PRÉCIS OF ACTUAL COST AND PROFITS ON SUBSIDIARY SILVER COINS RECEIVED FROM ENGLAND, —Continued.
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FREDERICK STEWART, Auditor General.
Rate of
Amount
Ship- When
ment. Arrived.
(Current
Value).
Actual
Cost in
Sterling.
Average
Remit-
tances
Actual Cost
in Dollars.
Profit.
Equiva-
lent to
REMARKS.
per $.
$
£
s. d.
C.
412,400
384,831.21
27,568.79
15
June,
50,000
9,088. 1.10
3/91
47,545.33
2,454.67 516%
1880.
16
October,
50,000
8,865. 1. 2
3,90
47,149.33
2,850.67 | 604%
1881.
17 Apr.& May, 100,000
18,054. 7. 9
3,91
95,758.08
4,241,92 443%
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20
1882.
April,
1883. 19 October, 50,000 1884. January, 60,000
50,000
8,874.15. 5
3,82
47,596.53
2,403.47 505%
8,317. 0. 7
3,82
44,605.30
10,064. 8. 9
1884.
3/88
53,978.90
21
May,
60,000 10,077. 4. 6
3/8
54,502.17
1884.
22
October, 100,000
16,756.15. 9
3/8
90,628.26
1884.
23
April, 100,000
16,436.11. 2
3/83
89,045,59
1885.
3/62
24
August, 120,000
19,776. 0. 5
3/61
111,023.27
5,394.70 | 12 °*%
6,021.10 | 11 15 0/
5,497.83 | 10 08 °
9,371.74 10 34%
10,954.41′ | 12 80%
8,976.73
jQ
Coined by Messrs. HEATON & SONS, per contract. Coined at the Royal Mint. Silver purchased at 3/104 per oz. Coined by Messrs. HEATON & SONS, per contract. Coined by Messrs. HEATON & SONS, per contract. Coined at the Royal Mint. Coined at the Royal Mint. Coined at the Royal Mint. Coined at the Royal Mint. Coined at the Royal Mint.
Scissel sold at 3,93 per oz.
8 08 0 %
1885.
25 November, 150,000 24,308. 1. 1
3,62
136,466.27
13,533.73
991%
26
1885.
March,
1886.
150,000 23,502.14. 3
J
3/63
3/3
132,071.47
17,928.53 | 13 57
27
May, 100,000
15,511.17. 5
3/3
95,457.66
1886.
28
August, 100,000 1886.
15,260.15. 0
3/3
93,912.31
29
December, 150,000
22,290.15. 9
3/3
137,174.08
%
4,542.34 475%
6,087.69 6 37 of %
12,825.92 | 9 35%
Coined at the Royal Mint. Coined at the Royal Mint. Coined at the Royal Mint. Coined at the Royal Mint.
1886.
Coined at the Royal Mint. per oz.
Coined at the Royal Mint.
per oz.
Silver purchased at 4/2} per oz. Silver purchased at 4,21 per oz. Silver purchased at 4/23 per oz. Silver purchased at 4/23 per oz. Silver purchased at 4/13 per oz.
Bar Silver purchased at 4/2 per oz., and Mexican Dollars at 4/02 Bar Silver purchased at 4/113 per oz. Mexican Dollars at 3/1117 No particulars as to price of Silver given.
No particulars as to price of Silver. Silver purchased at 3/10) per oz. Silver purchased at 3/9 per oz.
1,802,400
1,661,745.76
140,654.24
Average Profit 8 *G
per cent.
Hongkong, 16th February, 1888.
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