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'Exchange. An Amflerdam, Rotterdam, Middleburgli, See.books
and accounts are kept by feme in guilders, ftivers, and
pennings, and by others in pounds, (hillings, and pence
Flemifh,
Britain gives il. (lerling for an uncertain number
of' drillings and pence Flemifh. The par il. fter-
ling for 36.59s. Flemidr j that is, il. 16s. 7.o8d.
Flemidi.
When the Flemidi rate rifes above par, Britain gains
and Holland lofes by the exchange, and vice verfa.
Sterling money is changed into Flemidi, by faying,
As xl. derling to the given rate,
So is the given derling to the Flemidi fought.
Or, the Flemidi money may be cad up by pra&ice.
Dutch money, whether pounds, (hillings, pence Fle¬
midi, or guilders, divers, pennings, may be changed in¬
to derling, by faying.
As the given rate to il. derling.
So the given Dutch to the derling fought.
Example I. A merchant in Britain draws on Am-
ilerdam for 782l. derling: How many pounds Flemidi,
and how many guilders, will that amount to, exchange
at 34s. 8d. per pound derling ?
Decimally.
L.
If 1
s. d.
34 8 :
12
L.
782
416
782
832
3328
2912
12)325312
210)2710! 9 4
L- 1355 9 4 F/em-
L.
If 1
344*
782
Z.
782
&9Z
*1133
242666
2)0)271 o{9.3
Z. 1355 9 4 F/e/n.
By praflice.
10s. =£
4s.
8d. = £
Z.
782
391
I5^
26
I4S. —xo
8d.=
Or thus:
Z. x.
782
547 8
26 1
To
d.
1355 9
1355 9 4F/.
Multiply the Flemidi pounds and (hillings by 6, and
the produft Mrill be guilders and divers; and if there
be any pence, multiply them by 8 for pennings : or,
divide the Flemidi pence by 40, and the quot will be
guilders, and the half of the remainder, if there by any,
will be divers, and one penny odd will be half a diver,
yr 8 pennings, as follows :
Z.
*355
d.
9 4
6
F/em. pence.
4\0)3253I\2(32rem-
Flcm,
s. d.
If 37 6
Sier.
Z.
: 1 :
X
F/em.
z.
s.
591 5
20
5)75
4)I5
1x825
2
~ 5)23650
5) 4730
3) 946
Z.
3IS
d.
8 Ster.
3lSi
If
5)Z.
i<875
Decimally.
Z. 5) z.
1 :: 591.25
5)
5)
-375
•■-75
.015
•015)
5)h8.25
5) 23 65
4-73(313*3
45
23
J5
80
75
50
45
Holland exchanges with other nations as follows*
viz. with
F/em. d.
Hamburgh, on the dollar, =: 66y
France, on the crown,
Spain, on the ducat,
Portugal, on the crufade,
Venice, on the ducat,
Genoa, on the pezzo,
Leghorn, on the piadre,
Florence, on the crown,
Naples, on the ducat,
Rome, on the crow-n
Milan, on the ducat,
Bologna, on the dollar,
Exchange between Britain and Antwerp, as alfo the
Audrian Netherlands, is negotiated the fame way as
with Holland ; only the par is fomewhat different, as
will be deferibed in article 2d, following.
54
1094
50
93
100
100
120
74t
136
*102
94?
Guild. 8131 16 Jliv. Guild. 8132 16 J/iv.
2. Change 591k 5S‘ Flemidi into derling money,
exchange at 37s. 6d. Flemidi perl. Sterling.
12
16
2
II. Exchange with Hamburgh.
Money Table.
Par in Sterling. s.
fchilling lub =r o
mark = I
1 dollar — 3
rixdollar 4
ducat s: 9
Phenning
Schilling-lubs
Marks
Marks
Marks
U 11
iB
j
1;
d.
It
6
o
6
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