teas being shipped, factors
should be appointed in Philadelphia, and the directors of
the East India Company should _immediately_ advise them of
their intended consignation, and direct them to engage
_proper_ warehouses for the reception thereof.

That the factors should be authorized to sell the teas at
public auction, (giving notice of the times of the sale in
all the North American newspapers, at least one month before
hand,) and in such small lots as will be convenient for the
country storekeepers to supply themselves with such sales.

That the factors should grant the purchasers the same
allowance of tare, tret, discount, &c., as are customary at
the company's sales in this city.

That in case the factor should be of opinion, the sales of
the tea would be encreased both in quantity and price, by
having occasional auctions in Boston and New York, in the
manner proposed at Philadelphia; that they should be at
liberty to send from time to time to Boston & New York as
many chests as they may think necessary for the consumption
& _commerce_ of those places, but that the factors, or one
of them, should always attend the sales in Boston and New
York.

That the East India Company should be at the charge &
expence of the warehouse rent in America, the cartage, and
the freight of the teas from Philadelphia to Boston & New
York, and that the factors should be allowed for receiving
and selling the teas, collecting the payment thereof and
remitting the same, a commission of 2-1/2 pr cent. on the
amount of the sales.

N.B.--It is submitted whether it would not be proper for the
directors of the East India Company to send two persons to
Philadelphia, who have been accustomed to pack and repack
teas at the India House, to the end that they may be
employed for that purpose, and in dividing whole chests of
black teas into half chests, for the greater accommodation
of the country shopkeepers.

No. 5.

MR. PALMER'S COMPLIMENTS TO MR. WHELER, ENCLOSES THE
OUTLINES OF A PLAN UPON WHICH THE EXPORTATION OF TEA ON
BEHALF OF THE COMPANY TO AMERICA TAKE PLACE. MR. P. WILL
ATTEND THE COMMITTEE WHENEVER HE IS DESIRED.

PLAN.

Admitting that an exportation of tea to America by licence
takes place immediately, in order to prevent t