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NEW-ZEALAND-BREWED BEER.

Geo. Ckaig, Customs Department, Comptroller of Customs Wellington, 2nd July, 1926.

Approximate Cost of Paper.—Preparation, not given ; printing (565 copies), £7 10?.

By Authority: W. A. G. Skinner, Government Printer, Wellington.—l 926.

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Male and Female Population over Total Gallons Excise Duty Year. Fifteen Years on Per Head. per Duty. Per Head, (including which Duty paid. Gallon. Maoris). Gallons. s. d. £ s. d. 1905 615,187 7,796,160 12 6 0 3 97,452 3 2 1906 651,559 8,318,880 12-7 0 3 103,986 3 2f 1907 665,777 9,049,567 13'6 I 0 3 113,120 3 4f 1908 676,447 9,347,567 13*8 I 0 3 116,845 3 5J 1909 702,379 9,183,920 13-1 j 0 3 114,799 3 3J 1910 715,908 9,399,440 13-1 I 0 3 117,493 3 3J 1911 734,236 9,526,960 130 I 0 3 119,087 3 3 1912 752,934 9,787,102 13-0 | 0 3 122,339 3 3 1913 774,939 10,001,200 130 0 3 125,015 3 2j 1914 774,837 10,356,240 13 4 j 0 3 129,453 3 4 1915 774,918 10,605,714 13-7 3d. & 3fd.* 137,225 3 6J 1916 776,932 11,247,725 14-5 0 3f* 189,671 4 104 1917 758,748 11,335,845 14-9 j See belowf 219,594 5 9J 1918 757,824 10,588,859 14-0 I See belowf 261,536 6 11 1919 793,967 13,852,311 17'4 See belowf 337,811 8 6 1920 836,762 15,050,782 18-0 | See belowf 363,597 8 8| 1921 873,655 14,309,263 16-4 See below J 393,953 9 oj 1922 893,888 12,504,830 14-0 See below j: 604,612 13 6| 1923 913,198 12,954,163 14-2 See below} 626,020 13 84 1924 934,596 13,514,531 14'5 See below; 651,201 13 11J 1925 961,768 13,176,714 13-7 See below} 634,513 13 2£ * 3Jd. increasing by ,V1. and por unit of S.G. of the worts. t Minimum rate to 1st August, 1917, was 3Jd. per gallon; from 2nd August to 14th September, 4|d. per gallon; from 15th September, 1917, per gallon, with a maximum rate of 6d. per gallon. {To 3rd November, 1921, 5fd. per gallon, with a maximum rate of 6d. per gallon ; from 4th November, 1921, minimum rate llAd., increasing by for every unit of specific gravity above 1047.