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MALT AND BEER IN .SPANISH AMERICA. 



The Guayaquil brewery manufactures and sells about 10,000 pounds 

 of ice per day, which is sold at 2 cents United States gold per pound, 

 wholesale. 



In attempting to establish trade in this country it is well to know 

 and to remember that the trade is controlled in no small degree by 

 trade-marks. An article bearing a certain u trade-mark," when once 

 established, is vqry hard to displace. , 



All classes and kinds of goods should be lightly yet securely packed, 

 with the view to obtain the minimum weight, and, at the same time, safe 

 transportation. This point alone is worth especial study ; and yet, 

 strange to say, is ignored by American shippers. 



I desire to repeat that the tariff of Ecuador exacts duty upon the gross 

 weight of the cargo, and when this fact is borne in mind the necessity 

 of making a special study in packing for shipments need not be en- 

 larged upon. 



WILLIAM B. SORSBY, 



Consul- General. 



UNITED STATES CONSULATE-GENERAL, 



Guayaquil, April 2, 1890. 



REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA. 



BARRANQUILLA. 



REPORT BY VICE-CONSUL WHELPLEY. 

 BEER. 



The term beer (cerveza) includes all classes of malt liquors, as stout, 

 porter, ale, and lager. Duty, 2J cents per kilogram. 



The well known brands of Bass, Younger, Guinness, Tennant, the 

 only brands known to commerce twelve or fifteen years ago, have been 

 gradually superseded here by the German brands. 



The imperial, Pilsen, Bayrisch, and lager, from Hamburg and Bremen 

 breweries, and one or two brands of Bavarian beer, are in increasing 

 demand, as being not only a lighter beverage and better adapted to the 

 climate than the British, but also cheaper in price, as for example : 



United States cnrrency. 



