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L. | s. | d. | |
To tallow, 4 libs. at 7½d. per lib. | 0 | 2 | 6 |
To„ Leys, 23 pints, at 2½ farthings per pint, | 0 | 1 | 2¼ |
To„ Salt, 3 libs. at ½d. per lib. | 0 | 0 | 1½ |
to„ Duty charged on 10½ lib. soap, at 2½d. per lib.—say | 0 | 1 | 9 |
to„ Fire, &c. about | 0 | 0 | 2¼ |
Total expence, L. | 0 | 5 | 9 |
By 10½ libs. soap, at 9d. per lib. (white soap was at that time selling in the shops at 10d.) | 0 | 7 | 10½ |
Neat profit, L. | 0 | 2 | 1½ |