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The following is taken from the report of the Municipal Laboratory 

 Paris for 1885, and gives the composition of the principal beers sold in 

 Paris. 1 



Analyses of leers made in Municipal Laboratory of Paris in 1881. 



General averages of 135 samples of beer, analyzed in 1882 : Alcohol, 4.25 per cent, by volume ; extract, 

 52.06 grams per liter. 



The following, taken from the same source, is interesting as showing 

 an average of the composition of beers manufactured in various coun- 

 tries. It is taken from a very large number of collated analyses. 



Average of Hie content of alcohol, extract, and ash in various l)eers for export and pres- 

 ervation. 



1 Documents sur les falsifications des matieres alimentaires, et sur les travails da 

 laboratoire municipal, deuxieme rapport, Paris, 1885. 



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