APPENDIX. 



267 



WORLD'S PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION OF HOPS 



For 1884-'86, from the Deufsrhrn Hopfenbau Vcrein, which pave it up In 

 1889 ;is unreliable. From 1887-'9«i, tiom tlie Vienna Jtreirers' Journal. 

 [In metric hundredweight of 110 lbs.] 



BEER PRODUCTION. 



United States data are ofllci.-il. Returns for the world are from 



Brewers' Journal, Vienna. 



[In millions of barrels of 31 gallons.] 



World. 



147 

 145 

 148 

 166 



Year. 



1891 



1892 



1893 



1894 



189.5 



1896 



1897 



RELATIVE CONSUMPTION OF BEERS AND OTHER LIQUORS. 



K. .Struve, in Woc/iensr/iriff fiir lirauerei, Berlin, 1896, esti- 

 mates tiiat tlie wine consumed" in France, Germany, Switzerl;ind and 

 Belgium contains 6% of alcoliol, against 7% in Austria, Holland, 

 Deninarlc, Swedt^n and Norway, and 8% in Great Britain, Russia and 

 the United Stales. For tiie beer consumed an average proportion of 

 4% alcoliol was adopted, and for spirituous liquors 33..3%. The tal)le is 

 based on official returns and sliows the annual consumption per 

 capita for 1895. 



In liters (1 liter equals 2.113 pints U. S., or just about 1 quart). 



Country. 



Belgium 



Fr.ance 



Denmark 



<ierm.'iny 



Great Britain .... 



Switzerland 



Austria-Hungary, 



Holland 



Russia 



Norwav 



United States .... 

 Sweden 



Wine. Beer. Spirits 



3.7 



103.0 



1.0 



5.7 



1.7 



55.0 



22.1 



2.6 



3.3 



1.0 



1.8 



0.4 



169.2 

 22.4 

 33.3 

 10().8 

 145.0 

 37.5 



a5.o 



29.0 

 4.7 

 15.3 

 47.0 

 11.0 



14.1 

 12.4 

 26.7 

 13.2 

 8.4 

 9.3 

 12.4 

 14.1 

 14.1 

 12.0 

 7.7 

 4.8 



Alcohol consum))ti()i 



Wii 



0.22 

 6.18 

 0.07 

 0..34 

 0.13 

 3.30 

 1..54 

 0.18 

 0.26 

 0.07 

 0.14 

 0.03 



11.68 

 11.12 

 10.30 

 9.01 

 8.73 

 7.90 

 7.09 

 6.14 

 5.15 

 4.68 

 4.60 

 2.07 



