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TARE AND TRET.
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2. What is the neat produce of 30 barrels of anchovies,
sighing each 36 lb gross, allowing 8 lb per cwt tare ?
Ans. 10021 lb.
3. Gross 12 cwt 14 lb, tare 1 cwt 2 qr 18 lb, how much
at? - - - - Ans. 10 cwt 1 qr 24 lb.
4. Suppose 3 cwt 1 qr 5 lb tare were allowed on 71 cwt
i qr of tobacco, what would the neat weight be ?.
Ans. 68 cwt 1 qr 23 lb.
5. In five chests of sugar, weighing 112 cwt 1 qr gross,
)vr much neat, allowing 121 lb tare?
Ans. Ill cwt 19 lb.
6. In 26 bags of hops, containing 73 cwt 3 qr gross,
,re 10 lb per bag, how much neat?
Ans. 71 cwt 1 qr 20 lb.
7. What is the neat weight of 20 barrels of figs, each
cwt 1 qr 5 lb gross, tare 14 lb per barrel ?
Ans. 63 cwt 1 qr 16 lb.
8. In 15 hhds of tobacco, each 2 cwt 1 qr 12 lb gross,
re 1 qr 4 lb per hhd, how much neat ?
Ans. 31 cwt 8 lb.
9. What is the neat weight of 3 barrels of indigo, each
cwt 2 qr gross, tare 10£ lb per cwt ?
Ans. 9 cwt 2 qr 1^ lb.
10. What is the neat weight of 4 hhds of sugar, weighing
i under,
c qr lb
■p i a
U 3 26J
tare of the whole 1 cwt 3 qr 5 lb.
Ans. 12 cwt 4 lb.
11. Five casks of raisins, wt. viz.
cwt qr lb lb
3 2 12 tare IS!
2 3 9 - 16
4 1 17 - 23 ^ , how much neat ?
5 0 8 - 27 I
1 3 20 - 14J Ans. a 6 cwt 3 qr 24 lb.