Consumption of Articles in Common Use.
_ From the table compiled by tb^ department we find that last year the consumption of spirit* increased fourpence a head of the population to that of the year previous; tobacco increased by the sum of one shilling and two pance halfpenny per head ; cigars by fiva pence per head ; wine by a farthing and tea by the snmamount and ale and beer remained a<* bofore. C»ffeo, cocoa, and chickory remained as the previous year, but the consumption of sugar increased by throe farthings per head, and the ad valorem duties fell two pence a head. In New Zealand brewed beer an increase sf three farthings per head is noted. Ic appears from these figures that tbe consumption of alcoholic beverages has increased and the power of purchasing drapery and other goods has decreased, what have our Prohibitionists to says upon this point ? Tbe Commissioner of the Police Reports that "drunkenness has I regret to say, a decided upward tendency."
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Manawatu Herald, 18 July 1899, Page 3
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165Consumption of Articles in Common Use. Manawatu Herald, 18 July 1899, Page 3
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