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Registers.—Commercial Report.
[May


PRICES CURRENT.


Prices for Home Con. duty paid.

Board a British Ship for Exportation.

SUGAR

Double refined loaves 141 a 154s 92 a 105s.

Hambro and Turkey do. 112 a 125 68 a 83

Single and powder loaves 106 a 118 65 a 77

Good and fine lumps 108 a 117 67 a 76

Brown and middling ditto 102 a 106 62 a 65

Crushed lumps —— —— 63 a 67

Muscovado sugars pay a duty of 27s. per cwt. and clayed 32s. per cwt. for refining or home consumption; and for exportation the refined receive a bounty, and the raw and clayed a drawback equal to the full duty paid for home consumption.

Brown candy —— 13d 8½ a 10d.

Molasses 27 a 28s. 28 a 29s

Muscovadoes—Fine Jam. 76 a 83 50 a 57

Good do. of other islands 73 a 81 49 a 54

Brown and middling 65 a 74 38 a 48

Fine clayed 65 a 70

East India—White and fine 85 a 102 48 a 70

East India Sugars pay 37s. per cwt. duty.

Brown and yellow 72 a 81 32 a 44

Havannah—Fine white 59 a 69

Brown and yellow 42 a 55

Brazil—White and fine 50 a 60

These are only imported for re-exportation. Being the growth of foreign plantations, they are subject to such heavy duties as are equal to a prohibition for home consumption.

Brown and yellow 38 a 44

COFFEE—St Dom. mid. & fine 70 a 76

Do. ordinary and good 69 a 70

Porto Rico, Hav. and Brazil 66 a 72

Cheribon, Java, and Bourbon - 102s. 8d. per cwt. 72 a 76

Mocha 100 a 110

Demerara, Dominica, &c. fine 72s. 4d. 85 a 90

Do. ordinary, mid. and good 68 a 76

Jamaica, fine 90 a 100

Do. ordinary, mid. and good 66 a 80

The whole of these articles are generally sold by the merchants at the exportation prices, and when intended for home consumption the buyers pay the duties affixed, which, added to the exportation price, gives the price for home consumption.

RUM—Jamaica 11s. 7d. per gal. 2s 10d a 3s 10d.

Other Islands 2s. 3d. a 2s. 7d.

PIMENTO 9½d. per lb. 7½ a 8

PEPPER—Company's black 1s. 10½d. 7¼ a 8

Privilege and light do. 7 a 7¼

TOBACCO—Fine Virginia 10 a 12½

Do. Maryland 3s. 2d. 9 a 12

Ordinary qualities 5 a 8

WINE—Port £52 10 .per pipe of 138 gal. 33l. a 50l.

Sherry 48 0 126 25 a 56

Madeira 42 5 110 55 a 75

Lisbon 52 10 138 38 a 40

Spanish red 48 0 126

Claret 25 10 per hhd. of 60 {[bar|1}} 10 a 12

RICE—Carolina Duty free. 36s. a 40s,

East India 26 a 28

COTTON WOOL—Pernambu. pr lb. 1s. 11d. a 2s. 0d.

Maranham and Bahia 1 10 a 1 10½

8s. 7d. per 100 lbs. imported in British, Portuguese, or American ships, and 25s. 6d. in others.

West India, Demerara, &c. 1 7 a 2 0

Fine Sea Island 2 4 a 2 8

New Orleans 20 a 22

Bowed Georgia 18 a 20

Bengal, Surat, and Smyrna 11 a 15

SPICES—Cloves 5s. 7½ d. 3 8 a 4 3

Mace 9s. 2d. 7 a 10 2

Cinnamon 2s. 6d. 8 10 a 12

Nutmegs 5s. 5d. 4 3 a 5 9

Cassia £14 per cwt. 10l. a 12l. 10s.

TEA—Bohea and com. Congou per lb. 2s. 6d. a 2s. 9d.

Congou, middling and good 2 10 a 3 5

Souchong do. 3 10 a 4 6

96 per cent, on the sale price.

Twankay 2 11 a 3 3

Hyson Skin or Bloom 2 10 a 4 5

Hyson, good and fine 4 4 a 5 8

TALLOW—St Peter, yel. cand. per cwt. 52s. a 53s.

3s. 2d. duty per cwt. import, in a British ship, and 3s. ld. For.

Do. white and soap do. 51 a 52

South American 52 a 53

HEMP—Riga, Rhine, & St Peter. } £9 2 1 BS per ton 40l. a 42 32l. a 31l.

clean & half clean & outshot 10 5 10 FS 39 a 38 29 a 30

Flax PDR. and PTR. 0 7 11 BS 63 a 67 63 a 67

St Petersburg 12 head 0 11 10 SF 52 a 55 52 a 55