To clarify.

[davywavy]

1) It's not a trick question. There is an answer.
2) You might be helped if I point out the typo and say that the camel can carry 1000lbs, not 100. Sorr-ee!

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[davywavy.livejournal.com]

Good lad; we ended up with 1399.xxxxxxx, about the same.
Using exactly the same system, as trips wwhich leave amounts non-divisible by 1000 are wasteful :)