✨ Customs Revenue Statement
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STATEMENT of all Moneys received by STEPHEN CARKEEK, Esquire, Collector of Customs for the Province of Wellington, New Zealand, from the First to the Thirty-first day of August, 1861, both days inclusive.
| HEAD OF RECEIPT. | TOTAL |
|---|---|
| Spirits | 2560 5-82 gallons at 9s. |
| Tobacco | 2155 lbs. at 1s. 6d. |
| Cigars and Snuff | 165 lbs. at 8s. |
| Wine | 838 26-32 Gallons at 3s. |
| Ale and Beer | 1353 Gallons at 1s. |
| 4100 Gallons at 6d. | |
| Coffee, Cocoa, Chicory, and Chocolate | 2922 lbs. at 3d. |
| Sugar, Raw, Refined, and Molasses | 65918 lbs. at 1d. |
| Tea | 12968 lbs. at 4d. |
| Gunpowder | nil. |
| Measurement Duties | 1248 2-12 ft. at 4s. per c. ft. |
| Fire Arms | nil. |
| Goods | 366 19-112 cwt. at 3s. per cwt. |
| Gold Export Duty |
Total amount of Duties for Wellington ... £2466 12 2
Remittance from Wanganui ... 507 16 11
Total amount of Duties ... £2974 9 1
SETTLEMENT OF THE FOREGOING COLLECTIONS.
| Date | Details | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 5th August | Expenses of Collection | £219 8 0 |
| 12th " | By Payment to Sub-Treasurer General Government... | 982 19 7 |
| 19th " | do. | 595 16 2 |
| 26th " | do. | 363 6 4 |
| 31st " | do. | 412 7 9 |
| 400 11 3 |
Total as above ... £2974 9 1
I, STEPHEN CARKEEK, do solemnly and sincerely declare that the foregoing is a true and faithful statement of my account as Collector of Customs for the period herein mentioned, and that the sum of £2974 9s. 1d. sterling, paid by me as above, is the whole amount so received by me from the first to the thirty-first day of August, 1861, both days inclusive, and I do make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing the same to be true.
S. CARKEEK,
Collector.
Declared before me this third day of September, 1861.
G. HUNTER, J.P.
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Marlborough Provincial Gazette 1862, No 11
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Statement of Customs Revenue for August 1861
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💰 Finance & Revenue3 September 1861
Customs, Revenue, Duties, Wellington, Wanganui, Stephen Carkeek
- Stephen Carkeek (Esquire), Collector of Customs, declared statement
- G. Hunter (Justice of the Peace), Witnessed declaration
- S. Carkeek, Collector of Customs
- G. Hunter, J.P.