Marlborough Provincial Gazette – 1862 – No. 11

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✨ 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 thirtieth day of September, 1861, both days inclusive.

HEAD OF RECEIPT. TOTAL.
Spirits
... 1797 29-32 Gallons at 9s. £809 1 3
Tobacco
... 2439 lbs. at 1s. 6d. 182 18 6
Cigars and Snuff
... 348 ½ lbs. at 3s. 52 5 6
Wine
... 485 20-32 Gallons at 3s. 72 16 11
Ale and Beer
... 1638 Gallons at 1s. 81 18 0
do.
... 1000 Gallons at 6d. 25 0 0
Coffee, Cocoa, Chicory, and Chocolate
... 1271 lbs. at 3d. 15 17 9
Sugar, Raw, Refined, and Molasses
... 89,186lbs. at 1d. 371 12 2
Tea
... 10939 lbs. at 4d. 182 6 4
Gunpowder nil
Measurement Duties
... 3638 1-12 ft. at 4s. per cubic ft. 727 12 4
Fire Arms
... 7 in number at 5s. each 1 15 0
Goods
... 652 56-112 cwt. at 3s. per cwt. 97 17 7
Fees under Merchant Seamen’s Act
... 2 5 0
£ s. d.
Total amount of duties for Wellington 2623 6 3
Remittance from Wanganui 409 3 1
Total amount of Duties 3032 9 4

SETTLEMENT OF THE FOREGOING COLLECTIONS.

Date Description Amount
1861
Sept. 9 Expenses of Collection 242 3 0
Refund of Duty 21 4 8
Sept. 16 By Payment to Sub. Treasurer, General Government 1080 1 7
Sept. 28 do. 549 8 2
Sept. 30 do. 510 13 3
do. 678 18 8
Total as above 3032 9 4

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 £3032 9s. 4d. sterling, paid by me as above, is the whole amount so received by me from the first to the thirtieth day of Sept., 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 fourth day of October, 1861.

W. HICKSON, J.P.



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💰 Statement of Customs Revenue for September 1861 (continued from previous page)

💰 Finance & Revenue
4 October 1861
Customs, Revenue, Duties, Wellington, Stephen Carkeek, Wanganui
  • Stephen Carkeek (Esquire), Collector of Customs
  • W. Hickson (Justice of the Peace), Witness to declaration

  • Stephen Carkeek, Collector of Customs
  • W. Hickson, J.P.