A GIGANTIC WASTE.
♦ ■ — The direct and indirect cost of th« drink traffic in tlie United Si igdom f I the year 1879 was, in round numbers, as follows :— I I. Direct Expenditure ... £128,000,000 11. Indirect Cost .— 1. Loss through waste grain, non*pro* ductiveness of capita! 14,000,000 2. Labour lost through intemperance 55,000,000 3. Labour of paupers, vagrants, criminal*, and lunatics 23,000,000 4. Unproductive labor, entailed by pau« perfem, &c. ... 9,000,000 5. Public and private charges entailed 28,000,000 6. Loss of property by accidents, thefts, Ac 9,000,000 7. Labor and expends ture incurred in counteracting the evils arising ... 9,000,000 Total ... £275,000,000
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Inangahua Times, Volume II, 16 August 1880, Page 2
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100A GIGANTIC WASTE. Inangahua Times, Volume II, 16 August 1880, Page 2
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