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at
twenty
or
even
twenty-five
per
cent
under-
proof.*
The
duty
on
Brandy,
per
imperial
gallon,
the
liquor
in
which
the
instrument
is
made
to
swim,
being
added
to
the
number
on
the
weight
used,
and
together
forming
the
indi-
cation.
But
as
the
difference
of
temperature
affects
materially
the
specific
gravity
of
spirituous
liquors,
a
thermometer
and
tables
of
the
concentration
of
strength,
as
denoted
by
the
hydrometer,
are
used
in
the
application
of
the
instrument.
The
officer
of
Excise
has,
therefore,
only
to
turn
to
the
tables
opposite
the
indication,
and
immediately
under
the
temperature
he
finds
the per
centage
of the
strength
of
the
liquor;
for
example,
Weight
used
.
.
.
.60
Subdivision
shown
by
the
hydrometer
Temperature
by
the
Thermometer
68
Opposite
51,%
in
the
column
of
indication,
and
under
the
68th
de-
gree
of
temperature,
is
8-j
per
cent,
above
or
over
proof;
"
had,
however,
the
weight
60
been
required,
instead
of
weight
50,
at
the
same
degree
of
temperature,
the
indication
would
have
been
61,%,
and
the
strength
6-fa
per
cent,
below
or
underproof."
'
Brandy
and
Rum
is
seizable
if
sold
by,
or
found
in
the
posses-
sion
of
the
dealer,
unless
it
possess
a
certain
strength,
(seventeen
per
cent,
under
proof
by
Sylces's
hydrometer)/
The
following
are
the
words
of
the
Act,
(30
Geo.
3,
c.
37,
sec.
31.)
No
distiller,
rec-
tifier,
compounder,
or
dealer,
shall
serve
or
send
out
any
foreign
spirits
of
a lower
strength
than
that
of
one
in
six,
under
hydro-
meter
proof,
according
to
Clarke's
hydrometer,
(equivalent
to
se-
venteen
per
cent,
below
proof
according
to
Sykes's
hydrometer)
nor
have
in
his
possession
any
foreign
Spirits
mixed
together,
ex-
cept
Cherry
or
Raspberry
Brandy,
of
lower
strength,
than
as
aforesaid,
upon
pain of
such
Spirits
being
forfeited,
and
such
Spi-
rits,
with
the
casks
and
vessels
containing
the
same,
may
be
seized
by
any
officer
of
Excise.
*
As
a
proof
that
I
do
not
exaggerate
facts,
about a
week