SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS. Irish Whisky contains 53.90 per cent. of alcohol. Scotch Whisky “ 54.52 “ “ “ “ Holland Gin “ 53.80 “ “ “ “ French Brandy “ 53.40 “ “ “ “ St. Croix Rum “ 53.68 “ “ “ “ Batavian Arrack “ 53.70 “ “ “ “ Russian Vadka or Kwass “ 52.68 “ “ “ “ Ordinary American Whisky contains 52.60 “ “ “ “ Bourbon Whisky contains 51.00 “ “ “ “ Whisky with much foreign matter contains 44.50 “ “ “ “ ENGLISH MALT LIQUORS. Ale—Burton contains 8.88 per cent. of alcohol. “ Edinburgh “ 6.22 “ “ “ “ “ London “ 6.20 “ “ “ “ Brown Stout “ 6.80 “ “ “ “ London Porter “ 4.80 “ “ “ “ London Small Beer “ 2.56 “ “ “ “ Edinburgh Beer “ 5.36 to 7.35 “ “ “ “ GERMAN BEER. Bavarian Augustiner contains 3.40 to 6.80 per cent. of alcohol. Salvator “ 4.02 to 4.20 “ “ “ “ Vienna “ 4.20 to 5.60 “ “ “ “ Berlin Tivoli “ 4.60 “ “ “ “ Berlin Tivoli Export “ 5.40 “ “ “ “ Copenhagen “ 5.04 “ “ “ “ AMERICAN MALT LIQUORS AND CIDER. New York Porter contains 6.20 to 8.40 per cent. of alcohol. New York Ale “ 5.40 to 6.90 “ “ “ “ Albany Ale “ 5.40 to 6.20 “ “ “ “ Lager Beer “ 3.06 to 6.50 “ “ “ “ American Cider “ 5.80 to 11.60 “ “ “ “ Two analyses of beer brewed in the celebrated Brauerei Koenigstadt, of Berlin, were found to give the following results: Alcohol 4.501 per cent. by weight. Saccharine 1.893 “ “ “ “ Dextrine 0.861 “ “ “ “ Albuminoids 0.630 “ “ “ “ Hop-bitter, extractive and saline matter 2.296 “ “ “ “ Acid 0.005 “ “ “ “ Unfermented extract 5.680 per cent. The second analysis was of dark colored beer, and was as follows: