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cause, if he ventures to draw a permit, in order to account for a decrease, and does not send the goods,* he is liable to a heavy penalty if dis- covered; or, should he succeed in obtaining a suf- ficient decrease to answer his purpose, he is as equally liable to have the corresponding- increase occasioned in his Rum, not only forfeited, but also accompanied with a similar heavy penalty ;f whereas, the Gin-shop-keeper, who can send out whatever he pleases from his retail bar, without having to render any account, may use it with im- punity; and, as he does not apply it any further than as the decreases on his Rum will allow, he is above all fear of detection. J Dealers taking out a permit, and not sending away the goods, nor returning the permit within the time of its limitation, forfeit trehle the value of the goods j and the goods also, if on taking stock there shall not appear a sufficient Dealers having an increase in their stocks, over and above what the officer found on the last pre- ceding survey, such decrease is to he deemed as brought in with- out permits or certificates, and an equal quantity is to be forfeited, with the penalty of 50/. t To what extent he may occasionally make use of the article of British Rectified Spirits, I refer my readers to the case I have cited, showing the facility and security with which Brandy may be manufactured, see page 23. * 21 Geo. 3, c. 55, sec. 21. decrease to answer such permit. f 21 Geo. 3, c. 55, sec. 29.