400 chests shipping for America, from Amsterdam, from which port
the teas that go to North America from this country are always shipped,
and not from this city; they are sent to Rhode Island, and not to
Boston. Of Green teas there are hardly any left, neither fine Souchong
nor Congos, but ordinary, in abundance. The freight of a whole chest of
Bohea to St. Eustatius, one of the Dutch West India Islands, comes to
about 7-1/4s. pr chest. It is reckoned by the foot square, at 6s. the
foot to North America. It is generally L4 pr chest, New York currency,
but the captain is not answerable in any case of seizure.

Agreeable to your desire, I send you a pro forma invoice of 6 chests
Dutch Boheas, so as they come to stand on board if they were shipped
here; but as the shipping is at Amsterdam, the charges may be somewhat
higher. In regard to what they estimate, the risk that in America for
running in the teas I cannot inform you, this you may be better able to
learn from some of your New England houses, as our underwriters will not
sign against the risk of seizures; but I fancy the risk is not very
great, as the trade is carried on for so large parcels.

Pro forma invoice of 6 chests of Dutch Bohea tea:

lbs.
320 Tare of 4 chests, under 400
------
360 at 84 lb. each, 336} 2270
370 }
390 do. of 2 chests above } 516
410 400 @ 90 lb. each 180} ---- 1754 @ 24s. L2104 16
420 off 1 pr cent., 21 2
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L2083 14

CHARGES.

Custom and Passport, L20 4s
Sleding, 1 7
1/2 weigh money, 13 0
Brokerage, 10 8
Shipping, 3 0
Commission, 2 per cent. on L2131 13s. 42 12
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90 11
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L2174 5[25]

_Estimate of the advantages attending the Tea trade to North America, if
carried on from England:_

Observe 1st. In the following calculation, no more than half the
consumption of the Co