DRINK AMONG NATIVE RACES.
“The Missionary Review” of the World” is careful what it says or quotes concerning temperance. Therefore the following, from its columns, may be taken as an accurate statement : DRINK FOR THE DARK CONTINENT. The amount of liquor passing Madeira, a port of registry for the coast of Africa, in one week is reported as follows: 28,000 cases of whisky 30,000 cases of brandy. 30,000 cases of Old Tom 36,000 barrels of rum 800,000 demijohns of rum 24.000 butts of rum 15.000 barrels of absinthe <)6o.ooo rases of gin. In Sierra Leone during one-fourth of a year 250 tons of liquors were unloaded at a “dry town” to be transported to towns of the interior.
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White Ribbon, Volume 23, Issue 273, 18 March 1918, Page 7
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118DRINK AMONG NATIVE RACES. White Ribbon, Volume 23, Issue 273, 18 March 1918, Page 7
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