Note 368 — Chapter XIII
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At a later period no less than 50l. per ton freight was on more than one occasion paid for the voyage, beyond an allowance for contingencies. From Hardy’s ‘Registry,’ pp. 18, 20, and 22, at a court of Directors held on the 23rd September, 1796, the ship Admiral Gardner, of eight hundred and thirteen tons, commanded by “John Woolmore, Esq.,” appears by the minutes to have been chartered on the following conditions:—
£ s. d.
“Peace freight to China, or circuitously and to all parts of India alike, for six voyages certain. 21 0 0 per ton.
“Surplus, peace and war 10 10 0 per ton.
“For a variety of expenses arising from war, including the additional charges of insurance, beyond 8 guineas per cent., and the expenses of bounty and manning to be paid, at all events either on the ship’s arrival or in 18 months, whichever shall first happen. The difference of seamen’s wages beyond 26s. per month, and the charges of replacing seamen impressed into her Majesty’s service, maintenance and returning of Lascars, to be at the risk of the Company.” 18 10 0 per ton.
Total freight and charges paid to the shipowner £50 0 0