374 MALT AND BEER IN SPANISH AMERICA. 



BERMUDA. 



REPORT BT CONSUL BECKW1TH, OF HAMILTON. 

 MALT. 



No malt is imported here for brewing purposes, and no brewing is 

 carried on here, as the climate does not admit of it, the temperature 

 rarely going as low as 50 Fahrenheit. 



BEER. 



Lager-beer is largely imported here from New York. Bass's ale and 

 Guinness' stout and porter are imported here chiefly from England. 

 These beers and ales are imported both in bottles and in wood. Duties 

 thereon are $4.86 per hogshead in wood, or in bottles 24 cents per 

 dozen quart bottles or 12 cents per dozen pint bottles. 



Tbe kinds of beer and ales above mentioned appear to be the most 

 suitable and popular for use here. 



The prices are as follows: $26.76 per hogshead, ale or stout, hogs- 

 head containing 52 to 54 gallons (Imperial). Beers vary from $1.95, 

 $2.17, $2.29 per dozen quarts bottled according to quality. Pints, bot- 

 tled, about one-half the above prices. 



No malt is imported. Imported ales and beer brought in wood are 

 sold by the wholesale importers to retail dealers, who place them on 

 the market. Beer and ales are placed on the market by the retail dealers. 

 I am informed by the chief dealers that their profit on a hogshead of 

 ale or stout is about $2.43, and that the cause of the very low price of 

 imported ales and beers from Great Britain is that the competition be- 

 tween the brewers who ship here is so great that they are willing to 

 sell for whatever price their product will bring. 



HENRY W. BECKWITH, 



Consul. 



UNITED STATES CONSULATE, 



Hamilton, Bermuda, February 6, 1890. 



DOMINICA. % 



REPORT JBY COSULAR AGENT STEDMAN. 

 MALT. 



Malt is not imported into Dominica, there being no breweries. 



BEER. 



The malt liquor consumed is principally Imported from Great Britain, 

 but small quantities are also obtained from Germany, France, and the 

 United States. 



