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339. Since war commenced in 1939 the brewery of Simich and Co., of Auckland, and the brewery of Duncan and Co., of Dunedin, have not been brewing. In 1930 Southland Breweries, Ltd., acquired the Southland Brewery from Roope and Co. and stopped production. In 1943, after restoration was carried in Invercargill, this brewery resumed production, but the Awarua Brewery, which is also owned by Southland Breweries, Ltd., is not yet operating. 340. Of the total gallonage of 25,305,615 gallons of beer produced during 1944, the breweries of New Zealand Breweries, Ltd., produced 14,982,728 gallons, while all the other breweries combined produced during that year only 10,322,887 gallons. We were informed by the secretary of New Zealand Breweries, that one-third of the company's business to-day consists of bottled-beer trade, and that, from present indications, in a few years' time, this may equal a half of the company's total business (R. 6881/2). Of the other breweries, the largest is Dominion Breweries, of Otahuhu, which produced in 1944, 4,657,403 gallons. The next is Ballin's Breweries, of Christchurch, which produced 1,453,605 gallons. 341. There are only six other companies which produced more than 200,000 gallons during 1944, viz.:— (1) The.Tui Brewery, Ltd., of Mangatainoka, 517,744 gallons ; (2) Westland Breweries, Ltd., with two breweries, one at Hokitika and one at Reefton, 463,801 gallons; (3) McCarthy's Brewery, Ltd., of Wellington, 423,776 gallons ; (4) Cascade Brewery, of Taihape, 419,502 gallons; (5) Innes's Waikato Brewery of Hamilton, 384,623 gallons; and (6) The Dunedin Brewery and Wilson Malt Extract Co., Ltd., 228,827 gallons. 342. The following is a table showing how the beer produced has been disposed of as between hotels and private individuals (Exhibit A, 103, set out in Record 6155 and 6155 a) :

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Brewery Company and Location. Quantity of Liquor sold by Brewery, Year ended 31st March, 1945. Total Quantity sold. To Hotels. To Individuals and Agencies. Whangarei Police District Gallons. Gallons. Gallons. Auckland Police District— New Zealand Breweries Ltd. (Auckland Branch) Dominion Breweries Ltd., Auckland 5,477,790 4,258,593 206,676 377,257 5,684,466 4,635,850 Hamilton Police District— C. L. Innes and Co., Ltd., Hamilton The Simons Proprietary, Ltd., Paeroa 39,846 7,204 349,752 61,788 389,598 68,992 Gisborne Police District—• New Zealand Breweries, Ltd., Gisborne 356,994 104,022 461,016 Napier Police District— D. H. Newbigin, Hastings 18,302 8,018 26,320 New Plymouth Police District— The Taranaki Brewery and Cordials Ltd., New Plymouth .. The Hawera Brewery Co., Ltd., Hawera 189,000 24,921 21,000 13,116 210,000 38,037 Wanganui Police District — The Wanganui Brewery Co., Ltd., Wanganui The Cascade Brewery Co., Ltd., Taihape 46,857 259,583 37,448 205,942 84,305 465,525