Note 90 — CHAP. XI.
Reading edition
In a Tract entitled 'Observations and Facts relative to Public-Houses,' by the Author of this Work, the mode of conducting Ale-houses in the Metropolis, and the evils arising from this source of iniquity and idleness is very fully explained. By this publication it is discovered, after much investigation, that there is consumed and sold in the 5000 Public-houses in and round the Metropolis:
158,400,530 pots of Porter, Ale, and Twopenny£.2,311,4661510
Gin and Compounds from the Distillers and Rectifiers975,00000
3,236,4661510
To which add Pipes, Tobacco, &c. at least113,53342
Total£.3,310,00000