The India officer's and trader's pocket-guide. In purchasing the drugs and spices of Asia and the East-Indies: With practical directions for the choice of diamonds, and an accurate account of the Chinese touch-needles [by W. Lewis] ... To which are prefixed, a complete account of the officers privilege ... and the duties of, and drawbacks on, East India goods. / Compiled from authority by H.D.S. [i.e. H.D. Steel].

Steel, Henry Draper, 1756-1818

Date:: 1789

Credit: The India officer's and trader's pocket-guide. In purchasing the drugs and spices of Asia and the East-Indies: With practical directions for the choice of diamonds, and an accurate account of the Chinese touch-needles [by W. Lewis] ... To which are prefixed, a complete account of the officers privilege ... and the duties of, and drawbacks on, East India goods. / Compiled from authority by H.D.S. [i.e. H.D. Steel]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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LIST of CLEARING-STORES allowed each Officer in each Ship homeward. Explanation of thifollowing Table. The figures at the top of the columns, denote, i. captain; z. chief mate ; 3. 2d mate; 4. 3d mate, furgeon, and purfer; 5. 4th and 5th mates, boatfwain, gunner, carpenter, furgeon’s mate, fhip’s and captain’s ftevv- ards, and captain’s cook; * fmall; 6. 6th mate, midfhipman, quar- ter-mafler, and petty-officers; 7. captain’s fervants, taylor, barber, &c. CHINA WARE. Bafons, pint and half-pint — Bowls Cups and faucers Clay and China figures - Chamber pots —1 Candlefticks — Ci Herns Coffee pots ——— Difhes Fruit ditto Guglets and bafons Garden pots — Jars Ditto fweetmeats Mugs Ornamentals — Plates Sauceboats ■— Salts Tea pots Tea-table fets — T ureens LACQUERED WARE. Cabinets and bureaus Dreffing boxes Efcrutore Hand Patch boxes — Screens and Leaves Tea chefts Tea boards Tea tables Waitei's Fans Enamelled bread bafkets— Ditto tea-kettles and Hands— Ivory or rofewood tea chefi - Mangoes gall Pictures painted on glafs •— Paper prints — Sweetmeats — Sago Sugar candy — Soy Tamarinds Wine Wax candles — gall lb lb. gall. lb. doz. lb I. 2, 3- 4- 5 6. 7- 4.1 36 24 24 24 8 4 36 I 2 12 12 6 4 > 16 36 36 36 24 24 12 48 24 24 iS 12 6 — 12 6 6 4 2 — — 12 6 6 6 2 — — 2 I I I — — — 4 2 2 2 2 — — 72 36 30 24 12 6 — -4 — ■ — — — — 12 /.: 6 4 3 2 — — 12 6 6 6 — 6 4 4 4 — — 24 l8 12 9 6 3 2 36 24 l8 12 12 — — ^OO r 20 84 72 48 24 12 12 6 4 4 2 — —- 12 6 6 6 4 — T Z '8 6 6 4 2 I 4 3 2 2 I I *— 6 4 ■> ■» — — 2 I ’ I I I — — 2 2 I I I — — 12 IO r 0 6 4 2 — I I 1 I 12 6 6 6 2 I I 2 I 1 I I — — J 2 6 6 6 4 2 — 3* H -4 24 12 6 4 6 2 1 I I — — 2 T I I I — — 20 IO IO IO IO 6 — 12 4 3 3 3 — — 7- 48 36 24 18 V — 6 3 3 3 3 — — 40 20 ‘5 r5 lu — — 60 3° 20 20 20 IO — ■5 6 6 6 3 2 — IOO 40 30 3° 30 — — 20 6 3 3 3 — — 60 20 TO IO IO — — r

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