CONSUMPTION OF BEER.
A brewers’ convention was held at Versailles last month with a view of improving the native prod notion and contending successfully with Engli-Ii and German brewers. It was decided to petition the Government to reduce (he duties on malt and hops. There, are now about 40,000 brewers in Europe who produce annually 2.244,000,000 gallons, of which 785.000.000 arc made in Great Britain, 319,000,000 in Prussia, 202.000. in Bavaria, 240,000,000 in Austria, 155,000,000 in Prance, and 20.000. in Russia. _ The largest consumption of beer is in Bavaria, where the annual average is 71 gallons, in Belgium 39. in England 37, in Prussia 25, in Scotland 12, in Ireland 11, in Holland 10, in Austria 8, in France 5£ and in Russia gallon per head.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2635, 31 August 1881, Page 3
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126CONSUMPTION OF BEER. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2635, 31 August 1881, Page 3
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