24 GIBBS AND HOLMES. 
alcohol consumed has more than doubled. None of the preceding 
statistics are now applicable to the non-Christian tribes. These 
people are not allowed to traffic in distilled beverages, but are 
restricted to their own drinks, which are mostly made of fer- 
mented rice. No distilleries are located in their country. 
The greater proportion of the alcohol distilled in the provinces, 
especially that produced from the sap of the nipa palm, is shipped 
to Manila where it is again rectified and manufactured into a 
considerable number of different beverages, the majority of 
which are imitations of various imported and well-known articles. 
The natives in this way consume 98.8 per cent of the rectified 
alcohol produced. The other 1.2 per cent is partly exported 
and partly used for industrial purposes. At the present time 
the distillers and rectifiers of Manila are putting about 22 bevy- 
erages on the market, as follows: ji 
TABLE I.—Beverages made in the city of Manila from distilled spirits and 
their average alcoholic strength. 
| a Average Kind aves 
AnisadO is asc acre eos ee eae nae 10!) (Blixir =.= ott oo sshe ee oon eee 78 
Ami pasa Sie She oe eee Soe eee eee 18) |\Gin 2oss2025 25-285 Bes ee 4 80 
(Anisette:. = 25.2 -.ccss2enouensesoaeee 78) || MonchesVienussas ssa e = aaa 63 
Blackberry brandy -_----------_-____- 2bi td CLOZ pase mera aae ee ne cee 25 
Benedictine --! 2-2-2- at fon esas 60/)|)| Mallorea®: =.=. =~ ==. = 22 oe 70 
(Carabanchella===-=2 es = eee eee 76: || Moscatel 22.4 = =. <= 25.: 225 = eee | 28 
Cognacs = onsa2 52 est aes 78)|| Maraschino!.---- =.=. 2_.-=_ ae 40 
Créme de coco -_-_-------------------- 675 Rhum 7-23.22 2 ce at 73 
Créme de café _____-_----.------------ 00)\ Vermouth) 2-255 2 = 22 eee 28 
Créme de menthe_-_____-_----___------ 60) Vinojde nipales- se eee 70 
Chartreuse #22335. =e eee 62|| Whisky< 2.< 2225 -22.42c 25-2 io 
The labeling of the majority of these beverages is in imitation 
of well known brands and in many cases is in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act (number 1655 of the Philippine Commission, 
May 18, 1907). A few examples are: Scotch Whisky, Non Plus 
Ultra Whisky, Cognac, Champagne Cognac, Cognac Fine Cham- 
pagne, Very Old Cognac, 3 Star Cognac, Best Special Brandy, 
Gin, Rotterdam Gin, Holland Gin, Irish Gin, Pineapple Gin, 
Honest Gin, Love Gin, Jamaica Rum, Creole Rum, Sultana Rum, 
Florida Water, Church Wine, Consecration Wine, Moscatel for 
Consecration, Sherry, Butterfly Sherry, Sherry Algeciras, Tinto 
Seco, and Tinto Dulce. 
* An account of various fermented but not distilled beverages will be 
given in Part III of this article, which is now in preparation. 
