BRITAIN'S DINK BILL .
The annual estimate of "The National Drijik Bill" for 1914, from the pen of Mr. George B. Wilson," the secretary of the United Kingdom Alliance, appears in The Times. Mr Wilson estimates the amount expended on intoxicating liquors in 1914 at £164,463,000, as compared with £166,681,000 in 1913. The per capita consumption of spirits was .68 gallons, beer 27.6 gallons, and wine .23 gallons, as compared with .69, 28.78, and .26 gallons respectively in 1913. The average expenditure per head in 1914 was £3 10s lOd, and per family of five persons £17 14s 2d, as compared with £3 12s 5d and £18 2s Id respectively in 1913. • . "
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 132, 5 June 1915, Page 11
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111BRITAIN'S DINK BILL. Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 132, 5 June 1915, Page 11
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