chap, v.] WEST INDIES. 325 
Ihe proportions of refined sugar, &c. procured 
by melting 112 lbs. of raw sugar, have been ascer¬ 
tained by the committee of London refiners as fol¬ 
lows, viz. 
lbs. 
Refined sugar in loaves and lumps - 56 -^%. 
Bastard or ground sugar - - 22^. 
Melasses or treacle ... 2844. 
Scum and dirt - 4 15 
z o 
112lbs. 
The bounty and drawback therefore, according to 
this calculation, will stand as follows, viz. 
£. 
s. 
d. 
On loaf sugar - 
lbs. 56^V 
- at 26 s. 
0 
IS 
04’ 
bastards 
22 ^ 
- at 15s-. 
0 
2 
0 
16 
0 
Duty paid 
- 
- 
0 
15 
0 
Difference - 
0 
1 
0 
So that the apparent loss to the revenue arising 
from the bounty is one shilling the cwt. and no 
more. But, as every hogshead of sugar loses con¬ 
siderably in weight, after the duty is paid, and be¬ 
fore it is either exported or worked up, and as by 
the present strict regulations respecting tare, the 
duty is frequently paid for more sugar than the 
