D.

MERCHANT's GUIDE;

CONTAINING

A CONCISE

SYSTEM OF INFORMATION

FOR THE

PORT AND CITY OF LONDON:

TOGETHER WITH

SOME OBSERVATIONS

PARTICULARLY USEFUL TO

COMMERCIAL MEN

AND

THEIR CLERKS.

COMPILED AND DIGESTED

By I. SEQUEIRA, Junior.

AND TO BE HAD

London:

PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR ;

BY ADDRESSING A LINE TO HIM, AT GARRAWAY'S
COFFEE-HOUSE, 'CHANGE-ALLEY, CORNHILL.

1798.

a

1915

CONTENTS.

DEDICATION

PREFACE

Weighing Machine, to shew what weight of any of the countries

therein mentioned is equal to the Pound Troy of London

Neceffary information to prevent difficulty and scrapes in making

Entries at the Custom-house

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Explanation of the terms, Draft, Cloff, Tare and Trett

Information on several Commercial Imports for the Port of London

Drafts allowed at the Custom-house upon Goods

Alphabetical Table of Tares and other restrictions upon Goods and

Merchandises, as they are now exacted by the Officers of

the Crown

Directions for gauging Wines an Spirits, and other observations

relative to that branch

The method of making Entries, inwards and outwards, and of

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3 to 5

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7 to 106

107 to 120

reporting a Ship, and the lawful Quays and Wharfs for the

landing and lading of Goods

121 to 144

Alphabetical list of Goods prohibited to be imported into England

Ditto to be imported, and also to be used

Ditto to be imported for sale

Ditto to be imported for sale by Strangers or Aliens

Ditto to be imported from certain places, or in particular packages,

or in vessels of certain tonnages, &c.

Ditto of Goods to be imported Duty free

Ditto of Goods prohibited to be exported

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145 to 149

149 to 150

151 to 155

156 to 157

157 to 180

181 to 200

201 to 206

Bounties

Bounties or Premiums allowed upon the exportation of certain

Goods, extracted from the Bounty-Office the 16th of

January, 1798

137, 207 to 216

Origin of the establishment of the East-India Company, &c.

Original Letters, in possession of the Author, from several

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Warehouse-keepers of the Honourable East-India Company,

respecting the Allowances on the different articles imported

by that Honourable Company, granted officially to him by

the same

Goods sold by the East-India Company, by the hundred weight,

and by the pound

Ditto or Piece-Goods sold by the Piece, for home consumption or

exportation, together with some explanations very necessary

to those concerned in that branch

Brokers Charges, and Commission to the same

217 to 221

222 to 227

228

229 to 230

231

Piece-Goods which pay Customs under certain denominations

232 to 236

Prohibited Piece-Goods which must be exported from this Country

237 to 238

List of Subscribers

239 to 244

TO THE

RIGHT HONOURABLE

EARL OF LIVERPOOL,

MEMBER OF HIS MAJESTY'S MOST HONOURABLE PRIVY COUNCIL,

CHANCELLOR OF THE DUCHY AND COUNTY PALATINE OF LANCASTER,

FIRST LORD OF THE BOARD FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF ALL
MATTERS RELATING TO TRADE AND PLANTATIONS,

COLLECTOR OF THE CUSTOMS INWARDS IN THE PORT OF LONDON,

CLERK OF THE PELLS IN IRELAND,

&c. &c. &c.

MY LORD,

COMMERCE and Manufactures are two of the four pillars which strengthen, aggrandize, and civilize nations; while the Farmer and Shepherd furnish food and employment, the Manufacturer and Commercial Man procure, in return, the means of enabling the two former to profit by their industry: fo that it is obvious these respective employments depend on each other, and that the people of that nation where the balance is thus properly poised, must be profperous and happy.