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WORLD'S PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION OF HOPS 



For 1884-'86, from the Deutschen ffopfenbau Verein, which pave it up in 

 1889 as unreliable. From 1887-'96, from the Vienna Brewers' Journal. 

 [In metric hundredweight of 110 Ibs.] 



BEER PRODUCTION. 



United States data are official. Returns for the world are from 



Brewers' Journal, Vienna. 

 [In millions of barrels of 31 gallons.] 



RELATIVE CONSUMPTION OF BEERS AND OTHER LIQUORS. 



\ft fur Brauerei, Berlin, 1896, esti- 

 in France, Germany, Switzerland and 



E. Struve, in Wochenschrift 



mates that the wine consumed in , _..,_ 



Belgium contains 6% of alcohol, against 7% in Austria, Holland, 

 Denmark, Sweden and Norway, and 8% in Great Britain, Russia and. 

 the United States. For the beer consumed an average proportion of 

 4% alcohol was adopted, and for spirituous liquors 33.3%. The table is 

 based on official returns and shows the annual consumption per 

 capita for 1895. 



In liters (1 liter equals 2.113 pints U. S., or just about 1 quart). 



BELGIUM HOP TRADE, 1890. 



