MALT LIQUORS. 



The production of malt liquors in this country as an industry is sec- 

 ond only in importance to the production of breadstuffs. Their con- 

 sumption is steadily on the increase, as is also the amount consumed in 

 proportion to other kinds of alcoholic beverages. The following tables 

 are taken from recent statistics, compiled by the Bureau of Statistics, 

 U. S. Treasury Department, from figures obtained from official sources: 1 



Annual consumption of distilled and malt liquors and wines in the United States and the 

 average annual consumption per capita of population during the years 1840, 1850, 1860, 

 and from 1870 to 1886, inclusive. 



' Statements Nos. 32 to 50, inclusive, of the Quarterly Report No. 2 series 1886-'87, of the Chief of 

 the Bureau of Statistics, Government Printing Office, 1887. 

 2 Product less exports. 

 8 Included with "All other." 



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