384 MALT AND BEER IN SPANISH AMERICA. 



Duties and cost of a cask of 10 dozen pints. 



Custom-house duties, $10 Spanish, equivalent to *f>9. 32 



Freight from New York, per Ward Line steam-ships 1. 45 



Cartage, etc 30 



Total expenses 11. 07 



It will thus be seen that the duties are nearly prohibitive. 



HENRY A. EHNINGER, 



Consul. 

 UNITED STATES CONSULATE, 



Cienfuegos, February 24, 1890. 



HAVANA. 



REPORT BY CONSUL-GENERAL WILLIAMS. 

 MALT. 



There is but one local brewery in Havana, and its production is esti- 

 mated at about 3,500 barrels a year. As I am informed, this brewery 

 imports its malt from Liverpool at a cost of about 40s. the 336 pounds. 



The duties on malt at the custom-house here are $1.05 the 100 kilo- 

 grams (220 pounds) and 25 per cent, additional. The production of this 

 brewery sells at an average of $10 per barrel. 



BEER. 



The principal importations of beer are from England, Scotland, Ger- 

 many, and the United States. It is generally imported bottled, in casks 

 of 7 to 8 dozen pints. 



Lager beer, to the extent of about 400 kegs a month, is also imported 

 from New York, and has a ready consumption. 



Duties here on ale and porter are, in wooden packages, $3.65 per 100 

 liters (nearly 26 J gallons) 5 in bottles, $8.35 per 100 liters. 



The following are the latest market quotations of price, taken from 

 Spencer's Weekly Eeport : $4.50 to $4.75 per dozen bottles for Ten- 

 11 ant, and $12 to $12.75 per barrel for Globe and Younger marks, in 

 quart bottles. 



The same publication gives the following as imports for 1889 : 



From the United States, 297 boxes ; 209 barrels ; 2,611 casks. 



From Europe, 3,331 boxes ; 5,532 barrels 5 12,268 casks. 



EAMON O. WILLIAMS, 



Consul- General. 



UNITED STATES CONSULATE-GENERAL, 



Havana, January 23, 1890. 



"United States currency. 



