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BEER STATISTICS AND MALT CONSUMPTION. 



United Kingdom the following number of brewers, maltsters, 

 and dealers, as shown by the amount paid for licences : 



The following table gives the number of brewers in the 

 United Kingdom in the year ending September 30, 1873, 

 from which it will be seen that the bulk of the beer is 

 brewed by some sixty large firms : 



29,929 



From the above statistics, we are able to form a tolerably 

 correct estimate of the capital and number of hands employed 



