3. Change 579 millreas 750 reas to Sterling, at 55. 71d. per millrea. 579,750 4058,250 34785,00 289,875 12)39133,125 20)326|1 I Anf. £.163 1 1/ 4. Inf.163 1 1 fterling, how many millreas, at 5s. 7ld. per millrea ? 5. What is the commiffion on 6245 mill. 46 reas, at 2 per cent.? per cent. per month is allow 6. Suppose a cargo is fold for 6245 millreas, at two months credit, for prompt payment of which ed; how much is the discount? 7. Suppofe you import 5960 hogfhead ftaves and 5060 barrel ftaves, on which there is a duty of 23 per cent. which is taken in kind, how many of each remain for fale ? Anf. 4590 hhd. and 3897 bbl. MEASURES OF PORTUGAL, Cloth Meafure. A vara is 43 inches English. A covedo is 263 dittɔ. Wine Meafure. I almude is 12 canados. 1 canado is 4 quarteels. An almude is 4 gallons, English wine measure. A canado is 3 pints English. f moy is 15 fangas. 1 fanga is 4 alquiers. Corn Meafure. 1 moy of 60 alquiers is 3 English quarters, or 24 bushels, Winchefter measure. 1 quarter is 20 Alquiers. 1 English bufhel is 2 alquiers in Lisbon, 2 alquiers in Oporto, and 24 alquiers in Figuiras. A moy of falt is the same measure as corn. A pipe of coals is 16 fangas. I fanga is 8 alquiers. A pipe of coals is 128 alquiers, which at 2 alquiers per bufhel, is 51 bushels English. WEIGHTS OF PORTUGAL. 1 quintal is 4 arobes. 1 arobe is 32 pounds, so that a quintal is 128 lb. Portugal weight, which is equal to about 132 lb. English, avoirdupois weight. A pound is about 16 ounces English. Loss by exchanging English money in Portugal. An English guinea paffes at Lisbon for 3 m. 600 r. which is 134 reas, or 9 pence less than the value. An English crown paffes for 800 reas, which is 89 reas, or 6 pence, less than the value. An English shilling paffes for 160 reas, which is 18 reas, or about I penny, less than the value. LEGHORN. Accounts are kept in Piaftres, Soldi, and Denari, reckoning 12 deniers to 1 foldi, and 20 foldi to 1 piaftre or dollar of 48d. fterling at par. Weights-A pound is only 12 ounces in all commodities. 145 lb. is faid to be equal to the English quintal of 112 lb.; but fifh generally renders about 136 to 138 lb. per quintal. 4 facks are 2 per cent. less than an English quarter, of 8 bufhels. 1. How much will 5630 lb. of ginger come to, at 9 piastres per 100 ? 5630 2. What will 9760 lb. of pepper come to, at 274 ducats per 100 ? 3. What will 143700 lb. of pitch come to, at 26 pauls per 100? NOTE. 1 paul is equal to of a livre. 4. How much will 4200 facks of wheat come to, at 26 livres, effective money, per fack? Accounts are kept in Ducats and Grains, reckoning 100 grains to a ducat. The current coins are grains, carlins, ducats, dollars, and ounces, 10 grains make 1 carlin; 10 carlins 1 ducat; 3 ducats i ounce, Y I The Naples dollar paffes for 120 grains, an the Spanish dollar før 126 grains. 100 lb. Naples weight are equal to 64 lb. English. Brandy is fold per cafk of 12 barrels, or 132 gallons; 60 karafts make a barrel. Sewing filks are fold per lb. of 12 ounces. Luftrings are fold per cane of 84 inches. Sugar, coffee, fish, and tobacco are fold per cantar, of 196 lb. in the United States. The cantar is fubdivided into 100 rotolas of 33 ounces each. I. at 92 What is the amount of 10 cafks 6 barrels 29 karafts of brandy, ducats per cafk? 2. What is the amount of 2 cafks of clayed fugar, weighing neat 10 cantars 51 rotolas, at 65 dollars per cantar ? 3. Anf. 683 ducats 15 grains. How much is the amount of 1 box of scented foap, containing 100 parcels of 16 ounces each, at 22 grains per rotola ? 4. What is the commiffion on 996 ducats, at 2 per cent. ? Anf. 19 ducats 92 grains. |