DRINK BILLS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10359, 14 May 1895, Page 3

DRINK BILLS.

KEW ZEALAND. The Rev. E. Walker, of the New Zealand Alliance, haa supplied the New Zealand Herald with the following drink bill of New Zealand, which he has just computed for the year 1894, from customs and excise returns, and compared with the drink bill for fche previous year. It 13 necessarily based on the assumption thafc the consumers always received pure liquor and full measure :—

The estimated population, including Maoris, in 1894, was 723,121, and the cost of liquor per head of population, including Maoris, in 1894, was £2 17s Bd, as against £3 ls 6d in the previous year, when the estimated population, including Maoris, was 714,258.

At the annual meeting of the Otago University Students' Association, the report of the Executive Committee stated that the " Review " and the Debating Society were in a particularly thriving condition. The debt on fche " Review" had been reduced from £32 to £11, mainly by the efforts oE Mr M'Nickle. The balance sheet showed a credit in hand of I £11 3s 3d. The following office-bearers were elected:—President. Mr H. C. Cutten ; viceI presidents, Messrs F. Campbell and L. A. Line; I auditors, Messrs Mouat and Baldwin. Ifc was j decided thafc fche date of the annual meeting be j changed from the seoond Friday in May to nofc j later than the third Friday in April. A motion | to abolish the annual university ball was lost is- by a large majority.

Spirits at £2 per Gallon. a o "3 O pi a* 3 S3 '"-.ta fl "Sag 6§§ f*.0 >*_ g g _, M . ~W_'% p. •*" 1893 ... 1894 ... Decrease £ £ s. A. \ £ s. d 465,197] 930,394 17 8 16 0 439,1451 878,290 15 7114 1 26,0521 52,104 0 2 10 1 II 1S93 ... I 1894 ... Decrease | Impi Wines at £2 per Gallon. I 112,122 1 224,2441 0 6 810 6 3 97,930 195,860 0 5 8 0 5 4 I 14,192| 2S,3S4| 0 1 01 0 0 11 ■orted Beer at 6s per Gallon. I 229,959 I 68.9SS I 0 2 1 I 0 1 11 213,05:-! 63,916 0 110 h 1 9 I 16,906| 5,0721 0 0 3 0 0 2 1893 ... I 1894 ... Decrease | Coli .onial Beer at 4s per Gallon. I 4,873,544 I 974,703 119 0 117 3 4,807,434 SG1.4S6 18 0 16 4 I 66,110 I 13.223 I 0 1 0 I 0 0 11 Totals. Spirits and AVine. 1 577 319 11,154,638 I 1 14 41 1 IS 3 537,075 1,074,150 1 11 3 1 9 6 ! 40,2441 80.48S I 0 3 11 0 2 -9 eer (Imported and Colonial). I 5,103,503 11,043,697 | 111 11 1 9 2 5,020,487 1,025,402 1 9 10 1 S 1 I 83,016[ 18,2951 0 1 3| 0 1 1 Grand Totals. "Vine, Imported and Colonial Beer. | 5,680,822 I 2,198,335 I 3 5 513 16 '5,557,562 2,099,552 3 1 1 2 17 8 I 123.260 1 98.7831 0 4 4 0 3 10 1893 ... 1 1«94 ... Decrease | 1893 ... I 1S94 ... Decrease | Be 1593 ... I 1594 ... Decrease | Spirits, V 1893 ... I 1S94 ... Decrease | Estimated Population, Exclusive op Maoris. 1893 ... 672,265 | 1S94 ... 6S6.128