Table No. 11. TABLE showing Consumption, per Head of Population, of Articles in Common Use.

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Spirits. Tobacco. Cigars, Cigarettes, and Snuff. Adult Male Year. Population (including Maoris). Per Head. Rate of Duty, t I Per Head. Bate of Duty.§ Duty. Per Head. Gallons. Duty. Per Head. Lb. Lb. Per Head. Bate of Duty. || Duty. Per Head. 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 135,640 139,354 147,313 152,564 154,073 157,686 162,834 167,938 170,206 172,180 174,907 174,355 176,988 182,310 631,341 659,233 624,503 553,404 571, 830 586,322 576.05S 551,763 507,812 473,369 463,087 499,084 369,086 435,075 Gal. 4-65 4-73 4-24 3-63 371 3-72 3-54 3-29 2-98 2-75 2-65 2-86* 2-09 2-39 6/, 12/ 6/, 12/ 6/, 7/, 12/, 14/ 7/, 12/, 14/ 7/, 12/, 14/ 7/, 12/, 14/ 12/, 14/ J 12/, 14/ ! 12/, 14/, 14/6 14/6 14/6 14/6, 15/, 16/ 15/, 16/ 15/, 16/ £ 373,085 392,108 378,754 394,136 400,284 410,856 402, 9S1 385,735 361,692 343,192 335,738 377,599 281,835 333,848 £ s. a. 2 15 0 2 16 3 2 11 5 2 11 8 2 12 0 2 12 1 2 9 6 2 5 11 2 2 6 1 19 10 1 18 5 2 3 4* 1 11 10 1 16 7 1,029,840 1,064,520 1,054,730 1,027,280 1,063,651 1,080,515 1,069,307 1,163,774 1,198,410 1,144,897 1,138,655 1,149,734 1,157,340 1,173,831 lb. 7'60 7-64 7-16 673 6-90 6-85 6-57 6-93 7-04 665 6-51 659 6-54 6-44 2/6 2/6 2/6, 3/6 3/6 3/6 3/6 3/6 3/6, 1/ 3/6, 1/ 3/6, 1/ 3/6, 1/ 3/6, 1/ 3/6, 1/ 3/6, 1/ £ £ s. a. 128,730 0 19 0 133,065 0 19 1 135,539 0 18 5 179,774 1 3 7 186,137 i 1 4 2 189,090 14 0 187,129 '■ 1 3 0 203,063 |14 2 208,161 14 6 197,378 1 2 11 198,152 12 8 198,856 I 1 2 10 199,617 12 7 203,593 12 4 71,380 87,396 71,025 66,750 75,636 91,543 92,400 99,777 106,266 94,305 99,290 100,785 103,258 112,640 lb. 053 0-63 0-48 0-44 0-49 0-58 0-57 0-59 062 0-55 0-57 0-58 0-58 0-62 £ 5/ 17,845 5/ 21,849 5/, 6/ 17,535 6/ 20,025 6/ I 22,691 6/ 27,463 6/ 27,720 6/, 1/ 29,233 6/, 1/ I 30,455 6/, 1/ 28,292 6/, 1/ 28,067 6/,7/, 1/ 30,126 7/, 1/6 34,637 7/, 1/6 38,430 £ s. a. 0 2 8 0 3 2 0 2 5 0 2 8 0 2 11 0 3 6 0 3 5 I 0 3 6! 0 3 7| 0 3 3 0 3 3: 0 3 5 0 3 11 0 4 3 * Includes heavy clearances in view of case spirits being taken at 2, 3, and'4 gallons, instead of actual quantities, on the 1st December, 1888. t Alteration in 1888* Spirits in bottle, 16/; in bulk, 15/. X The 6/ and 7/ rate is for New-Zealand-distilled spirits. § The 1/ rate is for New-Zealand-manufactured tobacco. II The 1/ and 1/6 rate is for New-Zealand-manufactured cigars and cigarettes «

Male and Female y Population * ear, over Fifteen Years (including Maoris). Rate of Duty.* Wine. Duty. Per Head. roiinns Per Rate of Gallons. Head] Dutyt Ale and Beer. ™y. j H p - d . Year. Total Lb. Per { Bate of Head. ; Duty. Tea. Gallons. (including Maoris). Duty. Per Head. 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 264,720 278,321 296,110 308,079 316,439 327,387 342,113 357,104 364,959 374,586 382,797 385,157 186,335 194,892 198,657 152,002 165,460 179,048 166,638 150,221 149,788 123,355 117,991 101,170 Gal. 0-70 : 4/, 6/ 0-70 4/, 6/ 0-67 ; 4/, 5/, 6/ 0-49 , 4/, 5/, 6/ 0-52 4/, 5/, 6/ 0-54 4/, 5/, 6/ 0-49 4/, 5/, 6/ 0-42 4/, 5/, 6/ 0-41 i 4/6, 5/6, 6/6 0-33 ' 4/6, 5/6, 6/6 0-31 4/6, 5/6, 6/6 0-26 4/6, 5/, 5/6, '6/, 6/6, 9/ 0-27 ; 5/, 6/, 9/ O29 ; 5/, I 6/, 9/ £ B. a. ' Gal. ! 37,267 2 9! 398,680 ' 1-50 j 1/3, 1/ I 39,635 2 10 488,252 < 1-75 ' 1/3, 1/ 37,748 2 7! 492,704 1-66 : 1/3, 1/ 37,332 2 5; 430,990 i 1-40 1/6,1/3,1/ 40,521 2 7 437,784 ! 1-38 i 1/6,1/3 43,780 2 8 422,946 ! 1-29 ] 1/6,1/3 40,345 , 2 4 397,648 I 1-16 1/6,1/3 36,353 i 2 0 j 390,234 ! 1-09 j 1/6,1/3 37,978 : 2 1 422,788 ! 1-16 j 1/6,1/3 32,884 • 1 9 334,158 ! 0-89 ! 1/6,1/3 31,469 1 8 300,093 i 0-78 I 1/6,1/3 28,497 i 1 6 268,117 J 0-70 1/6,1/3 31,643 i 1 7 274,427 i 0-70 j 1/6 33,518 1 8 266,147 0-67 j 1/6 23,919 29,315 29,852 30,024 32,036 30,974 27,291 28,724 31,210 24,606 22,151 19,946 s. d. 1 10 2 1 2 0 1 11 2 0 1 11 1 7 1 7 1 9 1 4 1 2 1 0 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 461,217 3,112,760 476,114 J 2,896,720 507,324 4,808,100 528,459 3,070,980 545,007 , 3.887,362 561,763 3,919,860 584,975 3,763,080 608,401 4,391,940 626,517 : 4,081,920 631,214 4,045,500 645,330 i 4,815,120 649,349 ; 4,036,980 lb. 6-75 6-08 9-48 5-80 7-13 6-98 6-43 7-22 6-51 6-40 7-40 6-22 s. d. 0 6 0 6 0 4 0 4 0. 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 /4,/6 £ 77,819 72,418 80,135 51,183 64,789 65,331 62,718 73,199 68,032 67,425 80,252 78,125 £ s. a. 0 3 4 0 3 0 0 3 2 0 1 11 0 2 5 0 2 4 0 2 2 0 2 5 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 6 0 2 1 1889 392,735 107,818 20,582 1 1 1889 662,248 : 3,696,280 5-58 0 6 92,407 0 2 9} 1890 398,905 115,091 19,961 1 0 1890 672,750 > 3,951,480 5-87 0 6 98,787 0 2 11J * Alterations,— Wine (Australian) „ (Sparkling) „ (Other kinds) 1877. ... 4/ ... 6/ ... 4/ 1880. 4/ 6/ 5/ 1885. 4/6 6/6 5/6 1888. 5/ 9/ I Alterations, — Ale and Beer (Wood)... „ (Bottle) 1877. 1/ 1/3 1880. 1/3 1/6 1888. 1/6 1/6