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POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. 



from official data), showing (1) the 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. 



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 



