MANUFACTURE OF INDUSTRIAL ALCOHOL AND ALCO- 
HOL MOTOR FUEL IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 
By HowaArp IRVING COLE 
Chemist, Bureau of Science, Manila 
ONE PLATE AND THREE TEXT FIGURES 
INTRODUCTION 
Alcohol has been used for beverage purposes in the Philippine 
Islands since the earliest times. The production of alcohol for 
beverage and other purposes constitutes at the present time a 
very important industry, as is readily seen from Table 1 which 
shows the amounts of denatured (industrial) alcohol and fer- 
mented liquors produced annually from 1909 to 1920, inclusive. 
TABLE 1—Distilled liquors and malt beverages manufactured in the 
Philippine Islands and the taxes collected upon them. 
Distilled spirits. 
‘ Denatured | Fermented 
ahs Manufac- | Tax col- | cohol. | Hauors. 
tured. lected. 
Proof Gauge 
liters.2 Pesos.» |Proofliters.| liters. 
1909_- ANCES ef ip Smarties: Tere ee 9, 532,537 | 1,899,043 26, 672 | 3,636, 499 
sb elt Sia clee i net Set Gepiperoa eae eae eese ge bee pao 10, 584,124 | 2,269, 160 183, 682 | 3,837, 000 
Rr ss ec eek Soci senens yenapeevens 10, 471,299 | 2,551,501 380, 099 | 3, 887, 500 
Re as geek eee wenn eeees ad aeeu 11, 426,728 | 2,718,061 | ©¢721,262 | 4,466,250 
es ead ca ace coe eed en ae wandcons ines 11, 276,298 | 2, 658, 066 661,790 | 3, 663, 750 
hae a es cameras eee ee 11, 847,354 | 2,729,705 820, 148 | 3,915, 000 
BOG oo cncnka pee bodacadde eeacd polebieeesnwnencns 7, 164,728 | 2,248, 499 801, 428 | 3, 667, 7038 
WONG ase cee soo sn ead op cu eenbw eneen 10, 350, 868 | 2, 747,396 735, 753 | 5, 720, 769 
Ne ee saw atacc nha eunnescbee cament 15, 078, 758 | 4, 189, 503 966, 549 | 5, 875, 200 
st + Sergei a ae aoe agate eos Sei Op in ta geet 15, 931,402 | 4,476,443 867,971 | 4,236, 200 
BO a ueea cas wsaupeukecsnucuase 18, 418,612 | 4,318,895 638,217 | 4,378, 800 
rs i ee een 16,019,612 | 3,976,988 | 4522,412 | 5,221, 865 
@Includes denatured alcohol exported tax free and medicinal tax-free alcohol. The 
proof spirit referred to throughout this article is that fixed by section 3249 of the Revised 
Statutes of the United States which defines proof spirit as containing one-half its volume 
of alcohol of a density 0.7939 at 60° F. The British proof spirit contains 49.24 per cent 
alcohol by weight. 2 : ‘ 
> One peso Philippine currency equals 50 cents United States currency. 
€ Includes tax-free alcohol used for medicinal purposes. 
4 Exempt from specific tax but subject to 1 per cent on gross sales. 
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