Marlborough Provincial Gazette – 1862 – No. 19

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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 May, 1862, both days inclusive.

HEAD OF RECEIPT TOTAL
£ s. d.
Spirits
... 2724 7-32 Gallons at 9s. ... 1225 18 2
Tobacco
... 1967 lbs. at 1s. 6d. ... 147 10 6
Cigars and Snuff
... 305 lbs. at 3s. ... 45 15 0
Wine
... 1323 19-32 Gallons at 8s. ... 529 10 0
Ale and Beer
... 416 Gallons at 1s. ... 20 16 0
do.
... 250 Gallons at 6d. ... 6 5 0
Coffee, Cocoa, Chicory, and Chocolate
... 5362 lbs. at 3d. ... 67 0 6
Sugar, Raw, Refined, and Molasses
... 67684 lbs. at 1d. ... 282 0 4
... 7689 lbs. at 4d. ... 128 3 0
Tea
... nil. ...
Gunpowder
... 966 1-12 ft. at 4s. per cubic ft. 193 4 4
Measurement Duties
... 1 in number at 5s. each 5 0 0
Fire Arms
... 1 in number at 5s. each 68 19 2
Goods
... 426 44-112 cwt. at 3s. per cwt. 64 17 6
2379 7 9
Fees under Merchant Shipping Act 10 0 0
Remittance from Wanganui 301 4 0

Total amount of Duties ... £ 2681 1 9

SETTLEMENT OF THE FOREGOING COLLECTIONS.

1862 Expenses of Collection ... £ s. d.
May 12 By Payment to Sub. Treasurer, General Government 311 14 5
May 19 do. 936 3 2
May 26 do. 686 15 7
May 31 do. 465 15 4
do. 280 13 3

Total as above ... £ 2681 1 9

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 £2681 1s. 9d. sterling paid by me as above, is the whole amount so received by me from the first to the thirty-first day of May, 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 third day of June, 1862.

GEO. HUNTER, J.P.

Compared, 2nd June, 1862,
WILLIAM SEED,
Landing Surveyor.

Printed under the Authority of the Government of the Province of Wellington by Thomas McKenzie and James Muir, Printers for the time being to such Government.




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💰 Statement of Customs Revenue for May 1862

💰 Finance & Revenue
3 June 1862
Customs Duties, Revenue, Wellington Province, Spirits, Tobacco, Wine, Beer, Coffee, Sugar, Gunpowder, Firearms, Shipping Fees
  • Stephen Carkeek (Esquire), Collector of Customs for Wellington Province
  • Geo. Hunter (Justice of the Peace), Witness to declaration
  • William Seed, Landing Surveyor, verified statement

  • Stephen Carkeek, Collector of Customs
  • Geo. Hunter, J.P.
  • William Seed, Landing Surveyor