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cal term by which this method of taking stock is distinguished from that adopted for the wholesale dealer, is its being surveyed according to the bulk of gallons, without reference to the relative strengths of the Spirits, so long as they are not below the legal standard, nor is any further account taken of the strengths of the Spirits, in a Retail and Wholesale Licensed Dealer's stock, un- der this regulation, than may be said to amount to a nominal preventive, for his having any very large quantity on hand, of an illegal strength, when the officer pays his visit. The Spirits a Retailer may receive into stock, are taken according to the bulk or number of gallons contained in the cask, or casks, permitted to him, and whatever the strength may be, whether underproof or overproof, he is allowed credit to re- duce or keep it, at any standard he pleases, not exceeding seventeen per centum underproof, if it be foreign Spirits, such as Brandy, Rum, &c. but if British, such as Gin, or Compounds, such as Noyeau, Shrub, &c. to any reduced rate of strength, that may be necessary to meet his views. For any kind of Spirits, he may have occasion to permit out, he is obliged to state on the request note, for the permit, (and which is again tran- scribed on the latter by the Excise perm it- writer) the strength of such Spirits, but for no other pur- pose, than to render the goods seizable, if they should be stopped by any officer, and the strength