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Thus
then,
we
have
eight pipes
of
superior
Port
Wine,
made
up,
according
to
the
best
and
most
ap-
proved
plan,
and
which
stands
our
Advertising
and
Placarding
Dealers
only
in
50/.
per
pipe
of
115
Imperial
gallons,
every
expence
included,
and
reckoned
at
the
very
outside
;
or
should
even
this
be
manufactured
at
too
high
a
price,
to
render
their
profits
sufficiently
adequate
to
support
that
degree
of
modesty
for
which
they
are
so
famous,
a
slight
variation,
in
the
proportion
of
any
of
the
in-
gredients,
need
only
be
made,
to
produce
a
con-
siderable
alteration
in
their
favour.
By
a
very
simple
calculation
it
will
also
be
shown,
that
the
Wine
thus
made
up,
if
drawn
off
in bottles
of
the
size
of
sixteen
to
the
three
gallons,
old
measure,
and
adding
a
charge
of
Qd.
per
dozen
extra,
for
corks,
would
cost
only
16*.
9d.
per
dozen
if
in
the
size
of
bottles
termed
fifteens,
\7s.
9d.
per
dozen
;
and
the
mystery,
therefore,
of
their
advertising
genuine
Port
Wines
at
23*.
Qd.
and
24*.
per
dozen,
and
in
pipes,
hogsheads,
and
quarter
casks,
at
the
rate
of
63/.
and
651.
per
pipe,
is
at
once
explained.
Should,
however,
any
further
confirmation
be
still
required,
the
following
Scale,
showing
the
cost
per dozen,
to
the
Advertising
Dealer,
of
Port
Wines
in
the
London
Docks,
duty
paid,
and
reckoned
from
such
as
are scarcely
drinkable,
to
those of
the
finest
quality,
if
cleared
home
and
drawn
off
in
one
of
the
smaller
size
of
bottles
in
use,
(\\z.Jif
teens,)
must
clearly
convince