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343. It will be noted that tlie large breweries supplied nearly all their products to hotels. The small breweries carry on what is in effect a large retail trade direct with the public. The Gore Brewery, for example, at Gore sold nothing to hotels, but supplied 23,900 gallons to private individuals. Mr. L. J. Stevens, the chairman of directors of Dominion Breweries, expressed this view of the small breweries : My experience of the small breweries is that they cater for a particular type of trade, and they could not, as small breweries, compete under any circumstances with the bulk trade required by the main hotels, j The profits in beer are very, very small and are secured only by substantial turnovers. Small breweries sell in small quantities to the outside public at higher prices, at a semi-wholesale price, and thereby get a higher mark-up on their goods. Again (R. 674-7), Mr. Stevens described the small brewery as doing " a pot and jug business." He said that his company, as a major company, had no desire to cripple the small concerns.

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Brewery Company and Location. Quantity of by Brewery, 31st Mar To Hotels. Liquor sold Year ended ch, 1945. To Individuals and Agencies. 1 Total | Quantity sold., Paimerston North Police District—Gallons. Gallons. Gallons. Burton Brewery Co., Ltd., Palmerston North .. 83,214 6,356 89,570 Standard Brewery Co., Ltd., Palmerston North .. .. 154,267 25,960 180,227 Tui Brewery Co., Ltd., Mangatainoka .. .. 23,600 495,970 519,570 Kauri Brewery Co., Ltd., Woodville .. .. 15,143 184,476 199,619 Wellin$ton Police District— ' ' W. Burridge and Son, Wellington 55,032 51,003 106,035 O'Halloran's Brewery, Wellington 20,895 20,177 41,072 Thorndon Brewery (New Zealand Breweries, Ltd.), 1,458,683 354,475 1,813,158 Wellington 476,524 Macarthy's Brewery, Wellington 468,598 7,926 Wellington Breweries, Ltd., Petone 6,862 4,078 10,940 Nelson Police District — Nelson Breweries, Ltd., Nelson (Nelson and Raglan 173,524 171,834 345,358 Breweries amalgamated 1st February, 1945) Marlb6rough Brewery Co., Ltd., Blenheim 83,426 33,683 117,109 Greymouth Police District— Westland Breweries, Ltd., Greymouth 458,317 50,062 508,379 Stewart's Brewery, Greymouth Nil 752 752 Morley and Co., Westport 111,674 3,022 114,696 Robt. Ford and Co., Ltd., Hokitika 111,988 2,677 114,665 Christchurch Police District— Ballins Breweries (N.Z.), Ltd., Christchurch 1,354,406 108,400 1,462,806 New Zealand Breweries, Ltd. (Christchurch Branch), 1,774,008 149,364 1,923,372 Christchurch Timaru Police District— New Zealand Breweries, Ltd. (Timaru Branch), Timaru 324,920 296,542 621,462 Dunedin Police District—New Zealand Breweries, Ltd. (Speight Branch), Dunedin 4,245,533 32,077 4,277,610 New Zealand Breweries, Ltd. (McGavin-Strachan Branch), 741,096 27,791 768,887 Dunedin * Dunedin Brewery Co., Dunedin 200,500 11,500 212,000 Caversham Brewery, Dunedin Has not functioned during past five years Invercargill Police District— Southland Breweries, Ltd., Invercargill 2,616 36,887 39,503 Waikiwi Brewery (Whittingham and Co., Ltd.), Waikiwi 108 42,984 43,092 Gore Brewery, Gore .. .. Nil 23,900 23,900