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more than 25 per cent, should be put on 
the invoice price of the Marine Stores; 
this would enable the Merchant to pur¬ 
chase such parts of them as were adapted 
for the Eastern Trade, and to dispose of 
them at a reasonable profit. If the Sale 
of Marine Stores be not confined exclu¬ 
sively to the Honourable Company, it 
will not be advisable to send them out in 
future. 
There is every reason to believe, that 
considerable advantage would be derived 
from making Contracts in China, for 
Beetle-nut, Tin, Cutch, Sec. to be sent on 
the Madras and China Ships; the Con¬ 
tracts to be made by the Supra cargoes in 
China; the difference between the price 
paid at Prince of Wales Island, and 
the Contract, after deducting all charges, 
to be carried to the credit of the Island, 
This would also prove, at the same time. 
