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the nations mentioned. Xo estimates for Austria are avail- 

 able since 1890, and the amounts of several others have been 

 beyond our reach. The quantity for Russia is somewhat un- 

 certain, but it is official: Germany produced 295.1 million 

 liters of pure alcohol in 1895; 1896, 333.3; 1897, 310.0; 

 1898, 328.7; 1899, 381.5. Russia's amount for 1895 wa* 

 353.7; 1896, 373.1; 1897, 359.4; 1898, 344.5. France in 

 1895 yielded 216.5; 1896, 202.2; 1897, 220.8; 1898, 241.2; 

 1899,260.0. The United States in 1895 reported 154.9; 

 1896, 170.1; 1897, 121.6; 1898, 158.3; 1899, 189.4. Great 

 Britain in 1895, 117.1; 1896, 128.7; 1897, 142.0; 1898, 

 158.3. Austria, 1895, 138.8; 1896, 139.7. Hungary, 1895, 

 94.2; 1896, 94.4; 1897, 102.6; 1898, 105.4. 



The amounts and kinds of alcohol produced in Germany 

 since the formation of the Union in 1887 and the introduc- 

 tion of the new system of taxation are contained in the follow- 

 ing table. 



