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... Increasing Demand— Rise in price - Deterioration of Quality - Railways - The Guadal- quiver Seville - Dancing Gipsy Girls - Valdepeñas - Dinner at one A.M. - Kicking a Muleteer - Amontillado - Chamomile - Montilla- Vino de Pasto ...
... Increasing Demand— Rise in price - Deterioration of Quality - Railways - The Guadal- quiver Seville - Dancing Gipsy Girls - Valdepeñas - Dinner at one A.M. - Kicking a Muleteer - Amontillado - Chamomile - Montilla- Vino de Pasto ...
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... Increase , or reduction , of the duty , at that time , and until 1824 , was made by adding or deducting so much per tun ; and this being divided by the number of gallons in the tun , gave the rates per old gallon . Part was paid to the ...
... Increase , or reduction , of the duty , at that time , and until 1824 , was made by adding or deducting so much per tun ; and this being divided by the number of gallons in the tun , gave the rates per old gallon . Part was paid to the ...
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... increase . It is , however , to be hoped that the habit of keep- ing wines in bond will not be continued , for it is ruinous to every cask of natural wine from any and every country . Such kinds as Port , Sherry , Marsala , & c . , with ...
... increase . It is , however , to be hoped that the habit of keep- ing wines in bond will not be continued , for it is ruinous to every cask of natural wine from any and every country . Such kinds as Port , Sherry , Marsala , & c . , with ...
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... increasing in a wonderful degree , it remains stationary . The average annual consumption of wine during cach ten years from 1791 to 1860 was- From 1791 to 1800 · · 6,513,019 gallons دو 1801 to 1810 • • 6,304,085 99 1811 to 1820 99 ...
... increasing in a wonderful degree , it remains stationary . The average annual consumption of wine during cach ten years from 1791 to 1860 was- From 1791 to 1800 · · 6,513,019 gallons دو 1801 to 1810 • • 6,304,085 99 1811 to 1820 99 ...
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... increase as this in 1863 , which exceeds by 1 millions of gallons even the exceptional import of 1860 , as is seen by the following table : — 1858 1839 1860 1861 1862 Imports of Wine . 5,791,636 gallons . 8.195,513 12.475,001 • 11.052 ...
... increase as this in 1863 , which exceeds by 1 millions of gallons even the exceptional import of 1860 , as is seen by the following table : — 1858 1839 1860 1861 1862 Imports of Wine . 5,791,636 gallons . 8.195,513 12.475,001 • 11.052 ...
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