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It does not carry in the manufacture at all. The profit, formerly made by distillation at our own works, we are unable to state, as operations were conducted on so small a scale that the necessity for special and accurate calculations never arose, nor can we, working at the Distillery, give the results of the two months' experimental produce as much of it shipped to foreign ports have not yet received accounts.
In the next place, we have to point out that the producing power of this manufactory has not been increased since the former owners ceased working it.
Again, nearly the whole of the manufactured spirit is intended for exportation, and it is greatly to the benefit of the colony, foreign trade, and connexions. An industry of this kind is capable of supporting a considerable number of Chinese workmen, and the revenue of the Colony directly benefits by the occupation of the building, which, but for the Company's enterprise, would have stood empty and probably have fallen into decay.
It is also further to be observed...