EXCISE LICENSES FOR BREWERS, MALTSTERS, &c. FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH, 1881. Barrels 12,569,281 542,645 868,365*13,980,291 Cwts. 686,567 4,786 No. 711,269 +10,396,158 21,478 +712,831 2,245,917 229,673 73,451 2,549,041 AMOUNT OF DUTY CHARGED. * Half-year from 1st October, 1880, i.e., date of imposition of duty. Half-year to 30th September, 1880, i.e., date of repeal of duty. LICENSED HOUSES IN THE METROPOLIS. RETURN of the Number of Public Houses, Beer Houses, and Refreshment Houses in the Metropolitan Police District, together with the Number of Persons apprehended for Drunkenness, &c., during the The Total Number of Licenses in the preceding year, 1879, was 13,835, and the apprehensions for drunkenness numbered 33,892. Total. SUMMONSES AGAINST DRINK HOUSES IN LONDON. RETURN showing the Number of Summonses against “Drink Houses" in the Metropolitan Police District from the Year 1844 to 1880 inclusive. METROPOLITAN APPREHENSIONS FOR DRUNKENNESS. RETURN showing the Number of Persons apprehended for Drunkenness in the Metropolitan Police District, and the proportion per 1,000 of Population each Year from 1831 to 1880 inclusive. The total Number of Persons apprehended by the Metropolitan Police during 1880 was 79,490. Of these 2,609 were committed for trial, 50,490 were summarily convicted, and 25,564 were discharged by the magistrates. |