Beet-root Distillery. 
89 
from the Lieusaint Distillery ; and yet it happened sometimes that the 
sheep actually picked the latter from the mixture, and left the other 
untouched. It seems as if it were with these roots soaked in water as 
with meat kept for a long time in cold water : the sugar and aromatic 
constituents have been dissolved, and can no longer excite the appetite 
of animals, or exercise their indirect but incontestable influence in the 
phenomena of nutrition. 
No. IV. — Marht Price of Wine Alcohol in Paris, from 1803 to 1854. 
Average per Hectolitre 
of 22 gallons. 
From 1803 to 1812 4 
„ 1813 to 1822 
„ 1823 to 1832 
„ 1833 to 1842 
„ 1843 to 1852 
In 1853 and 1854 
Average price for 52 years from 1803 to 1854 
In the year 1855 beet-root alcohol began to appear in the market. 
Its average price during the year 1856 was At. IS*, per hectolitre. 
£. s. 
18 
13 
7 
2 
3 
2 
6 
No. V.- 
- Comparative Price of Wine and Beet-root Alcohol in Paris, from 
July, 1856, to Jane, 1859, per Hectolitre of 22 gallon 
ons. 
Wine. 
Beet-root. 
Wine 
Beet-root. 
1856. 
£. 
d. 
£. s. 
d. 
1858. 
£. 
s. 
d. 
(/. 
July 
7 
16 
0 .. 
..6 0 
0 
January . 
2 
8 
0 
August 
8 
0 
0 .. 
.. 5 16 
0 
March 
2 
8 
0 
September 
8 
4 
0 .. 
..5 4 
0 
April 
2 
14 
6 
.. 2 
2 
6 
October 
8 
0 
0 .. 
..5 9 
0 
May .. 
.. 1 
18 
6 
Xovembcr 
9 
0 
0 .. 
.. 5 12 
0 
June .. 
3 
5 
0 .. 
.. 2 
4 
6 
December .. 
9 
0 
0 .. 
..5 8 
0 
July .. . 
. 3 
4 
0 .. 
.. 2 
4 
G 
1857. 
August 
3 
1 
8 .. 
2 
4 
0 
Janu.ary . . 
February .. 
8 
10 
0 .. 
..5 2 
0 
September 
2 
12 
8 .. 
2 
1 
6 
8 
4 
0 .. 
.. 4 16 
9 
October 
2 
10 
6 .. 
2 
0 
0 
March 
8 
12 
0 .. 
.. 4 17 
6 
November . 
2 
16 
0 .. 
2 
10 
0 
April . . 
8 
16 
0 .. 
.. 4 18 
0 
December . 
2 
16 
0 .. 
2 
10 
0 
May .. . 
9 
0 
0 .. 
.. 4 17 
6 
1859. 
•June .. 
9 
0 
0 .. 
..4 8 
6 
January . 
. 2 
17 
0 .. 
2 
15 
0 
July .. .. 
9 
0 
0 .. 
.. 4 10 
6 
February . 
3 
3 
6 .. 
2 
14 
6 
August . . 
9 
0 
0 .. 
..4 5 
0 ■ 
Marcli 
. 3 
3 
6 .. 
o 
15 
0 
September 
9 
0 
0 .. 
..4 5 
6 
April.. 
3 
6 
0 .. 
o 
14 
0 
October 
7 
0 
0 .. 
..4 6 
0 
May .. . 
. 4 
10 
0 .. 
" 3 
16 
0 
November . . 
..3 8 
0 
June .. 
. 4 
18 
0 .. 
.. 4 
0 
0 
December . 
..3 0 
0 
Js 0. VI. — Number of Distilleries on Champonnais' system in operation 
December, 1857. 
France . . 
Belgium 
Spain .. 
Switzerland 
Number 
of Distilleries 
186 
15 
2 
1 
Quantities operated 
upon per day. 
Tons. Cwts. 
. 2297 
. 101 10 
19 10 
4 10 
Total 
204 
2418 tons of roots. 
