CONSUMPTION OF ARTICLES IN COMMON USE (TABLE SHOWING RATE OF) PER HEAD OF POPULATION.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1922 Session I, H-09

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1922. NEW ZEALAND.

CONSUMPTION OF ARTICLES IN COMMON USE (TABLE SHOWING RATE OF) PER HEAD OF POPULATION.

t'resented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

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TABLE showing Consumption, per Head of Population, of Articles in Common Use.

Spirits. Tobacco. Cigars Cigarettes, and Snuff. Adult Male Year. Gallons. Per Head. Rates of Dnty. * Duty. Per Head. Lb. Per Head. Rates of Duty.t Rates of Duty. Duty. Per Head. (including Maoris). I Duty. Per Head. 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 241,078 247,526 255,122 263,023 270,403 295,122 301,550 306,717 317,774 323,340 335,853 343,905 353,396 349,591 341,806 332,759 316,203 310,103 334,024 360,697 391,853 596,073 602,021 619,649 647,155 634,829 692,324 740,936 751,605 719,138 767,620 792,794 863,797 876,751 887,116 940,611 779,698 759,118 578,177 688,632 947,660 1,000,875 Gal. 2-47 2-43 2-43 2-46 2-34 2-34 2-46 2-45 2-26 2-37 2-36 2-51 2-48 2-53 2-75 2-34 2-40 1-86 2-06 2-63 2-55 j 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/, 17/ 17/ 17/, 18/ 18/ 18/ 18/ * 476,858 481,617 495,719 517,724 507,863 553,859 592,749 601,284 575,310 614,096 634,235 691,037 701,401 709,693 760,372 662,743 657,464 520,357 619,769 852,894 910,482 £ s. d. 1 19 7 1 18 11 1 18 10 1 19 4 1 17 6 1 17 6 1 19 4 1 19 2 1 16 2 1 18 0 1 17 9 2 0 2 1 19 8 2 0 7J 2 4 6 1 19 10 2 17 1 13 6} 1 17 1^ 2 7 34 2 6 of 1,713,590 1,699,143 1,852,426 1,955,563 2,000,640 2,085,026 2.156,945 2,247,101 2,278,035 2,295,777 2,303,448 2,406,097 2,365,844 2,437,035 2,430,159 2,319,852 2,364,556 2,387,559 2,7S5,116 3,070,930 2,678,891 lb. 6-11 7-86 7-26 7-43 7-39 7-06 7-15 7-33 717 7-10 6-86 7-00 6-69 6-97 7-11 6-97 7-48 7-70 8-34 8-51 6-84 £ 3/6, 1/ 293,389 3/6,1/ 292,110 3/6, 1/ 320,047 3/6, 1/ 339,571 3/6, 1/ 347,837 3/6, 1/ 362,057 3/6, 1/ 375,005 3/6, 2/6, 1/ 390,590 3/6, 2/6, 1/ 395,794 3/6, 2/6, 2/, 1/ 401,271 3/6, 2/6, 2/, 1/ 402,780 3/6, 2/6, 2/, 1/ 420,826 3/6, 2/6, 2/, 1/ 413,818 3/6, 2/6, 2/, 1/ 425,942 3/6, 2/6, 2/, 1/ 424,018 3/6, 2/6, 2/, 1/ 403,050 3/6, 2/6, 2/, 1/ 407,069 3/6, 2/6, 2/, 1/ 414,971 3/6, 2/6, 21, 1/ 492,061 3/6, 2/6, 2/, 1/ 556,457 t 494,394 £ s. d. 1 4 4J 1 3 7} 1 5 1 1 5 10 1 5 8| 1 4 6| 1 4 104 1 5 54 1 4 10| 1 4 10 1 3 11| 1 4 5| 13 5 1 4 44 1 4 9| 1 4 2| 15 9 16 9 1 9 54 1 10 10J 1 5 2| + + + + + + § § § § § § £ £ s. d. 90,664 0 7 6 95,181 0 1 8| 108,209 0 8 6 110,617 ! 0 8 5 121,438 I 0 8 11| 139,408 0 9 5| 159,389 0 10 64 169,027 : 0 11 0J 163,110 0 10 3| 176,517 0 10 11 190,877 0 11 44 216,904 0 12 7J 229,547 0 13 0 247,442 0 14 1| 258,825 0 15 If 263,094 0 15 9| 288,320 0 18 2| 370,683 1 3 11 486,923 1 9 If 660,004 1 16 7 502,456 1 5 7| II II It I! II ♦Alteration in 1915,17/; 1917,18/. 1921: From 1st January to 3rd November, 18;; from 4th November, 36 (imported), 36 , 30 ,16/, 4,6 (excise). tl921: From 1st January to 3rd November, 3/6, 2'6, 2/, 1/; from 4th November, 10/, 4/10, 4/8, 2/6. 2 (imported), 6/3, 2/4, 2/2, 1/ (excise). The 1/ rate is for New-Zealand-manufactured tobacco. The 2/ rate is for tobacco, unmanufactured, entered to be manufactured in any licensed tobacco-factory. The 2 6 rate is for tobacco, manufactured, the produce of British South Africa I Cigars and snuff, 7/ and 1/6 per pound; cigarettes, 2/6 and 1/ per pound, and 17/6 per 1,000 of 2J lb. and under, and 6d. per ounce for weight over 2J lb. per 1,000. § Cigars and snuff, 7/ and 1/6 per pound ; cigarettes, 71, 2/6, and 1/ per pound, and 17/6 per 1,000 of 2Jlb. ana under. (The 1/6. 2/6, and 1/ rates are for New-Zealand-manufactured cigars and cigarettes) || The rate for cigars and snuff was increased from 7 to 12; per pound (imported), and from 1/6 to 4/ per pound (excise), from 2nd August, 1917. The rates for imported cigarettes were increased from 17/6 and 7/ to 20/6 and 9/6 from 2nd August, 1917, and from 5th September, 1917, the rates were further increased to 25/6 and 10/6 respectively. The rates for New-Zealand-manufactured cigarettes were increased from 1/ and 2/6 per pound to 4/ and 5/6 per pound from 2nd August, 1917.

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Male and Female Wine. Ale and Beer. Total Population (including Maoris). Tea. Year. -fopuiauon — over Fifteen Years (including Maoris). Gallons. PeiHead. Eatesof Duty.* Duty. Per Head. ,-, ., „ Per Eatesof Gallons. Head Duty Dut >'- Held. Year. Lb. Per j Kates of Head. Duty. Duty. Per Head. 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 | 552,028 565,533 581,906 598,583 615,187 651,559 665,777 676,447 702,379 715,908 734,236 752,934 774,939 774,837 774,918 776,932 758,748 757,824 793,967 836,762 873,655 123,591 1 126,447 122,490 120,120 113,185 128,120 146,175 149,107 138,699 153,435 143,136 153,611 147,131 156,509 163,244 138,758 142,858 126,122 174,333 I 239,880 225,987 Gal. 0-22 0-22 0-21 0-20 0-18 019 0-22 0-22 0-20 0-21 0-19 0-20 019 0-20 0-21 0-18 019 5/, 6/, 9/ 5/, 6/, 9/ 5/, 6/, 9/ 5/, 6/, 9/ 5/, 6/, 9/ 5/, 6/, 9/ 2/, 5/, 6/, 9/ 2/, 5/, 6/, 9/ 2/, 5/, 6/, 9/ 2/, 5/, 6/, 9/ 2/, 5/, 6/, 9/ 2/, 5/, 6/, 9/ 2/, 5/, 6/, 9/ 2/, 5/, 6/, 9/ 2/, 5/, 6/, 9/ 2/, 5/, 6/, 9/ 2/, 5/, 6/,9/, 15/ 2/, 5/, 6/, 15/ 2/, 5/, 6/, 15/ 2/, 5/, 6/, 15/ 2/, 5/, 6/, 15/ £ 35,864 36,744 35,710 35,018 33,071 37,532 42,736 42,797 38,749 40,887 38,606 41,251 39,198 41,795 42,258 34,950 35,812 s. d. 1 3f 1 3j 1 2f 1 Of 1 3j 1 3J 1 1J 1 If 1 Oi 1 0J 1 1 1 1 0 lOf 0 llj 18S,490 j 201,523 ! 204,130 203,510 i 218,270 251,570 ; 279,108 271,780 252,320 271,594 273,650 296,362 299,220 292,850 260,050 229,320 80,630 Gal. j 0-34 ■! 0-36 0-35 0-34 0-35 0-38 0-42 •40 0-36 0-38 0-37 0-39 0-39 0-38 0-34 0-30 0-11 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ £ I s. d. 18,849 : 0 8 20.152 ' 0 8J 20,413 0 8i 20,351 0 8 21,627 0 8i 25,157 0 9J 27,911 0 10 27,178 0 9J 25,232 0 8i 27,159 0 9 27,365 0 9 29,636 i 0 9i 29,922 | 0 9i 29,285 0 9 26,005 0 8 22,932 0 7 8,063 0 2J 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 830,800 5,508,600 851,072 5,088,581 875,648 5,232,720 900,682 5,225,668f 925,605 i 5,898,391f 956,457 ! 6,132,962f 977,215 I 6,771,169f 1,008,373 I 6,470,552f 1,030,657 1 7,302, 310f 1,050,410 7,582,530f 1,075,250 8,066,151+ 1,102,471 7,680, 283+ 1,134,506 7,070,430-f 1,140,172 9,938,617t 1,149,254 9,148,578t 1,148,888 ! 7,977,963f 1,148,880 8,763,057+ lb. 6-63 5-98 5-98 5-80 6-37 6-41 6-93 6-41 7-08 7-22 7-50 6-97 6-23 8-72 7-96 6-94 7-63 8-16 7-29 8-24 6-30 S. d. 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 /2 & m /2 & /2f} /2 & /2f /2 & /2§ /2 & /2f /2 & /2§ /2 & /2* /2 & /2f /2&/2f /7,/5,/3. /7, /5, /3 ll, 15, /3 /7,/5,/3 £ £ s. d. 45,905 0 1 1} 42,405 0 10 43,606 0 10 4,838 0 0 1} 534 548 1,017 715 636 636 703 613 472 794 574 623 36,651 0 0 7f 017 0 22 0-29 0-26 31,698 38,839 56,080 56,023 0 10 0 llf 1 4 32,370 i 29,97-5 | 55,931 i 37,818 0-04 004 007 0-04 2/ 2/ 2/ 3,237 0 lj 2,997 ; 0 1 5,593 i 0 lj 3,785 ' 0 1 1918 1919 1920 1921 1,152,798 9,403,207 1,186,166 8,648,653 1,229,395 10,127,244 1,276,652 j 8,046,779 129,145 0 2 0 116,432 0 1 Hi 138,829 0 2 3 107,135 0 1 8j * Alterations :— In 1907 : Wine, South Africe .n (sparkling) (other kinds) ... icreased from 5/ 2/ ... 9/ to 15/ i Includes all tea free of duty. t The following rates were imposed on tea from 2nd August, 1917: — Tea in packages of 5 lb. and over net weight: British, 3d. per lb.; foreign, 5d. per lb. Tea in packages under 5 lb., net weight: British, 5d. per lb.; foreign, 7d. per lb. In 1917: Wine (sparkling), u

Year. Total Population (including Maoris). Total Coffee, Cocoa, and Chicory. Per Head. E put° f Duty. J Per Head. Sugar. Duty. Per Head. Ad Valorem Goods. Lb Lb. Per Head. ««■*«£ of Duty. I Duty. I Per Head. Rates of Duty. 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 830,800 851,072 875,648 900,682 925,605 956,457 977,215 1,008,373 1,030,657 1,050,410 1,075,250 1,102.471 1,134,506 1,140,172 1,149,254 1,148,888 1,148,880 1,152,798 1,186,166 1,229,395 1,276,652 371,760* 422,962* 476,080* 550,720* 490,960* 494,320* 607,650* 553,798* 453,690* 564,302* 556,876* 611,499* 599,656* 556,000* 775,112* 685,786* 235,330* 557,406* 992,397* 1,177,343* 234,548* lb. 0-44 0-49 0-54 0-61 0-53 0-51 0-62 0-55 0-44 0-54 0-52 0-55 0-53 0-49 0-67 0-60 0-20 0-48 0-84 0-96 0-18 £ /3 4,647 /3 5,287 /3 5,951 /3 6,884 /3 6,137 /3 6,179 /3 7,596 /3and/3g 7,370 /3and/3| 6,370 /3and/3f 7,854 ,3and/3f 7,793 /3and/3f 8,469 ,<3and/3f 8,197 /3 and /3i 7,641 /3 and /34 10,217 /3 and /3| 9,064 /3and/3§ 3,263 ,'3 and/3f 8,013 3 nd /3jt 13,098 /3and/3f 15,466 /3,/3f,/5;' 3,327 s. d. 0 1J 81,882,720 0 1J 87,508,006 0 1| 91,075,200 0 1§ 94,522,080 0 li 92,792,640 ! 0 l| 101,023,680 0 1J 104,173,440 0 lj 105,006,496 0 ll 118,274,912 0 If * 113,337,875 0 1| ! 124,122,629 0 1| : 135,239,888 0 If 138,964,448 0 lj 108,447,489 0 2§ 143,410,512 0 If 127,472,464 0 Of 139,298,208 0 lg 108,568,432 0 2§ 121,553,600 0 3 123,792,368 0 Og ■ 137,027,072 : lb. 98-5 102-8 104-0 104-9 100-2 105-6 106-6 103-9 114-7 107-9 115-4 122-7 122-5 95-1 124-8 110-9 121-2 94-2 102 5 100-7 107-3 s. d. 0 0J 0 Oi 0 0i 0 0J 0 0i 0 OcJ Jd. & free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free&id.§ £ 170, 5S9 182,308 189,740 196,921 133,318 210,466 217,028f •• s. d. 4 1 4 3J 4 4 4 4J 4 2 4 4f 4 51 £ SOS, 532 867,209 982,800 1,098,387 1,097,968 1,210,617 1,317,206 1,262,656 1,088,757 1,220,073 1,402,799 1,503,000 1,559,647 1,526,773 1,315,611 1,854,262 1,498,805 1,613,908 2,215,101 4,707,450 2 944,066 £ s. d. I Per Cent. 0 19 5J 5,10, 15, 20, 22J, 25, 40 1 0 4J 5,10, 15, 20, 22J, 25, 40 12 5} Various. 1 4 4 J Various. 1 3 8*i Various. 1 5 3j Various. 17 0 Various. 1 5 0} Various. 1 1 lj Various. 13 4 Various. 16 1 Various. 1 7 3J Various. 17 6 Various. 1 6 9j Various. 1 2 lOf Various. 1 12 3| Various 16 1 Various. 18 0 Various. 1 17 4J Various. 3 16 7 j Various, 2 6 1J Various. •• .. ■• ■• .. •• .. ■■ * This does not include raw coffee. t Estimated. J From 4th November, 1921: British, 3d. per lb.; foreign. 5d. per lb. Note.— Total revenue from Customs: 1901, £2,196,767, equal to £2 12s. lOJd. per head; 1921, £5,728,959, equal to £4 9s. 9d. per head § Prom 4th November, 1921: British, free; foreign, Jd.per lb. Increase per head equal to 69-7 per cent. Total increase equal to 1608 per cent.

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NEW-ZEALAND-BREWED BEER.

W. B. MoNTGOMEBY, Customs Department, Comptroller of Customs. Wellington, 16th June, 1922.

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Year. Male and Female P Fi'ft U o t ii 0 YeaIs r Total Gallons ° n Maoris), Excise Duty Per Head. per Gallon. Duty. Per Head. 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 552,028 565,533 581,906 598,583 615,187 651,559 665,777 676,447 702,379 715,908 734,236 752,934 774,939 774,837 774,918 776,932 758,748 757,824 793,967 836,762 873,655 7,134,800 7,179,360 7,555,200 7,786,480 7,796,160 8,318,880 9,049,567 9,347,567 9,183,920 9,399,440 9,526,960 9,787,102 10,001,200 10,356,240 10,605,714 11,247,725 11,335,845 10,588,859 13,S52,311 15,050,782 14,309,263 Gallons. 12-9 12-7 12-9 13-0 12-6 12-7 13-6 13-8 131 13-1 130 13-0 13-0 134 13-7 14-5 14-9 14-0 17-4 18-0 16-4 s. d. 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 3d. & 3fd.* 0 3f* See below+ See below+ See below+ See belowt See below* £ 89,185 89,742 94,440 97,331 97,452 103,986 113,120 116,845 114,799 117,493 119,087 122,339 125,015 129,453 137,225 189,671 219,594 261,536 337,811 363,597 393,953 s. d. 3 2f 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 2J 3 4f 3 5§ 3 3£ 3 34 3 3 3 3 3 2f 3 4 3 64 4 104 5 94 6 11 8 6 8 8£ 9 Oj * 3$d. inert jallon; from naximum ral ;allon; from Basing by and . 2nd August to 1< te-of 6d. per gallc 4th November, 195 Ad. por unit of S.G. ol 4th September, 4fd. 1 in. *To 3rd No\ 11, minimum rate Hid f tbe worts, per gallon; fn /ember, rl921, I .., increasing b} t Minimum rate to 1st August, im 15th September, 1917, 5|d. pc i-fd. per gallon, with a maximun for every unit of specific gri 1917, was pe 3r gallon, with a rate of 6d. pe ivity above 1047. ar a Br