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

Year Adult Male Population (including Maoris). Gallons. Per Head. Spirits. Rates of Duty. * Duty. Rates of Duty.t Tobacco. Duty. Per Head. i j— Kates of Duty. I Cigars, Cigarettes, and Snuff. Duty. Per Head. Per Head. Lb. Per Head. 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 216,431 219.858 223,-154 241,078 247,526 255,122 263,023 270,403 295.122 301,550 306,717 317,774 323,340 335,853 343,905 353,396 349,591 341,806 332,759 316,203 310.103 491,346 515,384 549,932 596,073 602,021 619,649 647, 155 634,829 692,324 740,936 751,605 719,138 767,620 792,794 863,797 876,751 887,116 940,611 779.698 759,118 578,177 Gal. 227 2-34 2-46 2-47 243 2-43 2-46 234 2-34 246 2-45 226 237 2-36 2-51 2-48 2-53 2-75 2-34 240 1-86 16/ 16/ 16 16 16 16/ 16/ 16 16/ 16/ 16; 16/ 16 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/, 17, 17/ 17/, 18/ 18/ ' 398,478 ! 412,307 439,946 476,858 481,617 495,719 517,724 507,863 553,859 592,749 601, 284 575,310 614,096 634,235 691,037 701,401 709,693 760,372 662,743 657,464 520,357 £ s. d. 1 16 4 1 17 6 1 19 5 1 19 7 1 IS 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 4 6 1 19 10 2 1 7 1 13 6} I „ I 1,491,543 6-89 ! 3/6. 1/ 1,526.505 7-94 3/6,1/ I 1,617,920 7-28 3/6,1/ 1.713,590 611 3/6.1/ 1,699,143 786 3/6,1/ 1,852.426 7-26 3/6. 1/ 1,955,563 7-43 3/6, 1/ 2.000,640 7-39 3/6, 1/ 2.085,026 7-06 3/6, 1 2,156,945 7-15 3/6, 1/ 2.247.101 7-33 3/6, 2/6, 1/ 2,278,035 717 i 3/6,2/6, 1/ 2,295,777 7-10 ! 3/6, 2/6, 2/, 1/ 2,303,448 6-86 ! 3/6, 2/6, 2/, 1/ 2,406,097 700 3/6, 2/6, 2/, 1/ 2,365,844 669 3/6, 2/6, 2/, 1/ 2,437,035 6-97 3/6, 2/6, 2/, 1/ 2,430,159 7-11 ! 3/6, 2/6, 2/, 1/ 2,319,852 697 3/6, 2/6, 2/, 1/ 2,364,556 7-48 3/6, 2/6, 2/, 1/ 2,387.559 7'70 3/6,2/6,2/,!/ ! £ £ s. d. 259,798 14 0 265,380 14 2 277,196 1 4 9J 293,389 1 4 4j 292,110 1 3 7} 320,047 1 5 1 339,571 1 5 10 347,837 1 5 8} 362,057 1 4 6-l 375,005 1 4 10t} 390,590 1 5 5* 395,794 1 4 10J 401,271 1 4 10 402,780 1 3 llf 420,826 1 4 5f 413,818 1 3 5 425,942 14 4* 424,018 1 4 9| 403,050 1 4 2f 407,069 15 9 414,971 16 9 + i + J- + § £ £ s. d. 71,582 0 6 7 77,810 0 7 1 : 82,357 0 ? 4J 90,664 0 7 6 95,181 0 7 8£ 108,209 0 8 6 110,617 0 8 5 121,438 0 8 11| 139,408 0 9 5| 159,389 0 10 6| 169,027 0 11 0| 163,110 0 10 3| 176,517 0 10 11 190,877 0 11 4* 216,904 0 12 7| 229,547 0 13 0 247,442 0 14 1| 258,825 0 15 1} 263,094 0 15 9| 288,320 0 18 2f 370,683 1 3 11 * Alteration in 1915. 17i; 1917, 18/. t The 1/ rate is for New-Zealand-manufaetured tobacco. The 2/ race is for tobacco, unmanufactured, entered to be manufactured in any licensed tobaccofactory. The 2 6 rate is for tobacco, manufactured, the produce of British South Africa. J Cigars and snuff, 7/ and 1/6 per pound; cigarettes. 2/6 and 1/ per pound, and 17/6 per 1,000 of 2£ lb. and underhand 6d. per ounce for weight over 2% lb. per 1,000. S Cigars and snuff, 7/ and 1/6 per pound : cigarettes, 71, 2/6, and 1/ per pound, and 17/6 per 1,000 of 2£lb. and under. (The 1/6. 2/6, and 1, rates are for New-Zealand-manufaetured cigars and cigarettes.) II 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.