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Masdeu.
MASDEU .
OLD CRUSTED
IT is now five years since the Proprietors of the Gray ' s Inn Wine Establishment commenced their operations on this wine , and it will be remembered that two years ago they introduced it to tbe Public , as well worthy , both iu quality and price , to take its stand among those in general consumption in this country : they detailed at length their
knowledge of its quality , and the practical experience upon which , their judgment was formed : they showed that the heavy and unequal taxation created by the Methuen Treaty , in 1703 , had amounted to a prohibition of many of the wines of France : but tbe English Government having , in 1831 , equalized the duties on French and
Portugal wines , they expressed their conviction that a wide field was opened for capital and exertion to compete with the hitherto more favoured vineyards of the Peninsula : the success which has attended that competition will be best seen by the undermentioned Parliamentary return , showing the net consumption of the United
Kingdom . No . 369 . —Ordered by the HOUSE OF COMMONS to he printed , 7 th May , 1838 .
UNITED KINGDOM . fCape . Quantities re- French
tainedfortlome Portugal . Consumption , Spanish after deducting I Made ; ra \ , the Amount ex-s r ,, . , ported subse- ™**™& ¦ quently to the Canary . . i Payment of Fayal .
Duty . Sicilian , and ) I other sorts J TOTAL . .
YEARS ending 5 th January 1836 . 1837 . I 1838 . I Gallons . Gallons . Gallons . ! 522 , 941 541 , 511 ) 500 , 727 j 271661 352063 440322
¦ , , , ; 2 , 780 , 024 2 , S 78 , 359 2 , 573 , 157 2 , 230 , 187 2 , 388 , 413 2 , 297 , 070 139 , 422 133 , 673 ! 119 , 873 ' 48 , 696 59 , 454 ) 44 , 807 : 50 , 956 51 , 128 41 , 864 1 , 906 1 , 4561 282
374 , 549 403 , 155 373 , 458 ' 6 ; 420 , 342 J 6 , S 09 , 212 j 6 , 391 , 560
It will be seen by this return that while the total consumption of wine has remained nearly stationary , that of French wine has steadily and progressively increased , the year ending 5 th January , 1838 , showing the enormous increase of 62 per cent , over that ending Sth January , 1836 ; this large increase is chiefly attri-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Masdeu.
MASDEU .
OLD CRUSTED
IT is now five years since the Proprietors of the Gray ' s Inn Wine Establishment commenced their operations on this wine , and it will be remembered that two years ago they introduced it to tbe Public , as well worthy , both iu quality and price , to take its stand among those in general consumption in this country : they detailed at length their
knowledge of its quality , and the practical experience upon which , their judgment was formed : they showed that the heavy and unequal taxation created by the Methuen Treaty , in 1703 , had amounted to a prohibition of many of the wines of France : but tbe English Government having , in 1831 , equalized the duties on French and
Portugal wines , they expressed their conviction that a wide field was opened for capital and exertion to compete with the hitherto more favoured vineyards of the Peninsula : the success which has attended that competition will be best seen by the undermentioned Parliamentary return , showing the net consumption of the United
Kingdom . No . 369 . —Ordered by the HOUSE OF COMMONS to he printed , 7 th May , 1838 .
UNITED KINGDOM . fCape . Quantities re- French
tainedfortlome Portugal . Consumption , Spanish after deducting I Made ; ra \ , the Amount ex-s r ,, . , ported subse- ™**™& ¦ quently to the Canary . . i Payment of Fayal .
Duty . Sicilian , and ) I other sorts J TOTAL . .
YEARS ending 5 th January 1836 . 1837 . I 1838 . I Gallons . Gallons . Gallons . ! 522 , 941 541 , 511 ) 500 , 727 j 271661 352063 440322
¦ , , , ; 2 , 780 , 024 2 , S 78 , 359 2 , 573 , 157 2 , 230 , 187 2 , 388 , 413 2 , 297 , 070 139 , 422 133 , 673 ! 119 , 873 ' 48 , 696 59 , 454 ) 44 , 807 : 50 , 956 51 , 128 41 , 864 1 , 906 1 , 4561 282
374 , 549 403 , 155 373 , 458 ' 6 ; 420 , 342 J 6 , S 09 , 212 j 6 , 391 , 560
It will be seen by this return that while the total consumption of wine has remained nearly stationary , that of French wine has steadily and progressively increased , the year ending 5 th January , 1838 , showing the enormous increase of 62 per cent , over that ending Sth January , 1836 ; this large increase is chiefly attri-