58 ORIENTAL COMMERCE. [lied Sea. 



Port Charges and Boat and Cooky Hire. 



Pilotage in and out 100 cruse. 



Anchorage, to theXerift*. 500 ditto 



Ditto, to the Bashaw 500 ditto 



Ditto, to the Kia 50 ditto 



Order for the ship's Bailing... 35 ditto 



Boat hire, on baggage 30 ditto 



Cooky hire 10 ditto 



Boat hire for shipping off baggage30 cruse. 



Cuoley hire, and buxiea 12 ditto 



Jlirbhar's present 25 ditto 



Ditto deputy's present 16' ditto 



Arab writer's wages 250 ditto 



House rent 1,000 ditto 



Present to linguist GOO ditto 



Custom-house searchers for cutting the bales to clear the customs, 8 bales for a cruse. 

 To the Bashaw's guard on board, 1 cruse per day till cleared, and 20 cruse as buxies. 



The Rates of Boat. Hire are ax follow. 



Robins of Pepper, each J 4- duanees 



Bales of Cardamums 14 ditto 



Chests of China ware 14 ditto 



Chests of lac, &c 14 ditto 



Chests of Benjamin, each ... 14 duanees 



Bags of rice, sugar, &c 7 tiitto 



I .cud and Tutenague, in slabs 7 ditto 

 Boat hire, and writer's fees 25 ditto 



The Rates of Cooley Hire are as follow. 



Hales of Pepper 9 per cruse j Bugs of riee, sugar, &C 20 per cruse 



Ditto Cardauiuuis 9 ditto Stowing bales in godown ...10 ditto 



Chests of China ware .2 ditto \\ Chests of Benjamin 9 ditto 



As soon as you anchor in the harbour, the Enubar and officers of the 

 Bashaw will come off, and demand a manifest of your cargo ; they do not 

 enquire about the contents — only say, so many chests of china ware ; so 

 many bales of Bengal goods, Sec. 



When the Enubar s boat leaves you, he will leave two custom-house 

 officers on board, who will remain till the cargo is all delivered, and the ship 

 searched, to whom, during their stay, there is a customary daily allowance 

 for provisions. In addition to these officers, there will be a boat moored 

 a-stern of you every night while any cargo remains on board : and do not 

 suffer your own boat to leave the ship, except when it cannot be avoided, as 

 the officers of Government are both troublesome and insolent ; but as soon 

 as the ship is cleared and searched, you have a free communication with 

 the shore. 



Should it so happen that you arrive at Judda before the Hodjee, get 

 permission to go on shore as soon as possible, and in this case the Govern- 

 ment will wish to hasten you ; so that there will be no difficulty in procuring 

 the indulgence. But do not leave the ship, until you have agreed to be 

 allowed to chuse your own broker and shroff: and have it in writing under 

 their signature, or else they will impose some creature of their own upon 

 you, who pay them for it. Stipulate with them also, that all your cargo 



