"KUMANAVADRINK" BILL.
EXPENDITURE FOR 1913. INCREASE PER HEAD, 19s [Per Prem Association. 1 Wellington, March 20. ■ The annual statement of the New Zealand drink bill for 1913, furnished by the temperance authorities, gives a total of £4,137,653, made up as follows : Spirits £1,753,538 Wines £295,112 . Imported Beer ... £89,763 New Ze-ala rid Beer ... £2,000,420 For IDI2 the total was £4,081,162. The increase is £56,491, but, taken per head of the population, the amount last year was £3 14 s per head, against £2 14s Ilia in 1912.
The quantities per head work out on spirits at .78 gallons, wines.lßl, beer 9.209.
The statement points out that the amount spent on liquor would pay the total railway expenditure and interest on the cost of railways, and would leave enough to pay the sick and funeral benefits of all the friendly societies in New Zealand. For a household of five persons, the average yearly expenditure is £lB 10s.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 77, 21 March 1914, Page 6
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155"KUMANAVADRINK" BILL. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 77, 21 March 1914, Page 6
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