Marlborough Provincial Gazette – 1866 – No. 118

Page 6

✨ Customs Duties Returns



COMPARATIVE RETURN, showing the amount of Customs Duties collected at the
Port of WAIRAU, in the Colony of New Zealand (according to several Heads of
Revenue undermentioned) for the Quarters ended respectively 31st day of December,
1865, and 31st day of December, 1864.

HEADS OF REVENUE Quarter ended Dec. 31st, 1865. Quarter ended Dec. 31st, 1864.
Quantity. Duty. Quantity. Duty.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Spirits (gallons) 863 7-32 517 18 8 780 12-32 369 6 11
Cigars and Snuff (lbs.) 1066 133 5 0 958 71 17 0
Tobacco, (lbs.) 107 22 18 0 205 33 19 0
Wine, (gallons) 450 11 17 6
Ale, Beer, &c., in wood (gals.)
Ditto ditto, in bottle (gals.) 40 3 0 0 475 27 13 0
Tea, (lbs.) 1,319 82 19 6 2545 45 6 8
Coffee, Cocoa, &c., (lbs.) 112 1 8 0 386 4 19 0
Sugar, (lbs.) 11,464 47 15 4 18,260 76 1 8
Fire Arms (No.)
Gunpowder (lbs.)
Goods, by measurement, at 5s. 202 5-12 50 12 1 316 3-12 66 2 2
per cubic foot
Goods by weight, at 4s. per 9 2 0 1 18 0 45 0 16 6 17 11
cwt.
Totals £811 14 7 £714 0 10

Custom House, Wairau,
this 3rd day of January, 1865.

S. L. MULLER,
Collector.

COMPARATIVE RETURN, showing the amount of Customs Duties collected at the
Port of PICTON, in the Colony of New Zealand (according to several Heads of
Revenue undermentioned), for the Quarters ended respectively 31st December, 1865,
and 31st December, 1864.

HEADS OF REVENUE Quarter ended Dec. 31st, 1865. Quarter ended Dec. 31st, 1864.
Quantity. Duty. Quantity. Duty.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Spirits (Gallons) 479 4-32 287 9 7 667 13-32 320 2 0
Cigars and Snuff (lbs.) 92 20 14 0 300 10-16 45 1 11
Tobacco (lbs.) 410 51 5 0 1751 131 6 6
Wine, in Wood (gallons) 138 27 12 0 179 28 6 0
Ditto, in Bottle (gallons) 40 10 0 0
Ale, Beer, &c., in Wood (gals.) 100 3 15 0 213 16 13 0
Tea (lbs) 1820 45 10 0 3464 68 15 8
Coffee, Cocoa, &c. (lbs.) 642 8 0 6 330 4 4 0
Sugar (lbs.) 11,533 48 1 1 16,103 67 1 11
Fire Arms (No.) 10 2 10 0
Gunpowder (lbs.) 6 0 1 6
Goods by measurement, at 4s. 111 4-12 27 16 8
and 5s. per cubic foot 213 42 13 2
Goods by weight, at 3s. and 4s. 22 56-112 4 10 0 95 111-112 14 8 0
per cwt.
Totals £534 13 10 £735 3 8

Custom House, Picton,
this 2nd day of January, 1866.

JOHN ALLEN,
Collector.



Next Page →



Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa — PDF Marlborough Provincial Gazette 1866, No 118




✨ LLM interpretation of page content

💰 Customs Duties Collected at Wairau

💰 Finance & Revenue
3 January 1865
Customs Duties, Wairau, Revenue, Spirits, Tobacco, Tea, Sugar
  • S. L. Muller, Collector

💰 Customs Duties Collected at Picton

💰 Finance & Revenue
2 January 1866
Customs Duties, Picton, Revenue, Spirits, Tobacco, Tea, Sugar
  • John Allen, Collector