THE DRINK BILL.
AN INCREASE OF OVER 1175,500,
By Telegraph—Pre33 Association. Dunedin, last night.
The Rev. Edward Walker has just issued the New Zealand Drink Bill for 1901. The gross expenditure for the year was L'2,922,982, being an increase on the previous year of j£175,812. The amount per head of the population was £'A 11s Old, being an increase of 2s Bd. The increase per head of the population in the five years since 1896 is If. He maintains that an increase of the drinking amoDg the young men and among the women in recent years has been a matter of common observation, and is of ominous importance.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 353, 1 March 1902, Page 2
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108THE DRINK BILL. Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 353, 1 March 1902, Page 2
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