Marlborough Provincial Gazette – 1866 – No. 134

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✨ Customs Duties and Land Licence

COMPARATIVE RETURN showing the amount of Customs Duties collected at the PORT of PICTON, in the Colony of New Zealand (according to the several Heads of Revenue undermentioned), for the Quarters ended respectively 30th day of September, 1866, and 30th day of September, 1865.

Heads of Revenue.	Quarter ended September 30th, 1866.		Quarter ended September 30th, 1865.
	Quantity.	Duty.	Quantity.	Duty.
		£ s. d.		£ s. d.
Spirits	gallons 342 20/32	205 11 8	gallons 488 5/32	292 18 0
Cigars and Snuff	lbs. ...	...	lbs. ...	...
Tobacco	lbs. 600	75 0 0	lbs. 460	57 10 0
Wines, in Wood	gallons 55	11 0 0	gallons 152	30 8 0
Wines, in Bottle	gallons ...	...	gallons 10	2 10 0
Ale, Beer, &c., in Wood	gallons ...	...	gallons ...	...
Do. Do., in Bottle	gallons ...	...	gallons 200	7 10 0
Tea	lbs. 440	11 0 0	lbs. 1,715	42 17 6
Coffee, Cocoa, &c.	lbs. ...	...	lbs. 448	5 12 0
Sugar	lbs. 11,062	46 1 10	lbs. 16,973	70 14 5
Fire Arms	...	...	...	...
Gunpowder	lbs. ...	...	...	...
Goods by measurement at 5s per cubic foot	109 1/12	27 5 6	189 5/12	47 7 1
Goods by Weight at 4s. per cwt.	29 70/112	5 18 6	50 49/112	10 1 9
Totals		381 17 5		567 8 9

JOHN ALLEN,
Collector.

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

Crown Lands Office,
Blenheim, 8th October, 1866.

APPLICATION for a Pasture Licence in accordance with the Land Regulations of 1st July, 1856, received by me on the 6th instant:—

William Henry Brnsill

District—Awatere.

Boundaries—To include “all the country within the boundaries as defined by the Crown Grant of the Awatere Shearing Reserve, which on Survey shall be found to be in excess of twelve thousand acres, as granted in the Crown Grant.”

Estimated extent—About 4,000 acres.

Deposit paid—£15.

JAMES BALFOUR WEMYSS,
Commissioner.

VUW Te Waharoa — Marlborough Provincial Gazette 1866, No 134

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💰 Comparative Return of Customs Duties (continued from previous page)

Domain💰 Finance & Revenue
Dated1 October 1866
KeywordsCustoms Duties, Revenue, Picton, Trade, Statistics
👩‍💼 Officials

JOHN ALLEN, Collector

🗺️ Application for a Pasture Licence

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated8 October 1866
KeywordsPasture Licence, Land Regulations, Awatere, Crown Grant
👱🏽 Names

William Henry Brnsill, Applicant for Pasture Licence

👩‍💼 Officials

JAMES BALFOUR WEMYSS, Commissioner

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