NEW ZEALAND'S DRINK BILL
The annual statistics of the consumption of liquor in New Zealand for the year ending 31st March, 1897, have been compiled by the officials of the New Zealand Alliance, and as compared with the year 1895-96 they show as follows :—
Estimated Population. 1896— Europeans,) 703,360 ; including Maoris, 743,214. ■ < 1897— Europeans, 717,649; including Maoris, 757,503.
SPIRITS. (At £2 per gallon.) £3 CO b 5 o © §> a I -I hi 1896 1897 ££ s d 438,800 877,600 13 7 454,749 909,498 14 0 Increase 15,949 31,898 0 0 5 Wines. (At £2 per gallon.) 1896 1897 95,575 191,150 0 5 2 100,403 200,806 0 5 3£ Increase 4,828 9,656 0 0 1* IMPORTED BEER. (At 6s per gallon.) 1896 1897 191,577 67,473 0 16 183,400 55,020 0 15 Decrease 8,177 2,453 0 0 1 Colonial Bbeb. 1896 1897 (At 4s per gallon). 5,014,480 1,002,896 170 5,502,880 1,100,576 19 0 Increase 488,400 97,680 0 2 0 Totals1896 , 1897 Spirits and Wine. 534,375 1,068,750 18 9 556,162 1,110,304 1 9 3J Increase 20,777 41,554 0Q 6$
Beer. . .;■■; .fr. v (Imported and Colonial). . 1898 6,206,057 1,080,369 18 6 1897 5,686,280 1,155,598 1 10 5 Increase 480,223 95,227 0 111 Gkand Totals. 1896 5,740,432 2,129,119 2 17 3 1897 6,241,432 2,265,900 2 19 8* Increase 501,000 136,781 0 2 5*
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West Coast Times, Issue 10530, 14 July 1897, Page 4
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217NEW ZEALAND'S DRINK BILL West Coast Times, Issue 10530, 14 July 1897, Page 4
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