66 INDIGO. 



s. d. 



Letter to Purple and violet, worth per lb 8 o 



30 March 1810. Violet 7 D 



Coppery violet 6 6 



Violety copper 6 o 



Copper 5 6 



and that the broken indigo of the above qualities 

 will sell for one shilling to eighteen-pence per 

 pound lower than the above prices, which are for 

 indigo of perfect shape. Inferior indigo of the 

 fifth sample now sent, although in perfect cakes, 

 are not worth more than from two to four shillings 

 per pound at the present time. 



11. The total quantities of indigo which have 

 been sold at our sales in the last three years are 

 as follows : 



March sale 1807 ... 



2,022,113, at an average 



s. 



of 8 



d. 



6 



September „ 



3,091,202, 



ditto 



6 



6 



March 1808 ... 



2,652,428, 



ditto 



5 



6 



September „ 



(None arrived 



in time) 







March 1809 ... 



3.995,191, 



ditto 



4 



7 



Ditto Company's ... 



280,502, 



ditto 



5 



6 



September sale ... 



371.370, 



ditto 



4 



6 



Ditto Company's ... 



98,894, 



ditto 



5 



11 



The general average of all which is 5s. lid. per 

 pound ; and as the above term comprises a period 

 when the markets were favourable, as well as one 

 in which they were adverse, it may be considered 



as a fair general average. 



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