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consumption of French wines in the United 

 Kingdom is only about 3^ million gallons, 

 and that whilst the consumption of wine 

 in France is 26 gallons per head of the 

 population, it is only a quarter of one gallon 

 in England. It is also worthy of notice 

 that, whilst the consumption of wine is 100 

 times greater in France than in England 

 per head of the population, drunkenness 

 is very seldom met with on the other side 

 of the Channel and alcoholism is very much 

 less prevalent amongst our neighbours than 

 in our own country. This is all the more 

 remarkable when one considers that France 

 has never had the benefit of that large 

 number of enthusiastic and energetic total 

 abstinence Societies which have flourished 

 in our midst so long and expended so much 

 money and labour to combat drunkenness. 

 The vineyards of France which interest 

 us most in England are those which produce 



