Tke Tax Upon and the Consumption of Alcohol.
The Allgemeine Braver s "and Hopfen— Zeitung-givesthe following as beingthe; v : most recent statistics with ' regafdHo-tfie tax upon spirits m JEurope :— The tax yields a revenue of £18,72^850 m Rtisia, . £16,581,280 m Great Britain, ' of m. the United States of £10,603660 m Francefof £2,334,64ain North Germany* ' of £1v890,450 m Holland, of £1,062,400bm kustriarHungary, and of £681,200 m Belgium. This 1»---eiquivalent to 9s per head of the population m Holland, 6s 6d m Great Britain, 6s m the United^^Sfeatesi ss^6d';nT^Prancej -^firGdJirt-Eiussiai : 2s ;I 4d :fn Belgium, Is 3d An North Germany, and 7d\in -Außtnav Hungary ,;Jwhil&> v the consumption, per: alcohol is giyenas iii Denmark, 2 gaH6ns;in North Germany^f 1^; gailons m Russia, rather: less than l£ ; . . , m An4ria-Hungary^ I^ gallon inßel|pnm IJ- gallon m France and Holland, one gallon m Swedeni two : thirds of a gallon m Great Britain, and rather less" than two-ithirds of a gallon ; m; the United Sjtates.'. . ' ■'■'■ "■'•' ' >'' : '• " . ;•' . : : " •■
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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 76, 28 August 1885, Page 2
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159Tke Tax Upon and the Consumption of Alcohol. Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 76, 28 August 1885, Page 2
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