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WINES. 
‘The statistics in regard to the consumption and production of wines | 
_ ean be observed by referring to the table given under malt liquors — 
(page 186), where it will be seen that in the year 1886, 22,067,220 gal- 
'lons were consumed, of which 17,366,393 gallons were produced in~ 
_ this country. The consumption per capita has not increased very : 
-_ greatly during the forty-six years since 1840, but the total amount —~ 
' consumed has increased very greatly, it being less than 5,000,000 
gallons in 1840. It will be noticed also that the amount produced in 
this country in proportion to the amount imported has increasedtoa —— 
remarkable degree. In 1840 there was about thirty-eight times as ~ 
much wine imported as was produced in this country ; in 1886 the 
amount of domestic wine consumed was nearly four timesas greatas 
the amount of wine imported. Thisdoes not fully represent thepro- | 
duction, however, for it does not include the exports, which havein- 
creased very greatly of late years, asI amreliably informed, although) 
Ihave no accurate data upon this point. The largely increased do- ~~ 
mestic production is principally due to the development of the im- 
dustry in California. Raper: 
~ The following table shows the relative rank of this countryamong = 
the wine-producing countries of the world; it istaken from thesame 
source as the preceding statistics : Weer 
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WINE PRODUCTION OF THE WORLD. Pir 
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[Estimate by M. Tisserand in 1884, taken from ‘* Journal of the Statistical Society,’> London, 1885.] 
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BEANS 0... aaeee tge 6G5;-175; 972. | Greece ieee heehee nes 28, 600, 000 ~ { 
Algeria.....: Sie 722,000, 000 || United States ......-.......--- 18,000,000 
GAIL WipeY ance trereia na ss =|Sts ST 605,000, 000%|) "Wirkkey 2. hee tem heise ad etait 22, 000, 000 
Spain........ PB UNASES 484, 000,000 || Cape of Good Hope.......... 15, 400, 000 a 
Austria-Hungary . 187,000, 000 || Roumania..<......-:.6.-----> 15, 400, 000 i 
_ Portugal. sen 88;000;.000 || ‘Sexviay. 25 Miss) fe these. ss 11, 000, 000 
Germany Baba A St, 290.000. || Australia, . 3 subearaen ease. fe 1, 933, 800 =n 
Russia...... ete arco: 77,000,000 | — ——. ‘ 
Cyprus, <2). 35, 200, 000 |} Total Re ae ae es 2, 485, 599, 72 x. 
Switzerland 28. 600, 000 Wad 
PREPARATION OF WINE. 
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The growing of grapes for wine and the proper treatment of the 
juice for its conversion into wine have formed the subject of numer- au 
ous treatises, that branch of technology having received a great deal 
of attention and study in countries where it is carried on. Onlya | 
‘short sketch of the leading features of the process can be given here, 
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