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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.

Year ending June 30.	Population.[1]	Quantity taxed.	Quanti- ty per capita.	Revenue.	Rev'nue per capita.	Tax per gallon.			Average tax per gallon.
		Gallons.	Gallons.	Dollars.	Dollars.	Cents.			Cents.
1870‥‥‥‥‥	38,558,371	78,490,198	2·03	39,245,099	1.02		.50		50
1871‥‥‥‥‥	39,555,000	62,314,628	1·58	31,157,314	.79		.50		50
1872‥‥‥‥‥	40,596,000	66,235,578	1·63	33,117,788	.82		.50		50
1873‥‥‥‥‥	41,677,000	65,911,141	1·58	43,131,064	1.03		.50 .70		65·14
1874‥‥‥‥‥	42,796,000	62,581,562	1·46	43,807,093	1.02		.70		70
1875‥‥‥‥‥	43,951,000	64,425,911	1·47	46,877,938	1.07		.70 .90		72·76
1876‥‥‥‥‥	45,137,000	58,512,693	1·30	51,390,490	1.14		.70 .90		88·58
1877‥‥‥‥‥	46,353,000	58,043,389	1·25	52,671,291	1.14		.70 .90		89·97
1878‥‥‥‥‥	47,598,000	50,704,189	1·07	45,626,533	.96		.70 .90		89·99
1879‥‥‥‥‥	48,866,000	53,025,175	1·09	47,709,464	.08		.50 .70 .90		89·98
1880‥‥‥‥‥	50,155,783	62,132,415	1·23	55,919,119	1.11		.70 .90		90
1881‥‥‥‥‥	51,316,000	69,127,206	1·34	62,214,127	1.24		.70 .90		90
1882‥‥‥‥‥	52,495,000	71,976,398	1·37	64,778,756	1.23		.70 .90		90
1883‥‥‥‥‥	53,693,000	76,762,063	1·43	69,085,856	1.22		.90		90
1884‥‥‥‥‥	54,911,000	79,616,901	1·45	71,655,211	1.30		.90		90
1885‥‥‥‥‥	56,148,000	69,158,025	1·23	62,242,221	1.23		.70 .90		90
1886‥‥‥‥‥	57,404,000	70,851,355	1·23	63,766,219	1.11		.90		90
1887‥‥‥‥‥	58,680,000	67,380,391	1·15	60,642,351	1.03		.90		90
1888‥‥‥‥‥	59,974,000	71,565,486	1·19	64,408,937	1.07		.90		90
1889‥‥‥‥‥	61,289,000	77,163,529	1·25	69,447,175	1.13		.90		90
1890‥‥‥‥‥	62,622,250	85,043,336	1·35	76,539,002	1.22		.90		90
1891‥‥‥‥‥	63,975,000	88,473,437	1·38	79,626,093	1.24		.90		90
1892‥‥‥‥‥	65,520,000	95,045,787	1·45	85,541,209	1.31		.90		90
1893‥‥‥‥‥	66,826,000	99,145,889	1·48	89,231,300	1.34		.90		90
1894‥‥‥‥‥	68,000,000	88,777,387	1·33	79,862,647	1.74		.90 1.10

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

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1. Population for 1870, 1880, and 1890 from census; other years calculated by the actuary of the Treasury Department.