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taste of the maker up ; but, for the sake of accu- racy, 1 have reckoned thirty pounds in the follow- ing- scale, as being the proper proportion, and I have considered the ingredients to pay their own expence. A SCALE, Showing the quantity of Water necessary to reduce 100 gallons of Gin, at 22 per cent, underproof, to the various Prices at which it is Advertised and Placarded, and the still further reduction requisite to allow the Profits as stated. L. *. d. 100 gallons of Gin at 9s. 4d. .... 46 13 4 30 pounds of Lump Sugar, at lid. . . . 176 Flavoring, &c. pays itself in the quantity increased OOP 48 10

If reduced, to cost