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TABLE showing Consumption, per Head of Population, of Articles in Common Use.

i Year. Adult Male Population — (including Maoris). Gallons. Per Head. Kate ol Duty. * Ipiril ;s. Duty. Per : Bate of Head. Duty.t Tobacco. Cigars, Cigarettes, and Snuff. Per Head. Lb. Duty. Per Head. Lb. Per Rate of Head. Duty. J | Duty. Per Head. 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 : 1909 176,988 182,310 182,280 185,070 193,176 196,005 197,521 208,518 212,551 216,431 219,858 223,454 241,078 247,526 255,122 283,023 270,403 295,122 301,550 306,717 317,774 369,086 435,075 442,360 456,995 464,195 439,153 435,431 451,679 478,136 491,846 515,384 549,932 596,073 602,021 619,649 647,155 634,829 692,324 740,936 751,605 719,138 Gal. 2-09 2-39 2-43 2-47 2-40 2-24 2-20 2-17 2-25 2-27 2-34 2-46 2-47 2-43 2-43 2-46 2-34 2-34 246 2-45 2-26 15/, 16/ 15/, 16/ 15/, 16/ 15/, 16/ 15/, 16/ 15/, 16/ 15/, 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ i £ 281,835 333,848 339,758 351,154 356,602 337,247 339,795 361,343 382,509 393,478 412,307 439,946 476,858 481,617 495,719 517,724 507,863 553,859 592,749 601,284 575,310 £ s. d. 1 11 10 1 16 7 1 17 3 1 17 11 1 16 11 1 14 5 1 14 5 1 14 8 1 16 0 1 16 4 1 17 6 1 19 5 1 19 7 1 18 11 1 18 10 1 19 4 1 17 6 1 17 6 1 19 4 1 19 2 1 16 2 1,157,340 1,173,831 1,257,082 1,244,089 1,273,754 1,261,826 1,343,420 1,378,814 1,418,205 1,491,543 1,526,505 1,617,920 1,713,590 1,699,143 1,852,426 1,955,563 2,000,640 2,085,026 2,156,945 2,247,101 2,278,035 Lb. I 6-54 I 6-44 j 6-90 672 6-59 6-44 6-80 6-61 e-67 6-89 6-91 7-28 7-11 6-86 7-26 7-43 7-39 j 7-06 | 7-15 I 7-33 1 7-17 k 3/6, 1/ 3/6, 1/ 3/6, 1/ 3/6, 1/ 3/6, 1/ 3/6, 1/ 3/6, 1/ 3/6, 1/ 3/6, 1/ 3/6, 1/ 3/6, 1/ 3/6, 1/ 3/6, 1/ 3/6, 1/ 3/6, 1/ 3/6, 1/ 3/6, 1/ 3/6, 1/ 3/6, 1/ 1/6,2/6,1/ 1/6,2/6,1/ £ 199,617 203,593 214,789 212,998 218,637 215,222 231,521 237,135 242,291 259,798 265,380 277,196 293,389 292,110 320,047 339,571 347,837 362,057 375,005 390,590 395,794 £ s. di 12 7 103,258 12 4 112,640 137 127,438 13 0; 134,670 12 7} 161,133 1 1 11} 143,820 1 3 5 1 2 9 1 2 94 j 14 0 14 2 1 4 9f 1 4 44 13?} 15 1 1 5 10 1 5 8f 1 4 6J 1 4 104 1 5 54 1 4 10} I Lb. 0-58 0-62 0-70 0-73 0-83 0-73 £ 7/, 1/6 34,637 7/, 1/6 38,430 7/, 1/6 41,745 7/, 1/6 : 44,491 7/, 1/6 '■ 49,331 7/, 1/6 44,676 § 50,453 I . 59,704 65,538 71,582 77,810 82,357 90,664 95,181 I 108,209 110,617 121,438 II . 139,408 II 159,389 II 169,027 IT i 163,110 £ s. d. 0 3 11 0 4 3 0 4 7 0 4 94 0 5 1} 0 4 6} 0 5 1} 0 5 8} 0 6 2 0 6 7 0 7 1 0 7 44 0 7 6 0 7 8|0 8 6 0 8 5 0 8 llf 0 9 5} 0 10 6| 0 11 0| 0 10 3f; * Altei ligarettes. )unce for inufl, 7/ ai •ations in 1888- § Cigars weight over 2J id 1/6 per pounc Snu|» $ per Sndf £££ Eg t I ™e rate is for lb. per 1,000. I! Cigars and snuff, 7/ and 16 per pound; cigarettes, 2/6 and 1/per pound and 17/6 plr [00C For in »nfl^™ P S r *° r 31st Dec ? mber W/6 per 1 000 of 2.Jlb. and under, and 6d. pel ; cigarettes, 7/, 2/6, and 1/ per pound, and 17/6 per 1,000 of 2Jlb. and under. p ' "" per - ,uuu ot 2 * lb - and un «er, and 6d. per ounce for weight over 2J lb. per 1,000. II Cigars am Male and Female Wine. Ale and Beer. Total Tea. Sear. over Fifteen Years (including Maoris). Gallons. Per Head, j Bate of Duty.* Duty. Per Head. Gallons. L rf? °f Head. Duty.t Duty. Per Head. — Year. (including Maoris). Lb. Per Eate of Head. : Duty. Duty. j Per Head. 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 392,735 398,905 407,590 417,673 430,885 439,198 444,298 Gal. 107,818 0-27 115,091 0-29 108,066 0-27 111,704 0-27 112,116 0-26 97,934. 0-22 93,138 0-21 51, 6j, 9/ 5/, 6/, 9/ 51, 61, 9/ 51, 6/, 9/ 5/, 6/, 9/ 5/, 6/, 9/ 51, 6/, 9/ £ 31,643 33,518 31,513 32,607 32,641 28,412 27,102 s. d. 1 7 1 8 1 7 1 6f 1 6| 1 34 1 2} 274,427 266,147 248,039 261,867 229,960 212,613 201,770 Gal. 0-70 0-67 0-61 0-62 0-53 0-48 0-45 1/6 20,582 1/6 19,961 I/ 6 18,603 1/6 19,640 1/6 17,247 1/6 15,946 1/6, 2/ 17,120 s. d. 1 1 1 0 0 11 0 11J 0 94 0 8| 0 9J 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 662,248 I 3,696,280 672,750 3,951,480 675,775 4,055,193 692,426 4,088,360 714,258 | 4,083,840 728,121 4,126,440 740,699 ! 4,472,528 Lb. 5-58 5-87 600 5-90 5-72 5.67 6-04 s. d. 0 6 0 6 0 6 0 6 0 6 0 6 16,15, /4, and /3 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 /4 and /2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 /2 & m £ 92,407 98,787 101,380 102,209 102,096 103,161 94,716 £ s. d 0 2 94 0 2 11 0 3 OJ 0 2 114 0 2 lOJ 0 2 10 0 2 6} 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 479,015 488,472 497,619 505,899 514,900 552,028 565,533 581,906 598,583 615,187 651,559 665,777 676,447 702,379 99,473 0-21 105,060 021 107,595 022 111,049 0-22 116,188 0-22 123,591 i 0-22 126,447 ' 0-22 122,490 0-21 120,120 020 113,185 0-18 128,120 019 146,175 0-22 149,107 022 138,699 0-20 5/, 6/, 9/ 5/, 6/, 9/ 5/, 6/, 9/ 51, 6/, 9/ 51, 6j, 9/ 51, 6/, 9/ 51, 6/, 9/ 51, 6/, 9/ 5/, 6/, 9/ 5/, 6/, 9/ 5/, 6/, 9/ 2/, 5/, 6/, 9/ 2/, 5/, 6/, 9/ 2/, 5/, 6/, 9/ 28,846 30,518 31,138 32,045 33,614 35,864 36,744 35,710 35,018 33,071 37,532 42,736 42,797 38,749 i 1 2| 1 3 1 3 1 3J 1 3f 1 3* 1 2f ; 2J 1 Of 1 If 1 3| 1 11 182,080 190,350 191,580 175,940 175,620 188,490 201,523 204,130 203,510 218,270 251,570 279,108 271,780 252,320 0-38 0-39 0-39 0-35 034 0-34 036 0-35 0-34 0-35 0-38 0-42 0-40 0-36 2/ 18,208 2/ 19,035 2/ 19,158 2/ 17,594 2/ 17,562 2/ 18,849 2/ 20,152 2/ 20,413 2/ : 20,351 2/ 21,827 2/ 25,157 2/ 27,911 2/ 27,178 2/ j 25,232 0 9 0 9£ 0 9J 0 8J 0 8 0 8 0 84 0 84 0 8 0 84 0 9J 0 10 0 94 0 84 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 754,016 ! 4,431,480 768,910 ; 4,564,860 783,317 i 4,720,560 796,359 i 4,798,500 810,536 : 5,174,640 830,800 i 5,508,600 851,072 5,088,581 875,648 ; 5,232,720 900,682 5,225, 668 { 925,605 I 5,898,391+ 956,457 ! 6,132,962J 977,215 6,771,1691 1,008,373 6,470,552: 1,030,657 7,302,310^ 5-88 5-93 6-03 603 6-38 663 5-98 5-98 5-80 637 6-41 693 6-41 7-08 73,858 76,081 78,676 79,975 68,960 45,905 42,405 43,606 4,838 534 548 1,017 715 636 0 1 114 0 1 llf 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 84 0 1 1} 0 10 0 10 0 0 1} * Alterations, — Wine (Australian) (Sparkling) (Other kinds) South African (Sparkling) ... „ (other kinds) 1885. 4/6 6/6 5/6 1888. 5/ 9/ 6/ 1907. 6/ 2/ i Alterations, — Ale and Beer (Wood)... (Bottle) i Includes all tea free of duty. 1888. 1/6 1/6 189 2/ 2/