Table III.
Return of Distilleries during the year 1918.
Stock on 31st Dec., 1917. Output, 1918. Consumed locally. Sold into Bond. Exported. Denatured for making Tobacco. Denatured for preserving Bean-curd. Used for Vinegar. Stock on 31st Dec., 1918. Gallons Gallons. Gallons. Gallons. Gallons. Gallons. Gallons. Hongkong and New Kowloon,. Not more than 25% of alcohol by weight, 18,942 13,546 149,225 283,228 35% 21 171 52,628 "1 45% 21 10,746 5,196 $9,306 450 1,584 Rum, 983 21,700 216 5,280 2,434 7,580 34,704 13,354 Gallons. Gallons. 94,795 13,178 1 225 134 D 7 1,749 ,700 ! 14,700 520,977 288,874 20,742 67,922 13,354 34,704 94,795 15,286 (1) Total, Manufactured in New Territories Not more than 25% of alcohol by weight, 18,612 301,838 276,310 for consumption in Hongkong. 19 35% +15% (2) Total, * ** 7,650 18,587 5,992 11,941 203 $221 8,317 48 2,510 305 9 98 1,179 1,080 24 18,893 312,509 284,932 8,829 19,676 5,992 12,063