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.