This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 Excerpt: ...of the whole going to seven countries--Germany, Great Britain, France, Italy, Netherlands, Spain and Belgium, in the order named. The average quantities and proportions for a number of years are shown in the following table: --Avera ge duty on spirits, beer and wine and tobacco. 406. The average amount per head paid ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 Excerpt: ...of the whole going to seven countries--Germany, Great Britain, France, Italy, Netherlands, Spain and Belgium, in the order named. The average quantities and proportions for a number of years are shown in the following table: --Avera ge duty on spirits, beer and wine and tobacco. 406. The average amount per head paid annually in Canada for duty on spirits since Confederation has been $1.00 and on tobacco 38 cents; on beer and wine it only amounted to fractions of 1 cent in each case. The report of the Minister of Inland Revenue gives the amounts per head by Provinces, but it is not possible to obtain any correct figures regarding the actual consumption in each Province, for the Province that has the greatest number of breweries and distilleries will show the largest consump tion, without reference to the fact that a large, quantity of that liquor, paying duty in one Province, is actually consumed in another. 407. In the United States, in 1887, the amount consumed Sfi per head was, spirits 1-18, wine 0'55, and beer V19. The beerand increase in the consumption of beer and the diminution in JheulSted consumption of spirits appear to be general in Europe as someSfo?d well as on this continent. eign countries. The following table, which, with the exception of the figures for Canada, have been taken from the Victorian Year Book, 1886-87, give the annual consumption of beer and spirits per head in various countries: --ANNUAL CONSUMPTION OF SPIRITS PER HEAD IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES. The figures for Canada are the average consumption for the last three years. The consumption of intoxicating liquors in Holland is very large, and allowing for increased potency of spirits is considerably in excess of that of any other country. 289 CHAPTER VII. RAILWAYS. 408. In India and in a.
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Add this copy of The Statistical Year-Book of Canada for 1903. to cart. $17.51, good condition, Sold by Zubal Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cleveland, OH, UNITED STATES, published 1904 by Ottawa: Printed by S. E. Dawson.
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[viii], 773 pp., folding table; original red cloth stained, interior lightly age toned, good only; not restricted to agricultural topics. -If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.
