at Bristol is by Bills at 1 month, (i weeks, or 2 months. 
The last is thought an indulgence. 
“Freight from Bristol to Liverpool 30s. per ton. Insu- 
rance 20s. to 30s. per cent, according to the season of the 
year, but the ships are very irregular in this conveyance.” 
“Prices of Cotton in some of the West India Islands, 
April, 1775, as per letter received from John Craven, dated 
St. Croix, April 24th, 1775 : — 
At St. Croix 2s. per lb. 1001b. Dutch weight there 
are equal to 1121b. English. 
d. 
Exchange 84^ per cent Ilf 
Duty on Exportation 15 per cent li 
Commission there, Freight, Insurance, <fcc., home... 3 
Interest till in cash again f 
lib avoirdupois cost home 17 
St. Eustatia — Exchange 70 per cent. 
d. 
22d. per lb., under the above circumstances 15-| 
2s. 3d, ditto ditto 18-J 
2s. 6d. St. Domingo Cotton (Interest Id.) 20^” 
“Cotton imported at London from Christmas, 1769, to 
1774, per a clerk at the Custom House : — 
Year. lbs. weight. 
1770 1,544,488 
1771 726,923 
1772 2,730,167 
1773 988,737 
1774 2,691,473 
530,832, West India 1 As per Bills of 
1,253,637, Turkey J Entry.” 
“At Lancaster — Tare 41b. per 1121b., draught lib. per bag. 
West India Cotton imported ...17 71... 3 107 \ 
1772. . .3803 j 
1773. . .3821 / p . , 
1774 4993 > Bags and 
To December, 1775... 4051 i OC e 
1776. . .3055 ] 
1777. . .4903 
Carriage by land to Manchester, 2s. 6d. per cwt. 
Freight to Liverpool from Lancaster, 8d. per 1121bs. 
Insurance £ per cent. This way 2s. 6d. also.” 
1776. 
