§ Viscount WOLMERasked the President of the Board of Trade the amount of beer brewed in the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Hungary, America, and the total for all other countries, in the years 1910, 1913, 1914, and 1919, respectively?
§ Sir R. HORNESuch figures as are available on the subject are given below:
PRODUCTION OF BEER, 1910–1919. Country. 1910. 1913. 1914. 1919. Million barrels (00,000's omitted). United Kingdom (a) 33.5 35.9 34.7 22.1 Germany (d) 39.4 42.3 (b) (b) Austria 12.7 (b) (b) (b) Hungary. 1.3 (b) (b) (b) united States (e) 42.7 46.8 47.5 19.9 Other Countries (c) 32.7 35.7 28.1 (b) (a) In standard barrels of 36 gallons at the standard gravity of 1055º. (b) Information not available. (c) Includes the output of the undermentioned countries only Russia, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Italy, Bulgaria, Argentina, Canada, Australia, Union of South Africa, New Zealand, and British India. Similar particulars for other countries are not available. (d) Partly calendar years and partly years ended 31at March of the following year, according to the district in which produced. The figures include the output of Alsace-Lorraine. (e) Years ended 30th June.