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The Drink Bill.
[?BB TRKBS ASSOCIATION .J CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. The Rev. Walker's estimate of the drink bill for the dominion during 1910 is £3,803,438, or £3 13s ljd. per head, being an increase of £175,303 in aggregate, or 2s o.®d per ilie-ad. The calculation is based on the q<unntitv passed through the customs and Mr Walker says the retail rates bring the total to fully £5,000,000. The 'bill per head dropped from £3 16s in 1885 to £2 19s B^d in 1896, rose to £3 15s lOd in 1907, and dropped to £3 lis in 1909.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 February 1911, Page 3
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97The Drink Bill. Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 February 1911, Page 3
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