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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 165, 7 April 1919, Page 2

■' ■ " '; ...A :" : A dispassionate Investigation pf all the facts and figures, by the . ■ best business, brains in our Dominion, reveals, the irrefutable fact that , , ■■ . '■..■■■.■..*"■"'■ \ ' ' ' ■ ■ . ■ "' ■ ■ •- Careful calculations from Government Records result in these telling ■ ' ;• • ■■■.■."■-• -figures baspd on the fact that all Revenue , comes from Production: - % New Zealand's Annual Production •■/is'.- approximately £100 ? 000 9 000 ; ■:'■' The Net State Revenue-.of New Zealand last year was £15,600,000 ■"■"' / ' ■;■■ ' - -"■ this liieans that 15.6 per cent or %^ : : .. ' production went to -the- State. ' ■. .. . ~:•'■ , ' / ■ ' .■•■•'■ ■' ■ • ■ •' ■■ '. r ' ' .-...-. - : ! Experience in other countries proves that Prohibition results in increased; working : ' efficiency. American estimates based upon actual place the increased . • . ■ ■'•■• ' efficiency at 21 per cent, but to be on the safe side, calculate it at only 5 per cent., which means £5,000,000 increased production.. . : : ;; ~. ' . The £5,000,000 now spent on Liquor, expended in ; . Liquor Revenue - - *• £ 1,000,000 other directions will contribute to the State . ■ interest and Sinking Fund on Compensation- - , £250,000 Revenue, J 5.6 per cent. -.■.'-■_- -. £780,000 Five per cent, increased efficiency will mean another ' addition to State Revenue of - - , - £780,000'- * ■ Saving 55 per cent, of the amount now spent on • ; ■"./,■■ Gaols, Police, Charitable Aid, etc. - - £810,0001. , ______ y"--."-:;-- ■■■■ .."■ . : ■ ■ ' £2,370,000 ..;- ■.■■,'.-.■.:". ■/' £1,250,000 •• NET ANNUAL GAIN THROUGH:' PROHIBITION■- £lJ20 ? 000 .;;. ' ■. v ' . ■ ■ |iMiuM»jiiiMa_inaiii«Bi««Miig__iui ' ■ : ■ -. . ■ • ' ' 'Even after'paying Compensation the saving through Prohibition represents over 7% reduction on the il 5,600,000 now* raised, by the State in . And if American and Canadian experience is repeated here the result will be much better. .- - ...........'.J " ... ... ... . -.__,... ...... ■ , ] . ~,,... I~wrn:rßr!!nS^N'.^yl!^^mTmWl ~ wrn: r ßr!! n S^N'.^yl!^^mTm W ■ ■ • ■ • . ■ ' /