Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-01-20
REMARKS.

As our custom house grants in gene
lsl less tare than is used in sales, the du
ties must be considered to be really
bout two per cent. higher than they are
quoted. The duties on expectations are
of no consequence.
With such high duties merchandise
must be of very good quality. Ship
nents of sugar of bad quality, b' .ng sub
iect to the same duties as good ono, are
likewise instantaneous. This is par
,icularly the case. with common white
sugar, which would not sell higher than
good brown. though it pays almost
third more duties. In general we re
commend the best quality of all articles.
Provisions meet with no Kind OF mar,
ket here. Rice only sells we'll it new
and at a low rate. The last general re-
marks may sometimes be changed BY
circumstances, whereof We shall give
due advice.
India piece goods, and all other manu-;
featured cotton goods in general, have
been prohibited in France. This will
increase considerably the wants for cot.
ton, particularly short staple. The late
measures that took place excluding
English goods from Germany, which
country is now obliged to draw from our
manufactures, will still add to our wants.
We dare say there can be no fear OF 0.
yerstecking our market.
Our tares are as follow: pot and pearl
ashes IL per cent. Coffee, cocoa ard
gum in Bag 2 10 per cent.-Co,ton, 6
per cent; square bales per cent-Fish
Oil, le per cent in large casks; 20 per
cent. in small! ones-PrPper per cent.
Rice 10 per cent.-Rocou II per cent
and 4 PEI cent for the leaves-Sugar in
bags S to s per cent, according to the
ooarsenesS OF the bags, III boxes Is per
cent ; in hogsheads, brown, II per cent;
white, IS per cent ea,bohea, in whole
chests, 70 lbs; in half chests a. lbs !;
green tea IN quarter chests, Is to % lbs;
III loths, Il TO IA lbs-Tobaceo, IS per
cen,--On coffee, cocoa and gum, in
hog.heads, cassia, indigo and bees wax,
the real tare, with | per cent, good VT
The same good weight is also given on
articles wherein there is no tare, as log.
wood, sc.
Lightsrage, landing, delivery, cooper.
age, and other charges, may be calcu-
lated at about franc per cwt.
Merchandise are sold at 8 and 4
months credit
Our weight, called killogram, is equal
to ? Ibs-loo of these Kilograms make
the qnintal metrique government makes
use of; but sales are made by so kilo.
grams, which We call and on which stan.
dard our above prices and duties are
quoted. About so l-2 Kilograms are
equal to ~ American weight-but for
more certainty, we usually calculate
the Sc liz lbs American, to make here
our cwt, and with respect to articles SUBJ
ject TO loss of weight, greater diminu-
uon is still to be expected. A metre a..
bout French feet.
The documents relative to the cargo
must be very regular and it must be
recommended to the captains to be ex-
'remeIy exact as to their entry, declara.
ton which must be entire not an arti-
Gle can be left out, even those which pay
no duty BY not attending to the pre-
scribed formalities, ship and cargo may
be compromised.
Our prices are always much higher
than In Bordeaux, and that really can
not be otherwise, being much nearer the
places of the most important consump.
ton, as Paris, Rouen, sc. and having by