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TABLE showing Consumption, peb Head op Population, op Articles in Common Use.

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Adult Male v Population leal - (including Maoris). Gallons. I I Per Head. Spirits Bates of Duty. * Spirits. 5. Duty. Per Head. Lb. Per Head. Tobacco. Per Head. *»*•* j Cigars, Cigarettes, and Snuff. Duty. Per Head. Hates of Duty.t Duty. 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 255,122 263,023 270,403 295,122 301,550 306,717 317,774 323,340 335,853 343,905 353,396 349,591 341,806 332,759 316,203 310,103 334.024 360,697 391,853 386,706 393,994 619,649 647,155 634,829 692,324 740,936 751,605 719,138 767,620 792,794 863,797 876,751 887,116 940,611 779,698 759,118 578,177 688,632 947,660 1,000,870 371,857 618,142 Gal. 2-43 2-46 I 2-34 2-34 2'46 245 2-26 2-37 2-36 ' 251 2-48 2-53 2-75 2-34 2-40 1-86 2-06 2-63 2-55 096 1-57 16/ 16/ 16: 16/ 16/ 16 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/ 16/, 17/ 17/ 17/, 18/ 18/ 18/ 18/ * £ 495,719 517,724 507,863 553, S59 592,749 601,284 575,310 614,096 634,235 691,037 701,401 709,693 760,372 662,743 657,464 520,357 619,769 852,894 910,482 643,646 1,070,219 £ s. d. lb. 1 18 10 1,852,426 7-26 1 19 4 ! 1,955,563 7'43 1 17 6 2,000,640 739 1 17 6 j 2,0S5,026 7-06 1 19 4 j 2,156,945 7-15 1 19 2 ; 2,247,101 7-33 1 16 2 2,278,035 717 1 18 0 2,295,777 7-10 1 17 y 2,303,448 6-86 2 0 2 2,406,097 7-00 1 19 8 2,365.844 669 2 0 74; 2,437,035 6-97 2 4 6 2,430,159 7-11 1 19 10 2,319,852 6'97 2 17 2,364,556 7'48 1 13 6| ! 2,387,559 7-70 1 17 1| 2 785,116 j 8-34 2 7 3J 3,070,930 8-51 2 6 5f 2,678,891 j 6-84 1 13 3J 2,606,469 j 6-74 2 14 4 ; 2,611,049 I 663 £ 3/6, 1/ 320,047 3/6, 1/ 339,571 3/6, I 347,837 3/6, 1/ 362,057 3/6, 1/ 375,005 3/6, 2/6, 1/ 390,590 3/6, 2/6, 1/ 395,794 3/6, 2/6, 2/, 1/ 401,271 3/6, 2/6, 2/, 1/ 402,780 3/6, 2/6, 2/, 1/ 420,826 3/6, 2/6, 2/, 1/ 413,818 3/6, 2/6, 2/, 1/ 425,942 3/6, 2/6, 2/, 1/ 424,018 3/6, 2/6, 2/, 1/ 403,050 3/6, 2/6, 2/, 1/ 407,069 3/6, 2/6, 2/, 1/ 414,971 3/6, 2/6, '21, 1/ 492,061 3/6. 2/6, 2/ 1/ 556,457 f 494,394 f 723,776 f , 735,398 £ s. d. 15 1 1 5 10 1 5 8| 1 4 6J 1 4 10§ 1 5 5J 1 4 10| 1 4 10 1 3 11| 1 4 of 13 5 1 4 4J 1 4 9f 1 4 2f 15 9 16 9 19 5$ 1 10 io| 1 5 2f 1 17 5J 1 17 4 + + + + + § § I! II II II li II £ £ s. d. j 108,209 0 8 6 ! 110,617 0 8 5 i 121,438 0 S 11 j 139,408 0 9 5J 159,389 , 0 10 6| 169,027 '. 0 11 o| 163,110 | 0 10 3f 176,517 0 10 11 190,877 \ 0 11 4J 216,904 : 0 12 7J 229,547 | 0 13 0 247,442 ! 0 14 If 258,825 0 15 If 263,094 0 15 9| 288,320 0 18 2j 370,683 1 3 11 486,923 1 9 If 660,004 1 16 7 502,456 1 5 71 532,864 1 7 6f j 596,701 1 10 3J i * From 1st January to 3rd November, 1921, 18 ; from 4th November, 1921, 36'. 18/ (imported), 36,', 30,', 16;, 4/6, free (excise), t From 1st January to 3rd November. 1921. 3/6, 2/6, 2/, 1/; from 4th November, 1921 LO/, 4/10, 4.8, 2/6, 2/ (imported!, 6/3. 2/4, 2/2, 1/ (excisel. The 1/ rate is for New-Zealand-manufactured tobacco. The 2/ rate is for tobacco, unmanufactured, entered to be manufactured in any licensed iobacco-factorv. The-2,6 rate is for tobacco, manufactured, the produce of British South Africa, up to and including 31st July, 1922. J Cigars and snuff, 7/ and 1/6 per pound; cigarettes, 2/6 md 1/ per pound, and 17/6 per 1,000 of 2J lb. and under, and 6d. per ounce for weight over 2£ lb. per 1,000. § Cigars and snuff, 11 and 1/6 per pound ; cigarettes, 71, 2/6, and 1/ per pound, and 17/6' per 1,000 of 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), md from 1/6 to 4/ per pound (excise), from 2nd August, 1917. The rates for imported cigarettes were increased from 17/6 and II to 20/6 and 9/6 from 2nd August, 1917, and from 5th September. 1917', ;he rates were further increased to 25/6 and 10/6 respectively. The rates for New-Zealand-minufactured cigarettes were increased from XI and 2/6 per pound to 4/ and 5/6 per pound from 2nd August, 1917.'