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Industries connected with agriculture. Fermentation industries. 

 Technical mycology and bacteriology connected with these 

 industries. Wine and wine products. Wine diseases. - 

 Beerwort and Beer. Cider and other fruil-wines. Spirit 

 industry and special alcoholic beverages. Frauds in the 

 sale of wine and other alcoholic beverages. Legislation to 

 prevent fraud in name and in substance. 



British drink-bill. A large Decline in Expenditure. Monthly Con- 

 sular and Trade Reports. June, 1909, Washington. 



"The London Times has just published Dr. Dawson Burn's an- 

 nual statement of the British nation's drink bill, which U. S. Consul 

 Church Howe of Manchester, states shows an actual decrease last 

 year of nearly $29000000 (150220060 frs.) or allowing for in- 

 crease of population, a decrease in expenditure equal to $36 644 321, 

 (189817582 frs.). The following are the items: 



The totals are equivalent to 4060 millions of francs in 1908, 

 with a decrease of 150 millions of francs from 1907. 



The sums spent per head of population in the three divisions 

 of the United Kingdom were: 



