The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 47
Petroleum
Petroleum.
The Excise Duty on Petroleum was repealed in February, 1877, up to that date 7,913,751 gallons had been manufactured. Only that taken for consumption is now inspected, but not that exported a full ac-count of the trade in Petroleum for the last fiscal year is not obtainable. The per capita consumption in the Dominion in 1876-77, was
Spirits | 1 47 Gallons. |
Beer | 2.61 Gallons. |
Wine | 0.19½ Gallons. |
Tobacco | 2.10 Lbs. |
Petroleum | 1.18 Gallons. |
The average consumption of Spirits per capita since Confederation was greatest in Ontario and least in Manitoba; of Beer greatest in British Columbia and least in New Brunswick; of Wine, greatest in British Columbia and least in Ontario; of Tobacco, greatest in British Columbia and least in Prince Edward Island, and of Petroleum, greatest in Ontario and least in Manitoba. For the year 1876-77, the per capita consumption was greatest
Spirits | Quebec. |
Beer | British Columbia |
Wine | British Columbia |
Tobacco | British Columbia |
Petroleum | Ontario. |