trade 

 of Calcutta, by Sea, for 1796-7. 



Import and The average cost of cotton cleaned from the 

 of Calcutta, seeds at Jolloan, and Calpy, in the Mahratta 

 country, may be estimated at eight sicca rupees 

 per maund of 102 sicca-weight to the seer, which 

 is generally subject to the following charges and 

 profits, viz, 



1st. Charges of transportation, Vizier's and Com- 

 pany's duties, and profit to the Exporter to Mir- 

 zapore. 



2d. Profit to the merchant at Mirzapore, includ- 

 ing godovvn-rent, &c. 



3d. Charges of transportation, honourable Com- 

 pany's duty at Manjee, and profit to the transpor- 

 ter to Bogwan Gholah, or other adjacent places. 



4th. Profit to the merchant at Bogwan Gholah, 

 including godown-rent, &c. 



5th. Charges of transportation and profit to the 

 transporter to the place of ultimate sale. 



6th. Profit to the purchaser at place of sale, and 

 probably afterwards to the retailer. 



If the spinner, therefore, purchases this cotton 

 at the rate of eighteen rupees per maund of eighty 

 sicca-weight to the seer, these different profits, 

 charges, and duties, amount at the sale price to 

 186 per cent on the cost. 



It 



