MALT AXD BEER IN SPANISH AMERICA. 370 



Malt liquor in wood is also imported, but the quantity is small and 

 prices obtained very low and unprofitable. Import duty, Is. per dozen 

 quart bottles, Orf. per gallon in wood. Malt liquors are chiefly handled 

 by commission agents, who are paid a percentage on sales made. 

 Sales are made at three months. 



Trial imports of lager-beer from the brewery of , in the United 



States, have been made at Trinidad and have proved a failure, in so much 

 that the same had to be sold at the low rate of 80 cents per dozen for 

 barrels containing 10 dozen pints. Small kegs of fresh lager, contam : 

 ing about 6 gallons, are usually imported from Boston by the im- 

 porters of ice at an average of about 150 kegs per year; value, $6 per 

 ke.u'. These kegs when empty are returned to Boston to be refilled. 



MOSES H. SAWYER, 



Consul. 



UNITED STATES CONSULATE, 



Trinidad, January 30, 1890. 



DANISH WEST INDIES. 



ST. THOMAS. 



REPORT OF CONSUL TURNER, OF ST. THOMAS. 

 BEER. 



Beer imported into this colony is brought from Denmark, mostly. a> 

 the following, taken from the import statistics for the year ended March 

 31, 1889, will show: Value of beer imported from Denmark, $11,465 ; 

 Great Britain, $3,466; Germany, $1,752; United States, $1,138; Can- 

 ada, - 



Danish beer sells here for $1.75 per dozen quart bottles, which is a 

 reduction of the former price, and the American beer for $1.87 J. The 

 former is strongly impregnated with alcohol, made so for this climate 

 especially, and is of the brand known as Carlsberg. The American 

 article is of a lighter quality. 



I am reliably informed that the proprietors of the Carlsberg brew- 

 eries are ready for a still further reduction in price in order to hold the 

 trade. 



The amount imported into Santa Cruz is as follows : From Denmark, 

 $7,751 ; from the United States and other countries, $717. The duty 

 is 12 per cent, ad valorem. In that island Carlsberg beer has been 

 universally preferred, but a lighter and cheaper beer, known as Tuborg, 

 is fast becoming a favorite. Carlsberg costs $8.20 per barrel of four 

 dozen quart bottles, and retails at 25 cents per bottle. The American 

 beer imported is of Philadelphia and Milwaukee brands, but very little 

 is brought in. It sells for L^ cents per bottle. Besides the above men- 



