WHAT WE DRINK.
TEN GALLONS OF BEER A YEAR.
Ten gallons of beer, two and ahaJf ouarts of spirits, and a pint, of wine-—that is the average year’s consumption per head of the popuntion of New Zealand, including Maoris, according to the statistics for the last ten years just made ava ilabie.
The amount of spirits entered for home consumption last year was 371,887 gallons, compared with 1,008,875 gallons in 1921, and 947(itiO gallons in 1920. Huge clearances in 1921 were made in anticipation of an increase in the rate of duty, which by the tariff operating as from November 4, 1921, actually eventuated. The- rate of duty on spirits now 36s per gallon, as against ISs per gallon formerly.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2598, 26 June 1923, Page 3
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120WHAT WE DRINK. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2598, 26 June 1923, Page 3
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