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spirit production.
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it is easy to obtain from it a 95—96 % spirit. This manufacture has
already gone on for some years and, in 1912, was pursued at three
sulphite factories, viz., Skutskär in Uppland Län, Kvarnsveden in
Kopparberg Län, and Bergvik in Gävleborg Län. The amount of sulphite spirit
manufactured during 1912 amounted to 43 466 hi of 50 %-spirit, or
about 10 % of the entire amount of spirits produced in the country. If
a large number of the sulphite factories of Sweden produced sulphite
spirits, however, the entire Swedish demand for spirits could be satisfied,
for, after suitable rectification and re-distillation, sulphite spirit becomes
quite palatable. At present, however, all such spirit is either methylated
or exported.
Taxation. The distillation of spirits began in Sweden as early as the 15th
■century, but was not subjected to any control until the year 1638, when a levy
on the manufacture was made for the first time, distillation for home
consumption and that for sale being treated on different bases. From that time onwards,
the distilling industry has had a very chequered career, having been altogether
prohibited in years when the grain crop has been poor. In 1775, the distillation
of spirits became a State monopoly, being carried on at Crown works. This state
of things was, however, abolished in 1798, the license to distil having, as early
as 1787, been leased to private persons.
The system adopted in some countries of fixing the amount of spirits allowed
to be distilled, was once tried in Sweden too, for in 1799 the amount to be
distilled was restricted in accordance with an assumed consumption of 11’8 liters
per male and 5’9 liters per female of over 15 years of age, or an average of 0
liters per inhabitant of the whole population. (This quantity, which was thus at
that time considered a reasonable and natural amount, is somewhat less than the
lowest average in recent times — 6’i liters per inhabitant in 1909.) As early
as 1800, however, this arrangement was abandoned, and it was enacted that, in
the rural districts, only farmers should be entitled to distil, the size allowed for
the still being made proportionate to the area of the farm.
In the early part of last century, the taxation of spirits was made to depend
on several different factors, viz., the cubic contents of the still, the assessed
Table 76. Spirit Manufacture.
Annually i No. of factories Steam engines Raw materials employed Spirits produced 51
No. HP. Grain quintals Root crops hi Molasses quintals Total hi Per day hi
1871—75 . . . 429 399 835 2 634 259 9130 457188 11-74
1876—80 . . . 380 70 640 346 464 2 314 424 3 352 445 019 12’01
1881-85 . . . 293 93 833 292 505 1 839 717 5 333 381440 13-99
1886—90 . . . 172 107 920 243 293 1 505 404 5 281 330 430 15-47
1891—95 . . . 138 113 1016 292 878 1 240 212 16152 330 182 17-14
1896-00 . . . 128 132 1269 378 319 1 372 790 43 186 421190 21-00
1901—05 . . . 133 157 1667 271 449 1 816 873 32 060 401 757 20-90
1906-10. . . 131 150 1964 244 976 1 740 688 49 040 427 595 22-30
1910 (1910/11) 142 154 2 211 180 800 1 954 887 27 051 407160 22-70
1911 (1911/12) 139 148 2 328 169 928 1 639 937 30 527 402152 24-00
1912 (1912/13) 143 148 2 332 235 165 1 932 721 27 483 453 301 24-20
1 Manufacturing-year, ending September 30. — 2 Reduced to 50 % alcohol.
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