NEW ZEALAND DRINK BILL FOR 1917
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Estimated expenditure, taking into account tlia increase iti price:
Spirits, 759,118gal at 40s (decrease 20,5301,'a,) 1,518,236 Water added, say 142,5C0gal ut 40 3 285,000 Wines, 142,8S9g»l at 40s (increase 4,10l-al) 235,118 Bcev, imoorted, 80,630gal a-t 65 (decrcasa 148.690;'al) 24,189 Be-er, N.Z., ll,335,845gal at 4s ... 2,257,169 Total ... „ £4,380,312
Spirits 759.118gal at 48s (decrease 20.730.'fttl'i 1,821,833 Water added, sav 142,500gal at 4g 3 " 342,000 Wines, 142,849','iil at 40s (increase 4,101<;al) ... 285,7,18 Beer, imported, 80,650gal at, 10a 'decrease 14S.690aat) 40,315 Beer, N.Z., 11.335,813gal at 4s (increase 88.12a.-al) 2,267,169 Total £4.757,085 Estimated total for 1916 ... 4,750,000 Increase £7,0.:!;) Est incited European population at 31st Decem.H-, 1917 1,097,615 Maori population ... «* 49,773 Total ~ ... 1,147,391 Estimated expenditure per head ... £4 2 8i Estimated expenditure- per liead in 1917 ■ 4 211 Expenditure per household of five persons ■ £20 14 7
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Evening Star, Issue 16782, 10 July 1918, Page 2
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152NEW ZEALAND DRINK BILL FOR 1917 Evening Star, Issue 16782, 10 July 1918, Page 2
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