Marlborough Provincial Gazette – 1862 – No. 11

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✨ Customs Revenue Statement

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 January, 1862, both days inclusive.

HEAD OF RECEIPT.	TOTAL
Spirits ... 2658 3-32 Gallons at 9s.	£ s. d.
	1196 2 11
Tobacco ... 3100 lbs. at 1s. 6d.	232 10 0
Cigars and Snuff ... 280 lbs. at 3s.	42 0 0
Wine ... 891 Gallons at 3s.	133 13 0
Ale and Beer ... 7980 Gallons at 1s.	399 0 0
Do. ... 6500 Gallons at 6d.	162 10 0
Coffee, Cocoa, Chicory, and Chocolate ...
4794 lbs. at 3d.	59 18 6
Sugar, Raw, Refined, and Molasses ...
76967 lbs. at 1d.	320 13 11
Tea ... 5673 lbs. at 4d.	94 11 0
Gunpowder ... 12 lbs. at 3d.	0 3 0
Measurement Duties ... 929 6-12 ft. at
4s. per cubic foot	185 18 0
Fire Arms ... 3 in number at 5s. each	0 15 0
Goods ... 549 9-½ cwt. at 3s. per cwt	82 7 3
Gold Export Duty ...	13 1 3
Fees under Merchant Shipping Act, 1854.	4 4 0

Total amount of duties for Wellington ... | 2927 7 10 |
Remittances from Wanganui ... | £201 18s. 7d. |
| £180 0s. |
| 381 18 7 |

Total amount of Duties ... | £3309 6 5 |

SETTLEMENT OF THE FOREGOING COLLECTIONS.

1862
Expenses of Collection ...	106 1 7
18th January By Payment to Sub-Treasurer,
General Government ...	1332 14 5
20th do. do. ...	607 4 2
27th do. do. do. ...	711 11 6
31st Balance to next month ...	551 14 9

Total as above ... | £3309 6 5 |

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 £3309 6s. 5d. Sterling, paid by me as above, is the whole amount so received by me from the first to the thirty-first day of January, 1862, both days inclusive, and I do make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing the same to be true.

S. CARKEEK,
Collector.

Declared before me this sixth day of February, 1862.

N. LEVIN, J. P.

VUW Te Waharoa — Marlborough Provincial Gazette 1862, No 11

The Marlborough Provincial Council used two modest buildings in Blenheim (depicted) as their council chambers.

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💰 Statement of Customs Revenue for January 1862 (continued from previous page)

Domain💰 Finance & Revenue
Dated6 February 1862
KeywordsCustoms, Revenue, Duties, Wellington, Stephen Carkeek
👩‍💼 Officials

Stephen Carkeek, Collector
N. Levin, J. P.

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