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with the 1 view of furthering the use of such spirits, and the in- 

 crease in consumption within recent years has been suprising. 

 The amounts used in the former tax union were as follows : 

 1880-81, 9.32 mil. liters; 1882-83, 13.00 mil. liters; 1884-85, 

 14.41 mil. liters; 1886-87, 18.31 mil. liters. 1 



For the years since the law of 1887 and for the entire em- 

 pire the development has been as follows:'- 1 1887-88, 387 

 thousand hectoliters; 1888-89, 431; 1889-90, 531; 1890-91, 

 519; 1891-92, 551; 1892-93, 607; 1893-94, 664; 1894-95. 

 719; 1895-96, 808; 1896-97, 867; 1897-98, 889; 1898-99, 

 990; 1899-1900, 1,043; 1900-01, 1,156. 



During the fourteen years there has been an increase in the 

 amount of absolute alcohol so used of 298 per cent., and at 

 the same time the per capita use has increased from .8 liters 

 in 18S7-88 to 2,0 liters in 1900-01. During the same period 

 the amounts of alcohol prepared with the general "denatur- 

 irungs-mittel" were as follows: 1887-88, 138 thousand hec- 

 toliters; 1888-89, 176; 1889-90, 245; 1890-91, 244; 1891-92, 

 275; 1892-93, 315; 1893-94, 364; 1894-95, 414; 1895-96, 

 479; 1896-97, 528; 1897-98, 529; 1898-99, 610. In 1899, 

 442 per cent, more spirits were prepared with the mixture 

 than in 1888. In 1888, 35 per cent; in 1899, 61 per cent, of 

 all the "denaturirte" spirits was made with the general mix- 

 ture. As the spirits thus prepared is that which is used for 

 heating, lighting, motor running, etc., we see that the in- 

 creased use has been almost entirely along these lines. 



With the appearance of the incandescent gas mantel, or 

 Wellsbach burner, the possibility of the use of spirits for light- 

 ing purposes existed, and inventive genius has succeeded in 

 producing spirit-lamps for general lighting which are in every 

 way excellent, giving a soft but brilliant light. The lamps 

 are clean and easily cared for, as there is no danger of smoke. 

 They produce no heat and are in almost every particular su- 

 perior to the petroleum lamp. In addition there has been a 

 great deal of interest in recent years in the production of 

 .spirit motors, which can successfully compete with the'petro- 



1. Zeitschrift f uer die Spiritus-industrie. 1897 ; p. 179. 



2. Vierteljahrshefte zur Statistik. etc., 1900: ii.. p. 11 F. 



