MEW ZEALAND'S DRINK BILL.
, ; Per Press Association., WELLINGTON, November 21. The table of New Zealand's annual drink i"bill, compiled by the Rev.. Edward Walker "and published in the local papers, gives the figures since the last return issued in. .1896.' The total amount has increased in the four intervening yeans from £2,265,900 to £2,747,170, and from £2 19s. s^d. to £3 Bs. 4£d. per head of the population. Air-. Walker attributed the increase to continued general prosperity;, and the effects inseparable from a period of war.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 22 November 1901, Page 2
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86MEW ZEALAND'S DRINK BILL. Wanganui Chronicle, 22 November 1901, Page 2
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