342 MALT AND BEER IN SPANISH AMERICA, 



SALVADOR. 



REPORT BY GONSVL TUNSTALL, OF SAN SALVADOR. 



In volume Ko. 107, August, 1889, of " Beports of the consuls of the 

 United States," in which is published my annual report of the com- 

 merce and industries of Salvador, the fact is stated, under the head 

 44 Industrial," there are no breweries, and I have simply to reiterate 

 the statement, as none have been established since the date of that re- 

 port, and there has been no importation or local preparation of malt in 

 this district. 



The department of this Government whose province is the prepara- 

 tion and publication of an annual statement of the imports and exports 

 has not yet issued its report for the year 1889. 



I therefore avail myself of the annual report of the preceding year to 

 submit the following tables in reference to the beer trade of Salvador ; 

 and additional information derived from other reliable sources enables 

 me to present further interesting details on the subject. 



In the year 1888 were imported from 



Pesos. 



Germany, 2,779 boxes, 6 dozen in each 15, 737. 18 



United States, 1,495 barrels, 10 dozen in each 10,271.23 



England, 1,031 packages (contents unknown) 5,071.52 



Total value 31,079.93 



By *a discount of 30 per cent, we arrive at the real valuation of these 

 importations in American gold, leaving the net sum of $21,755.96. 

 The foregoing figures demonstrate the fact that Germany does about 

 50 per cent, of the beer trade, and in the future is likely to control a 

 larger percentage of it, as the importation of English and American 

 beers are sensibly on the decrease, while German beers are growing 

 into favor from day to day. All these beers are imported in pint bot- 

 tles packed in barrels and boxes and not in bulk. 



The tariff is 5 cents per kilogram on the gross weight of the package, 

 and there is a local or municipal duty of 4J cents per kilogram, making 

 in the aggregate 9J cents in Central American currency and a duty of 

 about 6J cents in our coin on every bottle of beer consumed in this 

 country. The German beer is branded u Spaten bier, Hamburg;" 

 wholesaled at $4 per dozen and retailed at 50 cents per bottle. There- 

 are several brands of American beer imported, as follows : Anheuser- 

 Busch Brewing Company, St. Louis, sold at $4 per dozen, retailed at 

 50 cents per bottle ; Fredericksburg Brewing Company, San Jose", Cal., 

 sold at $3.50 per dozen, retailed at 37 cents per bottle ; Boca Brewing 

 Company, San Francisco, Cal., sold at $3.50 per dozen, retailed at 37J 

 cents per bottle. A discount of 30 per cent, must be applied to these 

 prices to reduce them to the American standard. 



foregoing facts and particulars of the beer trade of Salvador, 



