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APPENDIX V.
Duty and expenses on a bag of 330lbs. of Gum, the duty being the same on all kinds.
| D. | Cts. | |
| Arab duty | 1 | 75 |
| Weighing | 0 | 75 |
| Custom house coolies | 0 | 25 |
| Starting per bag | 0 | 1½ |
| Packing per bag | 0 | 12½ |
| Double matts | 0 | 12½ |
| Outer matts over all | 0 | 11 |
| Ropes | 0 | 7 |
| Weighing in factory | 0 | 4 |
| Duty ad valorem on exportation | 0 | 80 |
| Packing | 0 | 7 |
| Coolie hire to gate | 0 | 12½ |
| Commission at 2½ per cent. | 0 | 60 |
| Boat hire | 0 | 12½ |
| Watchman | 0 | 7 |
| Re-weighing on ship board | 0 | 6 |
| Total | 5 | 8½ |
This is supposing the cost at 20 dollars.
Copy of the Manifest of Cargo shipped at Mocha on board the Marian.
631 whole bales of coffee, each 305lbs. net.[1]
191 half ditto.
5 ditto, on freight.
108 whole bales of gum arabic, each 330lbs. net.
69 half ditto, each 165lbs.
35 chests of gum amony, each from 400 to 450.
24 bales of gum myrrh, 330 each.
4 frankincense, ditto.
33 gum mastich, whole and half bales.
6 ditto senna leaves.
13 bales of indigo.
2 bales of gall nuts.
23 bags of salt-petre.
3 baskets of tortoise shells.
3 tons of barilla.
259 bullocks hides.
2842 sheep skins.
170 red skins dressed.
The thermometer during my stay in Abyssinia in March, April, and May, varied according to the height of the local situation. At Chelicut it was 70; at Antálo 65; on the banks of the Tacazze 95; while on the mountains of Samen it must have been below the freezing point. During theses same months the average of the thermometer at Mocha was 78, and during January and February at Zeyla, it was 79, varying from 74 to 82.
- ↑ The coffee sold in England, in 1811, at 12l. 10s. and 13l. per hundred.