EXAMPLES. 1. How many marks must be received at Hamburg for 300 l. Sterling, exchange at 35s. 3d. Flemish per l. Sterling.
| L. | s. | d. | L. |
|---|---|---|---|
| If 1 | : 35 | 3 | :: 300 |
| 12 | |||
| 423 | |||
| 300 | |||
| M. | sch. | ||
| 32) | 126900 | (3965 | 10 |
| 96 | ... | ||
| 309 | |||
| 288 | |||
| 210 | |||
| 192 | |||
| 180 | |||
| 160 | |||
| (20) | |||
| 16 | |||
| 320 | |||
| 32 | |||
| (0) |
2. How much Sterling money will a bill of 3965 mark 10 schilling-lubs amount to, exchange at 35s. 3d. Flemish per l. Sterling?
423)126900(300 l. ster.
1269
4)52.875(13.21875
13.21875)3965.62500(300 l. ster.
3965625
| Par in Ster. | s. | d. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 deniers | } make | 1 fol | = | 0 | 0 ¼ |
| 20 fols | 1 livre | = | 0 | 9 ¼ | |
| 3 livres | 1 crown | = | 2 | 5 ¼ | |
At Paris, Rouen, Lyons, &c. books and accounts are kept in livres, fols, and deniers; and the exchange with Britain is on the crown, or ecu, of 3 livres, or 60 fols Tournois. Britain gives for the crown an uncertain number of pence, commonly between 30 and 34, the par, as mentioned above, being 29½d.