Manar/ement of Hops. 
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^ross weight, so that a bag of hops that weighs 2 cwt. 2 qrs., or 
280 lbs. gross, is allowed to have baging of the weight of 28 lbs., 
leaving only 252 lbs., or 2 cwt. 1 qr. nctt weight, which is about 
equal to the weight contained in a pocket and a half, of 1 cwt. 
2 qrs. nett, which with the weight of a pocket, 5 yards of cloth at 
1 lb. per yard, the general weight, would be 5 lb. tare, making 
the 
Cwt. qr. lb. Cwt. qr. lb. 
Gross weiglil of a Pocket. . , 1 2 5 1™, , „„,.,„• i,. •..T>„t.„,„ n i .^i 
„ half a Pocket 0 3 ajTotal gross we.^'ht a, Pockets 2 1 71 
which if put in a bag would be 2 cwt. 2 qrs., or 20^ lbs. more in 
every bag than if the same were put in pockets, which supposing 
hops to be worth I*, per lb. would be 20s. Qd. (supposing they 
sold at the same price) more for the same quantity of hops in 
every bag than if put in pockets, which is a difference of 85. per 
cwt. in favour of bags, so that 51. 4s. per cwt. in bags is equal to 
5/. 12s. in pockets, supposing the hops to be of equal value in 
each ; this is the actual difference to the consumer, and in the 
same proportion as the price may be more or less. But the 
planter would be a loser by selling his bags at 8s. per cwt. less 
than his pockets as above stated, inasmuch as he would have 
more duty to pay for the bag than for the same nett weight in 
pockets, for both in bags and pockets 1 lb. in 10 is deducted 
from the gross weight before the duty is charged : it would be 
as follows : — 
Cwt. qr. lbs. lbs. lbs. £. s. d. 
1 Bag of Hops .2 2 0 or 2S0 gross, 252 netf, at 2d. per lb. 220 
1^ Pockets . . 2 1 74 or 259^ „ 233^ „ „ ..1189 
Difference 033 
Showing that the planter will have 3s. 2x1. more to pay duty for 
one bag of hops than if the same hops were put in pockets, which 
is about Is. Ad. per cwt. ; so that when hops are worth as above 
calculated, on 5/. 12s. per cwt. he must, to make the price equal 
to him, obtain within 6s. 9>d. per cwt. instead of 8s., which would 
be 5/. 5s. 4.d. per cwt. in bags, instead of bl. 4s. as before stated. 
The above calculations are stated to show that the actual 
difference of the value is more to the consumer than it is to the 
grower between the price of bags and pockets, which is no doubt 
one reason why there are not so many bags put up as formerly ; 
and it also appears that the planters pay Is. 4d. per cwt., 
1/. 6y. 8f/. per ton, making, with the addition of 5 per cent., 
]/. 8s. per ton more duty on the same hops in bags than hev/ould 
if they were put into pockets. 
Hops should bring to the planter in bags 17-18ths of whatever 
the price may be in pockets, to make it equal to him. 
The new mode of pressing hops with a machine was invented 
by the late Mr. Ellis, of Barming, and is now adopted by several 
