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Male and Female Year. Population over Fifteen Years (includ- | ing Maoris). Gallons. Wine. Per Head. |EatesofDuty.Wine. Duty. Per Head. Per j Rates of Head. Duty. Ale and Beer. Du *y- j Held. !f Year. Total Population (including Maoris). Lb. Tea. Per Kates of Head, j Duty. Tea. Duty. Gallons. Per Head. 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 479,015 488,472 497,619 505,899 514,900 552,028 565,533 581,906 598,583 615,187 651, 559 665,777 676,447 702,379 715,908 734,236 752,934 774,939 774,837 774,918 776,932 99,473 105,060 107,595 111,049 116,188 123,591 126,447 122,490 120,120 113,185 128,120 146,175 149,107 138,699 153,435 143,136 153,611 147,131 156,509 163,244 138,758 . Gal. £ i s. d. 0-21 5/, 6/, 9/ 28,846 j 1 24 182,080 021 5/, 6/, 9/ 30,518 1 2} 190,350 0-22 5/, 6/, 9/ 31,138 ! 1 3 191,580 0-22 5/, 6/, 9/ 32.045 1 3 | 175,940 0-22 5/, 6/, 9/ 33,614 1 3J I 175,620 0-22 5/, 6/, 9/ 35,864 , 1 3| j 188,490 0-22 5/, 6/, 9/ 36,744 I 1 3} 201,523 0-21 5/, 6/, 9/ 35,710 1 2| 204,130 0-20 5/, 6/, 9/ 35,018 i 1 2\ j 203,510 0-18 5/, 6/, 9/ 33,071 1 0} 218,270 0-19 5/, 6/, 9/ 37,532 1 If I 251,570 0-22 2/, 5/, 6/, 9/ 42.736 1 3| 279,108 0-22 2/, 5/, 6/, 9/ 12,797 1 3J 271,780 0-20 2/,5/, 6/, 9/ 38,749 1 lj 252,320 0-21 2/, 5/, 6/, 9/ 40,887 i 1 If j 271,594 0-19 2/, 5/, 6/, 9/ 38,606 1 0J : 273,650 0-20 2/, 5/, 6/, 9/ 41,251 1 1\ 296,362 0-19 2/, 5/, 6/, 9/ 39,198 1 0+299,220 0-20 2/, 5/, 6/, 9/ 41,795 1 1 292,850 0-21 2/, 5/, 6/, 9/ 42,258 1 1 260,050 0-18 2/, 5/, 6/, 9/ 34,950 0 10} 229,320 Gal. 0-38 0-39 0-39 035 0-34 0-34 0-36 0-35 0-34 0-35 0-38 0-42 0-40 0-36 0-38 0-37 | 0-39 0-39 0-38 j 0-34 0-30 ' 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ £ ' s. d. ,1 18,208 0 9 19,035 0 9J 19.158 0 9J 17,594 0 S| 17,562 0 8 18,849 0 8 20,152 ! 0 84 20,413 0 84 20,351 0 8 21,827 0 84 25,157 0 9| 27,911 0 10 27,178 0 94 25,232 0 84 27.159 0 9 27,365 0 9 29,636 0 94 29,922 0 9| 29,285 0 9 26,005 0 8 1 22,932 0 7 . Lb. 1896 754,016 I 4,431,480 5 SS 1897 768,910 I 4,564,860 593 1898 783,317 I 4,720,560 603 1899 796,359 ! 4,798,500 603 1900 810,536 j 5,174,640 6-38 1901 830,800 I 5,508,600 6'63 1902 851,072 5,088,581 5'98 1903 ! 875,648 5,232,720 i 5-98 1904 : 900,682 5,225,668f I 5-80-1905 925,605 5,898,391+ j 6-37 1906 956,457 6,132,962+ I 6-41 1907 977,215 6,771,169+ ; 6-93 1908 1,008,373 6,470,552+ 641 1909 1,030,657 7,302,310+ 7'08 1910 1,050.410 . 7,582,530+ 7-22 1911 1,075,250 8,066, 151t 7-50 1912 1,102,471 7,680,283+ 6-97 1913 1,134,506 7,070, 430f 6-23 1914 1,140,172 j 9,938,617f 8-72 1915 1,149,254 ' 9,148,578f 7-96 1916 1,148,888 ; 7,977, 963 t 6-94 s. d. ; £ 0 4 ; 73,858 0 4 76,081 0 4 : 78,676 0 4 ! 79,975 /4and/2 ! 68,960 0 2 45,905 0 2 42,405 0 2 43,606 0 2 4,838 0 2 534 0 2 548 0 2 1,017 /2 & m 715 /2 & /2f ; 636 \2 & /2f 636 /2 & /2§ I 703 12 & /2f 613 /2 & /2| : 472 /3 & /2f 794 /2 & /2* 574 /2 & 12% . 623 £ s. d. 0 1 114 0 1 11| 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 84 0 1 lj 0 10 0 10 0 0 lj * Alterations in 1907— Wine— South African (sparkling) (other kinds) 5/ 2/ + Includes all tea free of duty. Year. Total Population (including Maoris). Coffee, Cocoa, and Chicory. Per Head. B Dut° f Duty ' Per Head. Per Head. ! *|*»°' Sugar. Per Head. Ad Valorem Goods. Eates of Duty. i Lb. Lb. Duty. Per Head. Duty. 1 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 754,016 768,910 783,317 796,359 810,536 830,800 851,072 875,648 900,682 925,605 956,457 977,215 1,008,373 1,030,657 1,050,410 1,075,250 1,102,471 1,134,506 1,140,172 1,149,254 1,148,888 524,408 544,288 523,392 640,152 467,003* 371,7601 422,962-j-476,080f 550,720t 490,960f 494,320f 607,650f 553,7981 453,6901 564,302f 556,876f 611,499f 599,656f 556,000f 775,112+685,786f Lb. 0-70 0-70 0-67 0-80 0-57 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 , /2, /3, /5 /2,/3, /5 I2J3, /5 ! /2, /3, /5 12,13,15 IS IS IS IS IS /3 and /3| /3 and ,'3f /3 and /3f /3 and /3| 13 and /3§ /3 and /3f /3 and /3i /3 and /3§ /3 and /38 £ 5,495 . 5,722 5,463 6,968 5,285 4,647 5,287 5,951 6,884 6,137 6,179 7,596 7,370 6,370 7,854 7,793 8,469 8,197 7,641 10,217 9,064 s. d. 0 1| 0 1| 0 1} 0 2 o 14 o i| 0 1J 0 If 0 1} 0 14 o 14 0 11 0 ii 0 14 0 if 0 ij 0 if 0 ij 0 14 0 21 0 ij 67,395,840 70,799,040 73,296,960 77,255,040 80,119,200 81,882,720 87,508, 006 91,075,200 94,522,080 92,792,640 101,023,680 104,173,440 105,006,496 118,274,912 113,337,875 124,122,629 135,239,888 138,964,448 108,447,489 143,410,512 127,472,464 Lb. 89-4 92-0 93-6 970 98-8 98-5 102-8 104-0 104-9 1002 105-6 106-6 103-9 114-7 107-9 115-4 122-7 122-5 95-1 124-8 110-9 s. d. 0 0* 0 04 0 04 0 04 0 Oi 0 Oi 0 04 0 04 0 0i 0 0i 0 04 4d. & free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free £ 140,408 147,498 152,702 160,948 166,915 170,589 1S2,308 189,740 196,921 193,318 210,466 217,0281 s. d. £ 3 8} 562,961 3 10 ! 634,043 3 10} 637,506 4 04 682,722 j 4 l" 775,649 4 1 808,532 4 34 867,209 4 4 982,800 4 44 1,098,387 ■ 4 2 1,097,968 : 4 4| 1,210,617 ; 4 5| 1,317,206 1,262,656 1,088,757 1,226,073 1,402,799 1,503,000 1,559,647 ll, 526, 773 11,315,611 .. 1,854,262 £ s. d. 0 14 11 0 16 5| 0 16 3| 0 17 1} 0 19 l| 0 19 54 1 0 44 1 2 54 1 4 4| 1 3 84 1 5 3} 17 0 1 5 04 1 1 14 13 4 1 6 1 1 7 3£ 17 6 1 6 94 1 2 10} 1 12 3j Per Cent. 5, 10,15,20,224,25, 40 5,10,15, 20,22j,25, 40 5,10, 15, 20, 224, 25,' 40 5, 10. 15, 20, 22|, 25, 40 5,10, 15, 20, 22J, 25, 40 5,10, 15, 20, 22|, 25, 40 5,10, 15, 20, 224, 25, 40 Various. Various. Various. Various. Various. Various. Various. Various. Various. Various. Various. Various. Various. Various. * This does not include coffee (raw), admitted free under 1900 tariff, and coffee (roasted) and cocoa, entered free between passing of first and second resolutions, from 18th to 28th August, inclusive, not include raw coffee. 1 Estimated. Note.— Total revenue from Customs: 1896, £1,767,852, equal to £2 6s. 10}d. per head; 1916, £3,833,419, equal to £3 6s. 8§d. per head. Increase per head equal to 4-2-3 per cent. Total increase equal to 116-8 t This does ter cent.