Note 12 — Chapter IV
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A memorandum given me by Count d’Hane, shows the cost of a cargo of coals for the university of Ghent, in the present year (1840) as follows:—
f. c.
2734 hectolitres of gaillettes and small coal 3898 70
Charges at the pit 109 36
Freight to Ghent 683 50
4691 56
Charges at Ghent f. c.
City dues 131 55
Labourers 16 24
Cost of unloading 368 33
Superintendant 14 529 12
Cost of the 2734 hectolitres in store 5220 68
1000 livres of Ghent thus cost 10f. 95c.; and as there are 2300 livres in a ton of 1000 kilogrammes, the price, as compared with M. Briavionne’s statement, would be 25f. 18c. per ton. I have, however, mentioned that the price has fallen considerably since the panic of 1837 and 1838, which accounts for the difference.