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88

butts of

108

gallons

each,

of

a

most

delightful

mix-

ture,

which

costs

only

48/.

per

butt,

at

the

very

outside

;

the

expences

being

much

more

than

paid

in

the

value

of

the

casks,

(5/.

6s.)

which

has not

before

been

taken

into

consideration, or

deducted

from

the

total

amount,

to

lessen

the

cost

per

butt

;

and

in

the

course

of

a

few

days

after

the

finings

and

Lamb's

Blood

have

been

put

in,

it

is

ready

to

be

advertised

as

*

Fine

Pale

Sherry

of

peculiar

delicacy

and

flavor!'

If

bottled

in

'fifteens?

and

(id.

per dozen, be

added

for

charge

of

corks,

the

cost

price,

per

dozen,

would

be

18s.

2%d.

if

in

the

size

of

bottles

termed

*

sixteens,'

16*.

\.\\d.

per

dozen.

As

stated

by

our

different

advertisers

and

placarders,

the

prices

for

sale

are

24s.

;

25*.

(yd.

;

27*.

;

28*.

Qd.

;

and

30*.*

per

dozen

;

and,

without

dwelling

on

the

variety

of

inferences

that

may

be

drawn

from

this

point,

the

following

Scale,

show-

ing

the

cost

prices,

per dozen,

of

genuine

Sherries,

both

Pale

and

Brown,

in

dock,

duty

paid,

from

the

lowest

qualities

to

the

highe&t,

and

although

pur-

chased

in

the

cheapest

manner,

if

cleared

home

*

It

should

be

observed,

that

another

mode

these

worthies

have

of

increasing

their

profits,

is

by

selling

the

same Wine;

which

is

ad-

verlised

at

so

low

a

rate,

for

that

for

which

a

higher

price

is

quoted,

thus,

in

applying

for

a

quantity

of

Wine

at

30*.

per

dozen,

you

are

supplied

with

identically

the

same

Wine

as

is

advertised,

and

sold,

at

24*.

per

dozen.

If

yon

apply

for

some,

the

price

of

which

is

stated

as

at

36*.

or

42*.

per

dozen,

you

are

served

from

that,

which

is

occasionally

sold

as

of

tempting

quality,

at

30*.

per

dozen,

and

so

on

through

their

whole

scale

of

prices.