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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

*

21

Geo.

3,

c.

55,

sec.

21.

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

decrease

to

answer

such

permit.

f

21

Geo.

3,

c.

55,

sec.

29.

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.