It Will
Be Remarked That This Last Article Was Purchased In India, At A Rate Not
Nearly So Much Below Its Aleppo Price As Any Of The Other Articles; Pepper,
On The Other Hand, Was More Reduced In Price Than Any Of The Other
Articles.
The total cost of all the articles, when purchased at Aleppo, was
1,465,000 _l._; when purchased in India, 511,458 _l._; the price in the
latter market, therefore, was little more than one-third of their Aleppo
price.
As, however, the voyage from India is longer than that from Aleppo,
it added, according to Mr. Munn's calculation, one-sixth to the cost of the
articles beyond that of the Turkey voyage. Even after making this addition,
Mr. Munn comes to the conclusion we have formerly stated, "that the said
wares by the Cape of Good Hope cost us but about half the price which they
will cost from Turkey."
Mr. Munn also gives the annual importation of the principal Indian goods
into England, by the East India Company, and the price each article sold
for in England; according to this table, the quantity of pepper was
250,000 lbs., which, bought in India for twopence halfpenny, sold in
England for one shilling and eightpence: - 150,000 lbs. of cloves, which
bought in India for ninepence, sold in England for six shillings: - 150,000
lbs. of nutmegs, bought for four-pence, sold for two shillings and
sixpence: - 50,000 lbs. of mace, bought for eightpence, sold for six
shillings:
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