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EXHIBIT No. 20. Comparative Butchery Prices from October, 1901, to February, 1912, inclusive.

EXHIBIT No. 21. (Nos. 21 to 24 put in by Rev. J. Dawson and Rev. W. J. Comrie. See page 471.) Drink Bill for 1911. £ Spirits, 792,790 gallons, at £2 per gallon (increase 25,170 gallons) .. .. .. 1,585,580 Wines, 143,152 gallons, at £2 per gallon (decrease 10,278 gallons) .. .. .. 286,304 Imported beer, 273,650 gallons, at 6s. per gallon (increase 2,060 gallons) .. .. 82,095 Beer brewed in New Zealand, 9,526,960 gallons, at 4s. per gallon (increase 127,520 gallons) 1,905,392 Total - .. .-. .'. .. .. .. £3,859,371 Total for year 1910 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,803,438 Increase .. .. • • • • • • • • • • • • •. 55,933 Cost per head of estimated population — Estimated population of Dominion (exclusive of Cook and other Pacific islands) on 31st December, 1911, taken from returns of Government Statistician (New Zealand Gazette, 1912, No. 13, p. 691) .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,075,250 Estimated population on 31st December, 1910 — Estimated increase for year .. . . . . .. .. . . 22,604 Estimated, mean population for year 1911 .. .. .. .. .. 1,063,948 £ s. d. Cost of liquor per head .. .. ... .. .. .. .-. 312 6J Cost per head for year 1910 . . .. . . . . .. 313 1J Decrease . . . . .. .. . . .. .. .. 0 0 6f Per head of population over fifteen years of age (excluding Maoris) . . .. 5 11 6f Including Maoris .. .. .. .. .. .. ..565 Number of occupied dwellinghouses at date of census .. .. .. .. 210,734 Consumption of liquor per dwellinghouse .. .. .. .. .. .. £18 6s. 3d.

Date. Ox Beef, Cow Beef, , Wethers, per 1001b. j per 1001b. perlb. Ewes, per lb. October, 1901 .. February, 1902 October, 1902 February, 1903 .. October, 1903 .. February, 1904 .. October, 1904 .. February, 1905 October, 1905 February, 1906 .. October, 1906 February, 1907 October, 1907 .. February, 1908 .. October, 1908 .. February, 1909 .. October, 1909 .. February, 1910 .. October, 1910 .. February, 1911 October, 1911 February, 1912 s. 19 19 27 26 25 19 20 17 20 18 19 18 22 19 21 19 18 18 23 21 25 23 d. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 s. d. * * * * * * * * * * * s. d. 0 2f Nil 0 3 0 3 0 31 0 3 0 3f 0 31 0 3f 0 3 0 3f 0 3 0 3| 0 3 0 31 0 2f 0 21 0 21 0 3| 0 3 0 3-1 0 3 s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 d. 21 2f 21 21 31 21 31 3 31 21 2| 21 31 21 3 21 2 2 2| 21 3 21 * * * 19 0 17 0 16 0 16 0 21 0 19 0 23 0 21 0 * For these periods cannot distinguish •parate pricts, presumably 2s. less than >x price.