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

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Adult Male Spirits. Tobacco. Cigars, Cigarettes, and Snuff. Year. (including Maoris). Gallons. Per Head. Bates of Duty. * Ppr Hpdd Eates of ±-er rieaa. j) u ty. Duty. Per Head. i Per Head. Kates of Duty.t Duty. Per Head. Lb. Duty. 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 212,551 216,431 219,858 223,454 241,078 247,526 255,122 263,023 270,403 295,122 301,550 306,717 317,774 323,340 335,853 343,905 353,396 349,591 341,806 332,759 316,203 478,136 491,846 515,384 549,932 596,073 602,021 619,649 647,155 634,829 692,324 740,936 751,605 719,138 767,620 792,794 863, 797 876,751 887,116 9iO,611 779,698 759,118 Gal. 2-25 2-27 2-34 2-46 2-47 2-43 2-43 2-46 2-34 2-34 246 2-45 2-26 2-37 236 2-51 2-48 2-53 2-75 2-34 2-40 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/, 17/ 17/ 17/, 18/ £ 382,509 393,478 412,307 439,946 476,858 481,617 495,719 517,724 507,863 553,859 592,749 601,284 575,310 614,096 634,235 691,037 701,401 709,693 760,372 662,743 657,464 £ s. d. 1 16 0 1 16 4 1 17 6 1 19 5 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 1,418,205 1,491,543 1,526,505 1,617,920 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 2,303,44S 2,406,097 2,365,844 2,437,035 2,430,159 2,319,852 lb. 6-67 6-89 7-94 7-28 611 7-86 7-26 7-43 7-39 7-06 7-15 7-33 7-17 7-10 6-86 7-00 6-69 6-97 7-11 697 7-48 3/6, 1/ 3/6, 1/ 3/6, 1/ 3/6, 1/ 3/6, 1/ 3/6, 1/ 3/6, 1/ 3/6, 1/ 3/6, 1/ 3/6, 1/ 3/6, 1/ 3/6, 2/6, 1/ 3/6, 2/6, 1/ 3/6, 2/6, 2/, 1/ 3/6, 2/6, 2/, 1/ 3/6, 2/6, 2/, 1/ 3/6, 2/6, 2/, 1/ 3/6, 2/6, 2/, 1/ 3/6, 2/6, 2/, 1/ 3/6, 2/6, 2/, 1/ 3/6, 2/6, 2/, 1/ 242,291 259,798 265,380 277,196 293.389 292,110 320,047 339,571 347,837 362,057 375, 005 390,590 395, 794 401,271 402,780 420,826 413,818 425,942 424,018 403,050 407,069 £ s. d. 1 2 9j 14 0 14 2 1 4 9f 1 4 4J 1' 3 11 15 1 1 5 10 1 5 8f 1 4 6J 1 4 10J 1 5 5i 1 4 10} 1 4 10 1 3 llf 1 4 5f 13 5 1 4 4£ 1 4 9j 14 2} 15 9 i § § II £ £ s. d. 65,538 0 6 2 71,582 0 6 7 77,810 0 7 1 82,357 0 7 4§ 90,664 0 7 6 95,181 0 7 8f 108,209 0 8 6 110,617 0 8 5 121,438 0 8 llf 139,408 0 9 5J I 159,389 0 10 6| j 169,027 0 11 04 ! 163,110 0 10 3£ j 176,517 0 10 11 i 190,877 0 11 4J 216,904 I 0 12 7| 229,547 0 13 0 ■ 247,442 0 14 If 258,825 0 15 1} j 263,094 j 0 15 9f ! 288,320 0 18 2| * Alteration iu 1915. 17/; 1917, 18/. t The 1/ rate is for Xew-Zealand-manufactured tobacco. The 2/ rate is for tc factory. The 26 rate is for tobacco, manufactured, the produce of British South Africa. 1 Cigars and snuff, 7/ an under, and 6d. per ounce for weight over 2$lb. per 1,000. § Cigars and snuff, 7/ and 1/6 per pound ; cigarettes. 7/, 2/f rates are for New-Zealand-mannfactured cigars and cigarettes.) II The rate for cigars and snuff was increased frc 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, i respectively. The rates for New-Zealand-manufactured cigarettes were increased from 1/ and 2/6 per pound to 4/ and 5/6 pi Dbaeco, unmanufactured, entered to be manufactured iu any licensed tobaccoid 1/6 per pound; cigarettes, 2/6 and 1/ per pound, aud 17/6 per 1,000 of 2J lb. and 3, ana 1/ per pound, and 17/6 per 1,000 of 2Jlb. and under. (The 1/6. 2'6, and 1/ >m 7 to 12/ per pound (imported), and from 1/6 to 4/ per pound (excise), from and from 5th September, 1917, the rates were further increased to 25/6 and 10/C er pound from 2nd August, 1917.