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Guild.
As ico : Ja3'-! :: 2210
8 8 82j1
800 82J i 1050
4420
17680
Guild. Jl. pen.
8]oo)i8232|so(2279 x 4 car;
16 • •'20
22 io|oo(
16 8 /
63 2
56 16 -
72 32
72 32 t
Or, by praftice,
50)2210 ,
44.2 = 2 per cent.
22.1 =1 per cent.
2.7625 — \per cent. ^
2279.0625
If the agio only be required, make the agio the mid¬
dle term, thus:
Guil. Jl. pen.
As 100 : 3f :: 2210 : 69 1 4 agio. Or,
work by practice, as above.
Prob. II. To reduce current money to lank money.
Rule. As xoo+agio to 100, fo the given guilders
to the anfwer.
Example. What will 2279 guilders 1 ftiver 4 pen-
nings, Holland currency, amount to in bank money, the
agio being 3^ per cent. ?
Guild. Guild. Guild. Jl .pen.
As 1034 : 100 :: 2-279 1 4
8 8 ^ 20
825
45581
16
16500
16
990
165
8)264(000
3)33
273490
45581
729300
800
8)583440(000
3)72930 Guild.
11)243x0(2210 bank.
In Amfterdam, Rotterdam, Middleburgh, ^c. books
and accounts are kept by fome in guilders, ftivers, and
pennings, and by others in pounds, fhillings, and pence,
Flemilh.
Vol. II. No. 47. 2
Britain gives 11. Sterling for an uncertain number of
ihillings and pence Flemilh. The par is xl. Sterling for
36.59 s. Flemifh ; that is, 11. 16 s. 7.08 d. Flemilh.
When the Flemilh rate rifes above par, Britain gains
and Holland lofes by the exchange, and vice verja.
Sterling money is changed into Flemilh, by faying,
As 11. Sterling to the given rate,
So is.the given Sterling to the Flemilh fought.
Or, the Flemilh-money may be call up by practice.
Dutch money, whether pounds, (hillings, pence Fie ■
inilh, or guilders, Itivers, pennings, may be changed into
Sterling, by faying,
As the given rate to il. Sterling,
So the given Dutch to the Sterling fought.
Example, i. A merchant in Britain drav/s on Am-
fterdam for 7821. Sterling : How many pounds Flemilh,
and how many guilders will that amount to, exchange at
34s. 8d. per pound Sterling?
L. f. d. L.
If 1 : 34 8 :: 782
Decimally.
L. s. L.
If 1 : 34 6 :: 7S2
782
416
782
832
3328
2912
12}3253t2 ^
2(0)2710(9 4
2(0)2710(9.3'
Z..1355 9 qFIem.
L. ims 9 4 Flem.
By praftice.
L. s. d.
782
10 s. =
39i
156 8
26 1
4
1355 94F/-
14 s.:
8 d.:
Or thus:
L. x. d.
782
Ttr 547 8
■To 26x4
13 55 9
Multiply the Flemilh pounds and Ihillings by 6, and
the produdt will be guilders and ftivers; and if there be
any pence, multiply them byS for pennings; or, divide
the Flemilh pence by 40, and the quot will be guilders
and the half of the remainder, if there be any, will be
ftivers, and 1 penny odd will be half a ftiver, or 8 pen¬
nings, as follows.
£. s. d.
*355 9 4 Flem. pence.
6 4lo)3253112(32
Guild. 8132 16 Jliv. Guild. 8132 16 Jliv.
2. Change 591 1. ys. Flemilh into Sterling money
exchange at 37 s. 6 d. Flemilh per l. Sterling ?
Flem.