✨ Customs Duties Statement
STATEMENT showing the amount of Customs Duties collected
at the Port of
WAIRAU,
in the Colony of New Zealand (according to the several heads of
Revenue undermentioned), from the 1st to the 31st day of October, 1866, both days inclusive
| Heads of Receipt | Quantity / Measure | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Spirits | 232 5/32 gallons at 12s. | £139 5 11 |
| Cigars and Snuff | 619 lbs. at 6s. | 13 6 6 |
| Tobacco | ... | 7 12 0 |
| Wine | 38 gallons at 4s. | 7 12 0 |
| Ale and Beer, &c., (in bottle) | 80 gallons at 1s. 3d. | 5 0 0 |
| Ditto (in wood) | ... | |
| Tea | 419 lbs. at 6d. | 1 10 0 |
| Coffee, Cocoa, Chicory, and | 120 lbs. at 3d. | |
| Chocolate | ... | |
| Sugar, Raw, Refined, and | 4600 lbs. at 1d. | 19 3 4 |
| Molasses | ... | |
| Firearms | at 5s. each | |
| Powder (sporting) | 19 lbs. at 6d. | |
| Ditto (blasting) | lbs. at 1d. | |
| Shot | 10 2/12 cwt. at 10s. per cubic foot | 2 10 10 |
| Goods by measurement | 19 6/12 at 3s. 6d. | 2 18 3 |
| 2 at 2s. 6d. | 0 5 0 | |
| 153 7/12 at 2s. | 15 7 2 | |
| at 1s. 6d. | ||
| 3 6/12 at 6d. | 0 3 6 | |
| at 3d. | 1 1 0 | |
| Goods by weight | 5 28/112 at 4s. per cwt. | |
| at 3s. | ||
| at 2s. 6d. | ||
| at 2s. | ||
| 5 at 1s. | 0 5 0 | |
| at 1½d. per lb. | 4 13 4 | |
| Ad Valorem | 10 per cent. | |
| 5 per cent. | ||
| Other duties not specified | ... | |
| Totals | £289 12 4 |
Custom House, Wairau,
5th November, 1866.
S. I. MULLER,
Collector.
Printed for the Provincial Government by S. and T. JOHNSON,
Alfred-street, Blenheim, Government
Printers for the time being to such Government.
Marlborough Provincial Gazette 1866, No 136
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🏭 Statement of Customs Duties collected at Wairau
🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry5 November 1866
Customs duties, Revenue, Wairau, Imported goods, Taxation
- S. I. Muller, Collector