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Example 2

To reduce 55 gallons of the proof Rum in the preceding example, at 10$. 3Jd. j^f per gallon, to cost 9*. 5d. per gallon ; strength about 10 per cent, underproof. 55 gals, proof Leeward s. d, L. s. d. Island Rum, at . .10 3| i% per gal. 28 7 6 1 gal. Porter ... 2 020 \ gal. Shrub ... 9 046 4f gals. Water. | pint Colouring \ Quantity 28 14 (T \ pint Grace Root \ increased 20 f pint Extract of /pays their 61)574(9. 4| fjper gal. Capsicums . / expense. gals. 549 say 9*. 5d. 61 gals. Rum, at 9*. 5cf. per gal- 25 Ion; strength about 10 per * 2 cent, underproof. 61)300(4 244 56 4

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