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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. (including Maoris). Gallons. Per Head. Bates of Duty. * Duty. Per Head. Lb. Per Head. Rates of Duty.t Duty. Per Head. Kates of Duty. Duty. Per Head. 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 219,858 223,454 241,078 247,526 255,122 263,023 270,403 295,122 301,550 306,717 317,774 323,340 335,853 343,905 353,396 349,591 341,806 332,759 316,203 310,103 334,024 515,384 549,932 596,073 602,021 619,649 647,155 634,829 692,324 740,936 751,605 719,138 767,620 792,794 863,797 876,751 887,116 940,611 779,698 759,118 578,177 688,632 Gal. 2-34 2-46 2-47 2-43 2-43 2-46 2-34 2-34 2-46 2-45 2-26 2-37 2-36 2-51 2-48 2-53 2-75 2-34 2-40 1-86 2-06 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/, 17/ 17/ 17/, 18/ 18/ 18/ £ 412,307 439,946 476,858 481.617 495,719 517,724 507,863 553,859 592,749 601,284 575,310 614,096 634,235 691,037 701,401 709,693 760,372 662,743 657,464 520,357 619,769 £ s. a. 1 17 6 1,526,505 1 19 5 | 1,617,920 1 19 V i 1,713,590 1 18 11 ' 1,699,143 1 18 10 1.852,426 1 19 4 1.955,563 1 17 6 2,000,640 1 17 6 ' 2,085,026 1 19 4 2,156,945 1 19 2 2,247,101 1 16 2 2,278,035 1 18 0 2,295,777 1 17 9 2,303,448 2 0 2 2,406,097 1 19 8 2,365,844 2 0 7J 2,437,035 2 4 6 2,430,159 1 19 10 ' 2,319,852 2 17 2,364,556 1 13 6f 2,387,559 1 17 lj 2,785,116 lb. £ £ s. d. 7-94 3/6, 1/ 265,380 14 2 7-28 3/6, 1/ I 277,196 1 4 9| 6-11 3/6, 1/ ' 293,389 1 4 4± 7-86 3/6,1/ 292,110 1 3 7J 7-26 3/6, 1/ 320,047 1 5 1 7-43 3/6, 1/ 339,571 1 5 10 7-39 3/6,1/ 347,837 1 5 Sf 7-06 3/6,1/ 362,057 1 4 6J 7-15 3/6, 1/ 375,005 1 4 10£ 7-33 3/6, 2/6, 1/ 390,590 1 15 5J 7 17 3/6,2/6,1/ 395,794 1 4 10| 7-10 3/6, 2/6, 2/, 1/ 401,271 1 4 10 6-86 3/6, 2/6, 2/, 1/ 402,780 1 3 llf 700 3/6, 2/6, 2/, 1/ 420,826 1 4 5f 6-69 3/6, 2/6, 2/, 1/ 413,818 13 5 6-97 3/6, 2/6, 2/, 1/ 425,942 14 4* 7-11 3/6, 2/6, 2/, 1/ 424,018 1 4 9f 6-97 3/6, 2/6, 2/, 1/ 403,050 1 4 2f 7-48 3,6, 2/6, 2/, 1/ 407,069 1 5 9 7-70 3/6, 2/6, 2/, 1/ 414,971 1 6 9 8-34 3/6, 2/6, 2/, 1/ 492,061 1 9 5 J + + + + + + § § § || £ & a. d. 77,810 0 7 1 82,357 0 I 4J 90,664 0 7 6 95,181 0 7 8J 108,209 i 0 8 6 110,617 ! 0 8 5 121,438 0 8 llf 139,408 0 9 5J 159,389 0 10 6| 169,027 0 11 0J 163,110 0 10 3| 176,517 0 10 11 190,877 0 11 44 216,904 0 12 7* 229,547 i 0 13 0 247,442 i 0 14 If 258,825 0 15 If 263,094 I 0 15 9} 288,320 0 18 2f 370,683 1 3 11 486,923 1 9 If * Alteration in 1915, 17/; 1917, 18/. t The 1/ rate is for Xew-Zealand-manufactured tobacco. The 2' rate 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 ! 000 of 2i lb and under, and 6d. per ounce for weight over 2J lb. per 1,000. § Cigars and snuff, 7; and 1/6 per pound ; cigarettes. 7', 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-manufactured cigars and cigarettes.) | The rate for cigars and snuff was increased from 7 to 12; per pound (imported), and from 1/6 to il 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 il and 5,6 per pound from 2nd August 1917