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sumption was 42,000,000 to 50,000,000 proof liters.^ However, the Gov- 

 ernment investigations prove this amount to be ahout 10,000,000 proof 

 liters. Since the passage of the Act, August 1, 1904, accurate figures * 

 are obtainable, showing the manufacture and consumption of distilled 

 liquors and beer. Table I shows the growth of the industry, the revenue 

 derived therefrom, and estimates of the per capita consumption. 



It is realized that any estimates of the per capita consumption of 

 alcoholic beverages in the Philippines will be veiy misleading. The 

 only census of the population was taken in 1903 and now, seven years 

 later, it is difficult to make statements on the subject. At that time the 

 population was given as 7,635,426 and this figure is used in the calcula- 

 tion of the values given in Table I. 



The imports, which are insignificant, are mostly consumed by the 

 Caucasians. 



Table I. — Distilled liquors and malt beverages manufactured in the Philippine 

 Islands since the passage of the present Internal Revenue Law, the taxes col- 

 lected upon them and estimates of the per capita consumption. 



Fiscal 

 year. 



Distilled spirits. 



Beer manufactured by 

 the one brewery in 

 the Islands. 



Consumption per 

 capita in liters. 



Quantities 



in proof 



liters. 



Tax 



collected, 



amount in 



pesos. 



Quantities 

 in liters. 



Tax 



collected, 



amount in 



pesos. 



Distilled 

 spirits. 



Beer 

 manu- 

 factured 

 in the 

 Islands. 



1905 a. 

 1906__. 

 1907:.. 



1908 



1909 



1910... 



3, 757, 191 

 6, 461, 949 

 8, 295, 884 

 8, 657, 925 

 9, 532, 537 

 10,584,124 



855,706.22 

 1, 303, 573. 04 

 1,681,419.00 

 1, 729, 757. 16 

 1, 899, 043. 35 

 2, 269, 160. 70 



3,307,400 

 3,028,959 

 3, 059, 747 

 3, 434, 749 

 «3, 636, 499 

 <i 3, 771, 021 



•'132,296.04 

 121, 158. 40 

 122, 390. 60 

 137, 390. 00 

 145, 460. 00 

 153, 480. 00 



0.49 

 0.84 

 1.09 

 1.13 

 1.25 

 1.36 



0.43 

 0.39 

 0.40 

 0.45 

 0.48 

 0.49 



^ 11 months. The present Internal Revenue Law did not go into effect until August 1, 

 1904. 



•> Tax rate, 4 centavos per liter. 



■^ 17,228 liters exported to foreign countries. 



* 1,650 liters exported to foreign countries. 



These estimates of the per capita consumption of alcoholic beverages 

 in the Philippine Archipelago seem very small when compared with the 

 available data of other countries. 



'Daniel T. Brown, Manila Daily Bull. (1907), No. 17, Nov. 3. 

 * See Table 3, pages 102 and 103, for distilled beverages, and the distribution 

 of the industry. 



