ON  THE  IMPORTATION  OP  MINERAL  WATERS.  99 
Values  of  Mineral  waters  imported  at  New  York  from 
South 
Worth 
other 
I860. 
Germany. 
Germany, 
France. 
England. 
Countries. 
Total. 
January, 
February, 
11460-80 
$114-07 
$50-00 
$1624-87 
March, 
April, 
263-34 
263-34 
May, 
June, 
July, 
248-00 
28-19 
276-19 
2324'93 
2324-93 
August, 
3304-86 
3304-86 
September, 
4069-88 
136-11 
84-39 
4290-38 
October, 
3835.20 
136-11 
29-65 
4000-96 
November, 
1156-62 
453-60 
63-05 
1673-27 
December, 
6114-46 
741-57 
4-00 
6860-03 
Total. 
$22514-75 
272-22 
888-85 
889-01 
54-00 
24,618-83 
Of  about  one-tenth  only  the  spring  was  stated.  From  South- 
ern Germany  1276  baskets  of  Seltzer  water  were  imported  at  a 
cost  of  $2915-20,  averaging  $2-28  per  basket,  the  lowest  price 
of  a  basket  being  $140,  and  the  highest  price  $4-53,  Of  the 
39  hampers  coming  from  England,  36  were  entered  likewise  as 
Seltzer  water,  at  $825-96,  being  an  average  of  $22-94  cts.  per 
hamper,  the  lowest  price  of  which  was  $22-47,  and  the  highest 
$28-13.  Among  the  mineral  water  from  France  were  127  cases 
of  Yichy  water,  costing  $618-60  or  $4-87  per  case,  of  which 
the  lowest  price  was  $4-53,  and  the  highest  $7-41.  The  price 
of  mineral  water  from  "other  countries"  in  the  above  table  was 
stated  in  United  States  currency,  in  consequence  of  which  no 
conclusion  could  be  drawn  as  to  its  place  of  exportation  ;  it 
comprised  50  casks  at  $1  each,  and  1  basket  at  $4. 
If  we  assume  the  price  of  the  mineral  water  imported  in  1858 
at  $7  per  case  and  $3-50  per  basket,  which  is  about  50  per  cent 
above  the  average  prices  as  stated  before,  the  whole  cost  of  it 
was  $1354-50,  and  the  importation  of  mineral  water  has  there- 
fore increased  18|-  times  in  the  short  space  of  two  years.  These 
figures  are  undoubtedly  the  best  proof  for  the  increased  demand, 
and  we  must  remember  that  considerable  quantities  of  artificial 
mineral  waters  are  also  manufactured  in  some  of  our  large  cities. 
I  do  not  refer  here  to  the  carbonic  acid  water  which  is  now 
everywhere  sold  under  the  name  of  mineral  or  soda  water,  but  to 
the  imitation  of  the  water  of  various  springs^  which  is  likewise 
carried  on  in  Europe  to  a  large  extent. 
