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POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY, 



from official data), showing (1) tlie population of the country for 

 each successive fiscal year from 1870 to 1894, inclusive ; (2) the 

 quantity of gallons of spirits annually taxed ; (3) the average per 

 capita consumption for each successive year ; (4) the amount of 

 revenue annually collected ; (5) the average annual revenue, or 

 tax per capita ; (6) the annual tax per gallon ; (7) the average tax 

 per gallon. 



Year ending 

 June 30. 



1870 

 1871 

 1872 



1873 



1874 



1875 



1876 



1877 



1878 



1879 



1880 

 1881 



1882 



1883 

 1884 



1885 



1886 

 1887 

 1888 

 1889 

 1890 

 1891 

 1892 

 1893 



1894 



Population.* 



38,558,371 

 39,555,000 

 40,596,000 



41,677,000 



42,796,000 



43,951,000 



45,137,000 



46,353,000 



47,598,000 



48,866,000 



50,155,783 

 51,316,000 



52,495,000 



53,693,000 

 54,911,000 



56,148,000 



57,404,000 

 58,680,000 

 59,974,000 

 61,289,000 

 62,622,250 

 63,975,000 

 65,520,000 

 66,826,000 



68,000,000 



Quantity 



taxed. 



Gallons. 



78,490,198 

 62,314,628 

 66,235,578 



65,911,141 



62,581,562 



64,425,911 



58,512,693 



58,043,389 



50,704,189 



53,025,175 



62,132,415 

 69,127,206 



71,976,398 



76,762,063 

 79,616,901 



69,158,025 



70,851,355 

 67,380,391 

 71,565,486 

 77,163,529 

 85,043,336 

 88,473,487 

 95,045,787 

 99,145,889 



88,777,387 



Revenue. 



Dollarg. 



39,245,099 

 31,157,314 

 33,117,788 



43,131,064 



43,807,093 



46,877,938 



51,390,490 



52,671,291 



45,626,533 



47,709,464 



55,919,119 

 62,214,127 



64,778,756 



69,085,856 

 71,655,211 



62,242,221 



63,766,219 

 60,642,351 

 64,408,937 

 69,447,175 

 76,539,002 

 79,626,093 

 85,541,209 

 89,231,300 



79,862,647 



Average 

 tax per 

 gallon. 



Ccntj. 



50 

 50 

 50 



65-14 



70 



72-76 



88-58 



89-97 



89-99 



89-98 



90 

 90 



90 



90 

 90 



90 



90 

 90 

 90 

 90 

 90 

 90 

 90 

 90 



' The first point of interest which an examination of the above 

 table reveals is, that the average per capita consumption of tax- 

 paid distilled spirits by the people of the United States during the 

 years 1870, 1871, 1872, and 1873, under the tax of fifty cents per 

 gallon, was greater than it has been at any subsequent period 



* Population for 1870, 1880, and 1890 from census; other years calculated by the 

 actuary of the Treasury Department. 



