23 



to 4!),1SO in 1SS1>. In 1S93 it was up to 71,513 and since 

 that year lias not been below 60, 000. 1 

 'c. Distribution. 



The distribution of the distilleries in 1891) was as follows: 

 79,83.") or IK) per cent, were in the four South German' States, 

 Bavaria, Wurtemburg, Baden and Alsace-Lorraine; and 

 53,667 or SS per cent, of those operated were found in them. 

 Of the individual States, Alsace-Lorraine contained 31,4(53, 

 35.5 per cent, of the entire number; Baden 26,181, 29.5 per 

 cent.; Wurtcmbcrg 12,166, 13.7 per cent.; Bavaria 10,025, 

 13.3 per cent; Prussia 7,407, 8.3 per cent., and all the remain- 

 ing States 1.7 per cent, 2 



When, however, we consider distilling as an independent 

 industry, and exclude those stills run only a few days or weeks 

 the States rank differently. On June 14, 1895, there were in 

 operation 10,950 stills of which 8,657 were run as an inde- 

 pendent business and 2,293 as a subordinate business. Ac- 

 cording to this classification entire number operated, num- 

 ber distilling as chief business, number as subordinate busi- 

 ness the data for tbe chief States was as follows: Prussia, 

 7,476, 6,316, 1,160; Bavaria, 780, 614, 166 ; Saxony, 879, 

 776, 103; Baden, 311, 135, 176; Wurtemberg, 534, 108, 426; 

 Hesse, 238, 179, 59; Alsace-Lorraine, 212, 78, 134; Ham- 

 burg, 82, 76, 6. s According to this, Prussia contained 68 per 

 cent, of all the industrial stills. Saxony followed with 8 per 

 cent, and Bavaria with 7 per cent. These percentages show- 

 that the real center of the distilling industry is in Xorth Ger- 

 many and Prussia, and not in the South. Of course it must 

 IK) remembered that June finds many stills, particularly the 

 agricultural, not in operation. 



As to the location of the distilleries, whether in the cities or 

 in the country, the present imperial statistics give no infor- 

 mation. However, from the classification "industrial'" and 

 "agricultural" we can gain an approximate idea of their loca- 



1. From Vierteljahrshefte zur Statistik des deut. Reiches, for different 

 years, art. "Branntwein." 



2. From V. j. h. zur Statistik, etc., vol. 9, 1900, pi. 2, p. 137. 



3. From "Gewerbestatistik der Bundesstaaten," Neue Folge, vol. 114. 



