BREWERIES IN THE COLONY.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVI, Issue 43066, 9 March 1907, Page 1

BREWERIES IN THE COLONY.

The number of breweries 1 the colony shown in the cenns* J returns for 1906 was somewhat 1 fewer than that returned 10 years J previously in 1886, but the "1 hands employed were more hum- j erous, and the quantity of beer manufactured considerably 1 greater. r While l in ' the ■* jpi f 1895 there were .5,249,278 gal- \ ja l lons brewed, the output for 1905 •amounted, to 7,634,362. gallons being nearly 2,400,000 gallons of increase in a 10-year; period. ' i The money rose from £336,734 to £572,579. The-quantities of beer on ~ which excise duty was paid for consumption were for ®jj 1895, 4,936,400 gallons,' and 7,796,160 gallons for 1905. H These quantities >are in close agreement with those returned in this census as . manfaotnred. The imported beer entered .at the Customs for home consuraption only increased in quantity from 201,770 gallons in 1895, : r to 218,270 : gallons in 1905 which tends /to show that the colonial made beer is by degrees displacing the beer brought from abroad. “In the year 1892 261, 394 gallons were brought into New -Zealand, the population was ohlyfiso,4S3 person's. The consumption of beer per head of population > which; was 7.421 gallons in.;the year 1895, reached 9.150 in the year 1900, since when it has been almost' ■* i stationary ,> thei figures for 1905 being 9i12. “Census Years. . 1906 1896 Number'of breweries 72 85 Number *of bands employed .. 731 t 465 L . Amount; .paid in WSges .. .. £92,308 £57,32 ' Approximate value c - of land ~ ' ... 82,590 51,533 ;; Approximate value ‘ of buildings .. 156,541 115,033 ; I Approximate .value of machinery and plan; .. .. 95 800 63 850 Beer made in 1905,, 7,684,362 gallons, - valued at £572,579; :1; 1895, 5,249,278 gallons, valued = ut ; £386j734. '•