PROHIBITION AND REVENUE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16602, 14 July 1914, Page 4

PROHIBITION AND REVENUE.

E TO THE editor. U gj r ,—The Prime hliimter is certainly \ worried over the £900,000 loss of revenue which would occur m the event \ of national prohibition being carried n 1 ! the next election. Now, I would like i in know bow much tho country spends annually *»rt upkeep of it/prEs, isylums, rural homes for inebriates and a lough estimate of how much is accrued through drink. I am inquiring soleb f <“ % own benefit, wishing to J uioVi the merits and demerits of each side oi the case.—l am, . utc '-' J Twi , 9 mamw. gpreydon, JwJ