The United Kingdom Drink Bill.
Dr. Daavson Burns, writing of the annual expenditure of the United Kingdom on intoxicating liquors during the past year as compared with the year 1900, is able to supply some very gratifying statistics. In 1901 the total outlay of Great Britain and Ireland on drink reached the sum of £158,154,605. In 1900 the outlay was £160,891,718, so that there has been a decrease of about 2f millions. The decrease, in round numbers, was about 1 \ millions on beer, half a million on wine, and something over half a million on spirits. In 1901 the average expenditure per head on liquor in the three kingdoms was £3 16s 3fd. In the previous year it was £3 18s Bd. Comparing the three countries, England spends the most on drink, the average expenditure per head there being £4 0s Bfd. Scotland spends £3 2s 5Jd per head on liquor, while Ireland comes third with £2 17s lOfd.
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 19, 8 May 1902, Page 15
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159The United Kingdom Drink Bill. New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 19, 8 May 1902, Page 15
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