Epstein, Mordecai: The English Levant Company: its foundation and its history to 1640 (London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd, 1908)

APPENDIX VII

IMPOSITIONS 1
I. The following table gives the impositions
on the goods named when exported
from, or imported into Turkey. But
if exported from or imported into
Venice they were assessed at half the
rate.
1. Assa Fetida, per bale, 2s. 2 pence.
2. Aloes epatica, per bale, 2S.
3. Aloes succatrina, per bale, 10 pence.
4. Broad cloths, per pair, 3 shillings.
5. Bridgwaters, per pair, 8 pence.
6. Benjamin,2 per cwt, 5 shillings.
7. Balsatians, per bale, 2 shillings.
8. Botanos, per bale, 5 shillings.
9. Cony skins, per cent.,3 8 pence.
10. Cochinelle,4 per pound, 3 pence.
1 These lists, which are based on previous lists of
the year 1608, were adopted in 1631. Cf. Min. Feb-
ruary 4, 1631.
2 Benjamin = Bensoin, a drug much used in perfumery.
3 i.e. for each 100 skins. Cf. hides.
4 Cochinelle = cochineal, a drug used in dyeing scarlet.
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