Our Drought.
(Per United Press Association.)
IHJNF'DIN. March _.'_!
The Key. E. Walker has taken out the drink bill of the colony for 1902. There. was gradual increase in the consumption for the previous five years from £*-■ 19s Hid per heail iv 189(5 to £*i 10s 3d in l'jol or lis 4d per head for the quinquennium. Last, year this increase was not continued, tht- amount being A_:4 10s .'."Jd. representing a decrease of 8d per head. The gross expenditure for 1.901 was £_!.9_-_!,9B_- and for 190' i. £'_".95:5.29.5, an increase of £30, 310. The consumption of spirits was (>o'_,o2l gallons which, nt SL- per gallon, gives £1 Hh 9d per head ; wines. 1 20.440 Rallons — 0s per head ; imported beer. .101.520 gallons— ts s{d per head ; colonial beer. 7.17y,(5U0 gallons— or £1 14s 2d per head.
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Southland Times, Issue 19002, 23 March 1903, Page 2
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136Our Drought. Southland Times, Issue 19002, 23 March 1903, Page 2
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