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«Gothenburg System», which is also in force in Finland. Ours, however,
differs in several points from the Swedish and Finnish, especially
in the fact that the profits do not, as in the neighbouring
kingdom, go to the municipal funds. We thus do not tempt the
municipalities to improve the state of their finances by a good
trade in spirits. Finally, the spirit trade, by a new law of the
27th July, 1894, was practically monopolised by these companies.
All men and women over 25 years of age were allowed to decide
by «ayes» and «noes», whether there should be any sale of spirits
in their town for the next 5 years (vote of the people, or
referendum). In consequence of this, the sale of spirits has been
prohibited of late years in a number of towns. Since 1871, the
bars in Norwegian towns have been reduced in number from 501
to about 130, or about 1 to every 4000 inhabitants. For the
whole country there is now only 1 place for the sale of spirits to
every 16,000 inhabitants. Since 1871—75, the consumption of
spirits has decreased still further from 2.8 litres (at 100 per cent
alcohol) per head to 1.2 in 1896—1898. At the same time, sums
amounting to more than 20,000,000 kr. have been distributed by
the «samlag» to objects of public utility.
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