Thompson — The Gothenburg Liquor System, 391 



'Drunkenness lias evidently increased considerably in Grotlien- 

 burg. A still further substantiation of this fact is found in the 

 follomno; table which shows that the alcoholic diseases, the nat- 

 ural concomitants of drunkenness, have also increased: 



These statistics are incou'trovertible and are sufficient for 

 Gothenburg. Turning to Stockliolm, the capital city, we find 

 a like tendency there. The sale of spirituous liquors in the last 

 twio years is the largest mthin the records of the company sys- 

 tem of that city. From the annual reports of the Stockholm 

 company I derive the f ollo\\dng table : 



