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The calculation may stand thus, viz.

  L. s. d.
To 4 lib. tallow, at 7d. per lib 0 2 40
To14 pints ley, at 2½ farthings per pint 0 0
To 2 lib. salt 0 0 1
Duty on 7½ lib. soap, at 2¼d. per lib.—10 per cent. off 0 1 4
Fire, about 0 0 2
L. 0 4
7½ lib. soap, at 9d. per lib 0 5
L. 0 0 11¾

The neat profit here may be called one shilling.


Upon a calculation of working even with these coarse and improper materials, judiciously managed, there is an evident gain of above 10s. 6d. per cwt. or L. 10: 10s. per ton.