Note 56 — WINE.
Reading edition
A Puncheon Of Brandy containing 130 Gallons, after remaining in Cask in a Merchant’s Cellar for three years, lost two Gallons in measure, and ten Gallons in strength. The stronger the Spirit, the sooner it evaporates.
The London Dock Company are not answerable for any decrease of quantity in a Pipe of Wine left under their care, provided it does not exceed one Gallon for each year—which it is supposed to waste in that time.