The Regulation of Shipping

Not only did the company decide as to the time when ships might sail, it also laid down the charges for freight on each occasion. There are several examples on record, illustrating this very important point, and we shall quote one or two. In 1624 the Delight was chosen to sail with goods for the company. It was settled ¹ that for freight outward she was to charge 6 dollars on an ordinary bale and 3 https://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> 1 2 https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315639727/1eb19ab7-9e3e-452b-9769-be61a1e15e2d/content/inl_3_B.tif" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/> dollars for pepper. As for the homeward journey, the charge would be “after the accustomed rates,” £4 a ton for cauls, £5 a ton for cottons and yarns, and £7 a ton for fine goods, while for money it was to be a chequin ² per mille dollars per day. Pretty much the same rates were fixed in the following year ³ for the Sampson. For the outward voyage, freightage was taken at the rate of 6 dollars per bale, accounting 2 long and 3 short cloths to a bale, and 3 https://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> 1 2 https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315639727/1eb19ab7-9e3e-452b-9769-be61a1e15e2d/content/inl_4_B.tif" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/> dollars for pepper. For the homeward journey, for fine goods the charge was £7 a ton, for cauls £4 a ton, for money, 1 per mille ⁴ in the case of money shipped by laders for buying commodities. ⁵ But for money not to be used in this way, the charge was higher. For the outward journey it was https://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> 1 2 https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315639727/1eb19ab7-9e3e-452b-9769-be61a1e15e2d/content/inl_6_B.tif" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/> per cent, and for the return journey https://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> 3 4 https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315639727/1eb19ab7-9e3e-452b-9769-be61a1e15e2d/content/inl_7_B.tif" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/> per cent.