£192,910 unspecified sense

J. Ewing Ritchie (author)

• sugar trade caused loss of revenue of £192,910 between 1824 and 1840 ⟨Britain⟩
  assertsnegativesource: sugar-pg52820

  a loss of revenue of £192,910

  judge verdicts (2)

  • groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage: 'a loss of revenue of £192,910' is explicitly mentioned as occurring between 1824 and 1840 in relation to falling sugar consumption. The exact figure and timeframe match the source text precisely.
  • qualifier_fidelity 0.90 pass — The claim is largely faithful to the passage. The viewpoint, stance, sentiment, time period, context, and quote are all accurately represented. However, there is a minor issue with the predicate: the passage states the loss of revenue 'resulted from' a falling off in sugar consumption, not that the sugar trade itself 'caused' the loss. The causal relationship should be more precisely: the falling off in sugar consumption (due to trade restrictions) caused the loss of revenue, rather than attributing causation directly to the trade. This is a subtle distinction but technically represents a slight oversimplification of the passage's causal chain.