Regulations and instructions for the pursers of His Majesty's ships and vessels.

  • Great Britain. Admiralty
Date:
[1825]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Regulations and instructions for the pursers of His Majesty's ships and vessels. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    No. ACCOUNT D. Mr. Purser of His Majesty’s Ship in Account Currencies. Sterling. Time Spanish. Sicilian. Current Rate RECEIPTS. ' of when. Dollar | Rials. Quarto Ounces Tarris. Grains Exchange. £. s. d. 182 . To Cash from William Reeks, Agenti Victualler at Portsmouth . ...) — — — — — 39 10 4 To Cash from ditto — — — — — — 45 12 6 To my Bill in favour of | of Cadiz of this date j 71 7 13 — — f 40|d. per j < Spanish > [ Dollar, j 14 14 6 To Gained by Exchange .... — — — — — — . . 0 16 0 To my Bill in favour of i of Palermo of this date I — — — 30 10 9 f Tarris 1 •j 55^ per £ l [ Sterling, j 16 9 6 To my Bill in favour of of Havannah of this date, for Ne-j> cessary Money j 119 3 10 — — — f at 4s. 6tf. j per Dollar, 1 < and Pre- > | inium 12 j l per cent, j 23 12 11 To Gained by Exchange — — — — — — 1 17 8 To my Bill in favour of l of Havannah of this date . . . . j 1471 3 — — — — Spanish ] Dollars 444 per > 295 17 7 £100 Pre- | 1662 6 7 30 10 9 mium 12 | per cent. J 43S 18 0 Meji.—If Money should be received by the Purser in any other Currency, it must be inserted in its proper denomination and fractional parts, in another set, of Columns. This Deponent, Purser of His Majesty’s Ship , voluntarily maketh Oath that the several profit, benefit, or advantage to himself, or any person on his Account, either by Exchange, Negotiation, in Foreign Weights and Measures, amounted in English Weights and Measures to the quantities men- kind, and that he has not procured Provisions of any sort at the same times and places on his own account:— foregoing Account to have been received and paid for Savings of Provisions, were actually received as therein therein referred to, and not to any other person, or persons, or upon any other account; without any profit quantities of Provisions specified in the said Lists were all actually saved by, or short allowed to, the himself, or of any person or persons for him, or on any other account or pretence whatsoever. Sworn before me at day of this 182 .