The young merchant's assistant : or, his business at the Custom-House made easy. Containing The Method of Computing all Manner of Duties, their Discompts, and Drawbacks, by several Ways practiced by the Merchants and Custom-House Officers. Also Instructions for such People that are design'd for Employments, as Masters of Ships, or in Husbanding the same; their whole Business of Reporting and Working a Ship; forming Freight-Notes; the Method of keeping a Freight-Book, and making up an Account of a Ship's Freight. Likewise the Manner of Proceeding in Cases of Single Entries, Entries of several Sorts of Merchandize, Post-Entries, Over-Entries, Warrants, Certificates, Debentures, Bounty-Money, &c. with Examples and Instructions throughout the whole. By Richard Hayes, Accomptant and Writing-Master. Never before Publish'd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hayes, Richard, accomptant and writing-master.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Customhouses--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.

Customhouses.

Customs administration--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.

Customs administration.

Merchants--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.

Merchants.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([4],iii,[5],95,[1]p. )

Other Title:

Young merchant's assistant

Place of Publication:

London : printed for the author and Francis Raw, for the use of their scholars; and sold by John Garret next to the Royal-Exchange Stairs in Cornhill, [1718]

Notes:

With an initial leaf advertising the school run by Hayes and Raw (successors to Mr. John Lyons).

Price from imprint: price 2 s. 6 d.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T116194.

OCLC:

642297218