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Or
if
fifty-five
gallons
of
the
proof
Rum
in
Ex-
ample
1st
be
further
reduced
to
twenty-five
and
thirty-two
per
cent,
underproof,
(the
former
strength
referred
to
in
page
17,
and
the
latter
in
note
*
page
17),
by
the
addition
of
the
proper
proportion
of
water,
and
a
larger
proportion
of
the
flavoring
materials
and
Extract
of
Capsicums,
the
prices
would
be
7*.
lid.
and
7s.
2d.
per
gallon.
The
terms
on
which
Rums
are
advertised
for
'
Ready
money
only,
1
are
10s.
4d.
;
10s.
Sd.
;
1
Is.
Qd.
;
12s.
;
and
13s.
4d.
per
gallon
(at
the
two
latter
prices,
the
strength
of
the
article
to
be
'
proof
');
and
I
scarcely
need,
therefore,
pursue
my
calculations
for
the
purpose
of
showing
my
readers,
the
various
and
enormous
profits
obtained
on
Rum,
by
our
cheap
Placarders
and
Advertisers,
and
the
impositions
practised
on
the health
and
purse
of
the
public,
under
the
plausible
pretext
that
*
Ready
money
only*
enables
the
modest
Dealer
to
dispose
of these
fine
articles
at
prices
so
low.
In
offering,
however,
one
more
example
of
a
mode
of
making
up
a
Rum
of
*
exceedingly
Jine
flavor?
I
wish
to
observe,
that
a
restriction
exists,
only, as
regards
the
admixture-of
the
Rectified
Spirits
I
have
al-
luded
to,
in
my
remarks
on
Brandy,
but
that
all
Rums
of
whatever
quality,
may
be,
what
is
termed,
blended
together.
Hence
it
is,
that
a
Wholesale
Spirit
Advertiser,
is
unable
to
make
use
of
the
ar-
ticle
of
British
Rectified
Spirits
with
Rum,
be-