Series 4 > William Melrose in China, 1845-1855

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WILLIAM MELROSE IN CHINA
‘Celestial’. The nigger has some heart and feeling about him,
though not very strong; but the Chinaman is very apathetic to
anything like fine feeling, and you must give him a new heart
before you can make much of him, I think.1
William to Andrew Melrose and Company
Canton, 27 September, 1850
I beg to advise having sold the following bank bills:
To be placed to credit of Messrs A. M. & Co. and R. Schaw Esq.,
-£3,000 as under:
national: 25/1357
25/1365
2^}^500 at 4S- 8^d'
25/1358
25/1366-69
25/1376-79
4
4
300
bills of 200
bills of 100
^£1,500 either at
4s. 8fd. or 9d.,
uncertain until the
mail goes
25/1359 and 1360
25/1370 and 1371
2 bills of 3 00
2 bills of 200
j £1,000 at 4s. 9|d
Sold on account Messrs J. R. & Co. & A. M. & Co. as under:
commercial: 40/1
40/2
40/13
40/14
40/15
40/28-35
40/43-52
5001.
500}
30oi
300
300J
8 bills of 200 1,600
10 bills of 100 1,000
f 1,000
900
£4,500 at
4s. 8jd. to 9d.
Not fixed until
mail goes,
being settled
by bank rate.
40/16 and 17 2 bills of 300 6001 £1,000 at
40/36 and 372 bills of 200 400 j 4s. 9^d.
40/3-6 4 bills of 500 £2,000 at 4s. lod.
1 The last part of this letter is apparently lost.