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NEW-ZEALAND-BREWED BEER.

W. B. MONTGOMEKY, Customs Department, Comptroller of Customs Wellington, 12th August, 1919.

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By Authority : Marcus F. Marks, Government Printer, Wellington.—1919.

Price, 3d.

Year. Male and Female . ? S6S5! Yb.™ 1 ! Total Gallons on „„. „ mA which Duty paid. P « r He » a ' Maoris). Excise Duty per Gallon. Duty. Per Head. __ j 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 Gallons. 497,619 6,013,120 121 505.899 6,261,200 12-3 514.900 6,811,280 13'2 . 552,028 7,134,800 12-9 505,533 7,179,360 12-7 581,900 7,555,200 12-9 598,583 7,786,480 13-0 615,187 7,796,160 126 651,559 8,318,880 12-7 665,777 9,049,567 136 670,447 9,347,567 13'8 702,379 9,183,920 13-1 715,908 9,399,440 131 734,236 9,526,960 13'0 752,934 9,787,102 13-0 774,939 10,001,200 13'0 774,837 10,356,240 184 774,91.8 1.0,605,714 13-7 776,932 11,247,725 14-5 758,748 11,335,845 14-9 757,824 10,588,859 14-0 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 0 3 0 3 0 3 3d.&3fd.* 0 3}* See b: lowf See belowf £ 75,164 78,265 85,141 89,185 89,742 94,440 97,331 97,452 103,986 113,120 116,S45 114,799 117,493 119,087 122,339 125,015 129,453 137,225 189,671 219,594 261,531 i s. d. 3 0J 3 1} 3 3i 8 2} 3 2 3 8 8 8 8 2 3 24 3 4} 3 54 3 3i 3 3i 3 3 3 3 3 2} 3 4 3 64 4 104 5 9J 6 II * 32d. inert (allon; from naximum ral iasing by ,%&. and &&. per unit of S.G. o! •2nd August to 14th September, 4|d. ] :e of fid. per gallon. the worts. ier gallon; fr< t Minimum rate to 1st August, im 15th September, 1917, 5£d. f 1917, was 3£d. per >er gallon, with a