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of Revenue
independent of the above considerations, I learn
that near 4,000 Gallons of Wine have been landed
in
the last four months, and therefore that $2,000 Gallens
on
in
year,
may the
be calculated
course of the
but I do not
-consider this reasoning.
by any
infallible.
What quantity I would ask of the above 4,000 Gallons is stock inhand and in store? What
quantity has been de exported to Canton aão Macao, and Chusan, and
the Northern Ports Fand
above
above all what 4 portions
has been consumed by
the Navy,
number
and the large
ber of Merchant
ships that constantly frequent this port ?
In short, I doubt
the Revenue likely to Result from it, both.. looking to the expense
of the collection and the cost that will attend
the
last
(in vain ) upon prevention of Smuggling for which the Cust affords every possible facility._am if these objections go for nothing, then I suggest that public feeling worthy of som
some consideration
in
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