WINES. 



The statistics in regard to the consumption and production of wines 

 can be observed by referring to the table given under malt liquors 

 (page 267), where it will be seen that in the year 1886, 22,067,220 gallons 

 were consumed, of which 17,366,393 gallons were produced in this 

 country. The consumption per capita has not increased very greatly 

 during the forty-six years since 1840, but the total amount consumed 

 has increased very greatly, it being less than 5,000,000 gallons in 1840. 

 It .will be- noticed also that the amount produced in this country in 

 proportion to the amount imported has increased to a remarkable de- 

 gree. In 1840 there was about tLirty-eight times as much wine im- 

 ported as was produced in this country; in 1886 the amount of do- 

 mestic wine consumed was nearly four times as great as the amount of 

 wine imported. This does not fully represent the production, however, 

 for it does not include the exports, which have increased very greatly 

 of late years, as I am rdiably informed, although I have no accurate 

 data upon this point. The largely increased domestic production is 

 principally due to the development of the industry in California. 



The following table shows the relative rank of this country among 

 the wine-producing countries of the world; it is taken from the same 

 source as the preceding statistics : 



WINE PRODUCTION OF THE WORLD. 



Average production of wine in the principal wine-growing countries of the world. 

 [Estimate by M. Tissorand in 1884, taken from "Journal of the Statistical Society," London, 1885.] 



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