THE MERCHANTS Daily Companion: Treating: 1. Of traffic in General. 2. Of coins, WEIGHTS and MEASURES, with Tables showing the Agreement of the English Foot and Ounce with the Weights and Measures of foreign Parts. 3. Of EXCHANGES, showing the several places with which London Exchanges, and how accounts are kept in those places. Also Copies of Bills of Exchange in most Languages. The Copy of a Protest for Non-Acceptance in English, and for Non-payment in French: showing also what places keep the New, and what the Old style. 4. Of customs, under which Head are comprised several useful Notes, relating to the customs payable in foreign Lands. Also a Copy of a Bill of Health, of a Debenture, of an Indenture of Appraisment, of a Certificate for Damaged Goods, of Bond given by Strangers for employment of their moneys on the Commodities of this Realm, of an Affidavit for Goods lost, and of a Certificate for Goods that have paid Custom. particulars of wisheth, with their Denomination and Length English Measure. Also Tables or accounts ready cast up, for the net Subsidy and Additional-Duty, payable in Ready money upon all sorts of linens, Wrought-Silks, Tobacco and Wines, Imported either into London or the Out-Parts, by Natives or Strangers. Also Tables for the net Subsidy payable upon all sorts of Unwrought-Silks, Tobacco( not of English Plantations) all sorts of Fustians, Thredd, Grocery-Ware, Beads, anchovies, Bell-Mettal, Bacon, Hemp, Flax, Quiits, Furs, Hides, Leather, Skins, drugs, &c. Imported, with particulars of all other merchandise Imported, which are not mentioned in any of the Tables, but are referrable thereunto for the Subsidy payable, from 1 Pound, 1 Piece, 1 Dozen, 1 Hundr. &c. to 500 or 1000 Pounds, Pieces, Doz. Hun. &c. of every such sort of merchandise. Also an exact Calculation of the net Subsidy, payable on all sorts of merchandise Exported. Likewise an abridgement of the Statutes relating to Goods Prohibited to be Imported or Exported, and of the Statutes relating to the customs, with the true Copy of Charta Marcatoria, both in Latin and English. 5. particular Directions to the Young Merchant how to enter Goods Inwards or Outwards at the Custom-House, to get Bills of Ladeing signed, to proceed about Insuring Goods Inwards or Outwards. Likewise showing what is meant by Factorage, Commission and Discompt, with the several Rates thereof as now practifed amongst Merchants, 6. An Account of the several Merchants Incorporate in the City of London, with the several Commodities by them Exported or Imported. Likewise an account of the Trade of those Merchants not Incorporate, as the Canary, Spanish, Dutch, French, Italian and West-India Merchants, and of the several Commodities by them Exported or Imported. 7 An abridgement of the Statues, relating to the Post-Office, with the price of Letters to( or from) any part of England, Scotland or Ireland,& to( or from) any part of the World where Letters per Post are conveyed; the Methods used by the Post-Master General, for the Conveyance of Letters to( or from) foreign Parts, and the Allowances given to Merchants upon foreign Letters. 8. The Rates of Carr-Men and watermen, and Orders concerning both. A Work highly necessary, as well for all Merchants, ☜ Wholesale-Men, or any other Persons that either Import or Export any Commodities whatsoever, to or from any part of the World. Printed for Thomas Malthus, and are to be sold at his Shop, at the Sun in the Poultry, 1684, Price Bound Two Shilling Six Pence.