OUR DRINK BILL.
Per Press Association. Dunedi*, March 22. ! The Rev. E. Walker has made out the diink bill of the colony for 1902. There was a graduil increase in the consumption for the previous five years, ■"u £2 19s Bjjd per head of the popu--1896 to £3 lOs 3|d in 1901, la*ion il. ' f° r quinquonor Is 4d pei ' ncrGaee was not nium. Last year v. being .£3 10s continued, the amount . ' Bd. 3|d, representing a decrease 0.. ""as | The gross expt-nditure for 1901 >. £2,922,982 and for 1902 £2,953,298, sn increase of £30,316 The consumption of spirits was 602,021 gallons, j which at £2 per gallon gives £1 8s 8d per head ; wines 126,440 gallons, 6s per head; imported beer 201,520 gallons, Is s|d per head ; colonial beer 7,790,600 gallons, or £1 14s 2d per head-
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 71, 24 March 1903, Page 4
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137OUR DRINK BILL. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 71, 24 March 1903, Page 4
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