When  tare  is  so  much  per  box,  bag,  or  barrel,  <$*c.
RULE.     Multiply  the  number  of  boxes,  bags  or   barrels,
&c.  by  the  tare,  and  subtract  the  product  from  the  gross,
the  remainder  will  be  the  net  weight.
EXAMPLES.
1.  What  is  the  net  weight  of  24  hhds.  of  tobacco,  weigh-
ing 143  2  1.4  Ib.  gross  ;  tare  84  Ib.  per  hhd.  and  what  is
the  value  at  $7,25  per  cwt.  ?

84ajfarc.  143  2  14=gross.
24==nuniber  hhds.  18  0    0=tare.
336  125  2  14  lb.=net.
168

!12)2016(18=tare.
112

896
896

A       025  2  14  lb.
0  Ans'  J  $910,78,1*.
2.  In  241  barrels  of  figs  each  weighing  3  19  lb.  gross;
tare  10  lb.  per  barrel;  how  many  pounds  net,  and  what  is
their  value  at  15f  cents  per  lb.  A  C 22413  lb.
A       I  $3530,04,7$.
CASE  II.
When  tare  is  so  much  in  the  whole  gross  weight.
RULE.     Subtract  ibe  given  tare  from  the  gross,  the  re-
mainder will  be  the  net.
TARE  AND  TRET.
EXAMPLES.
3.  Having  deducted  the  tare,  what  is  the  value  at  $6,50
per  c\vt.  of  83   hhds.  tobacco,  weighing  137  cwt.  gross  ;
tare  678  Ib.  in  the  whole  ?  Afl        >  £851,15,l|i.
|  130  3  22  Ib.
4.  At  10£  cents  per  Ib.  what  is  the  value  of  184  boxes
of  raisins,  each  weighing  33  Ib.  gross  5  tare  152  Ib.  in  the
whole  ?  A        S  $606,80.
CASE  III.
Wlien  the  tare  is  so  much  per  cwt.
RULE.  Divide  the  gross  by  the  aliquot  part,  which  the
tare  makes  of  a  cwt.  as  in  Practice  ;  subtract  the  quotient
from  the  gross,  the  remainder  will  be  the  net.
EXAMPLE.
