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on that which comes in wood ; 24 cents per dozen in bottled quarts ; 

 and 12 cents per dozen in pints. That imported in hogsheads is bottled 

 in the colony before sale. It is not customary to retail it, even in the 

 spirit shops, by the glass, or to keep it " on draught." The wholesale 

 prices are from $14 to $17 per hogshead ; $6 to $6.25 per case of four 

 dozen quarts, or about $1.50 to $1.56 per dozen ; and $6.50 to $7.25 per 

 case of seven dozen pints, or about 93 cents to $1.04 per dozen. Com- 

 missions and other charges amount to 10 or 12 per cent, of the sales. 



The retail price for smaller quantities is more uncertain, but may be 

 stated at 10 to 12 cents per bottle for pints, and 16 to 20 cents for 

 quarts. 



Malt liquors are placed on the market by consignment to local deal- 

 ers. Some small experiments had been made toward the introduction 

 of lager beer of American manufacture, but quite recently the Scotch 

 brewers have begun to make it of a quality considered by many to be 

 superior to that made in the United States, and tending to exclude the 

 latter from the market. The price at which this is sold is somewhat, 

 but not materially, less than that realized for other malt liquors. 



It is thought by some that the introduction of lager in small kegs 

 might lead to the sale of it by the glass, as in the United States 5 but 

 such are the conservative instincts of all classes of the colonial commu- 

 nity, even in matters of meat and drink, that the results of such an 

 experiment would be doubtful, unless it were prosecuted persistently 

 and patiently. 



W. T. WALTHALL, 



Consul. 



UNITED STATES CONSUATE, 



Demerara, February 20, 1890. 



CHILI. 



IQUIQUE. 



REPORT BY CONSUL MERRIAM. 

 MALT. 



There is no malt imported into this consular district. ^ 



BEER. 



During the calendar year 1889 there were imported into Iquique, 

 in pipes, native beer from ports between the Serena and Valdivia, 

 2,836,700 liters, or, say, 638.258 gallons. 



During the same period there were imported, in cases of four dozen 

 each, 10,532 dozen bottles of foreign beer, mainly Bavarian and Nor- 

 wegian, or nearly 32,000 gallons, The amount of English beer con- 

 sumed in this port is comparatively small, and of American beer much 

 less than of English. 



