Marlborough Provincial Gazette – 1867 – No. 150

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✨ Customs Duties Report

COMPARATIVE RETURN 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), for the Quarters ended respectively 31st March, 1867, and 31st March, 1866.

HEADS OF REVENUE.	QUARTER ENDED 31st March, 1867.		QUARTER ENDED 31st March, 1866.
	Quantity.	Duty.	Quantity.	Duty.
		£ s. d.		£ s. d.
Spirits ... gallons	912	547 4 1	846 2/32	507 12 10
Cigars and Snuff.. lbs
Tobacco ... lbs	1,041 1¼	130 4 5	594	74 5 0
Wine ... gallons	118	27 12 0	88 3-6	19 9 6
Ale, Beer, &c., in Wood gallons	30	1 10 0
" " in Bottle gallons	144	9 0 0	110	8 5 0
Tea ... lbs	2,539	63 9 6	2,460¼	61 10 3
Coffee, Cocoa, &c. lbs
Sugar and Molasses lbs	3,7661	156 18 5	2,0181	84 1 9
Fire Arms... No.
Powder, Sporting.. lbs
" Blasting .. lbs
Shot ... cwt
Goods by measurement at per cubic foot
5s	80¼	20 1 3	98 2/12	24 10 10
3s	71 2/12	10 13 6
2s 6d	7.6/12	0 18 9
2s	61 10-12	6 3 8
1s 6d	167	12 10 6
1s
6d
3d
Goods by weight, at per cwt
4s	2 11/16	0 10 9	70 0/18	14 0 8
3s
2s 6d	20	2 10 0
2s	13 10/16	1 7 3
1s	103 1/6	5 3 2
Ditto, at per lb.
3d	20,362	254 10 6
1d	1,989	8 5 9
½d
Ad Valorem 10 per cent.		0 17 1
" 5 per cent.
Other duties not specified above		9 14 6
TOTALS ...	...	£1,269 5 1		£793 15 10

S. J. MULLER,
Collector.

Custom House, Wairau,
4th April, 1867.

VUW Te Waharoa — Marlborough Provincial Gazette 1867, No 150

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🏭 Statement of Customs Duties Collected at Port of Wairau (continued from previous page)

Domain🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Dated4 April 1867
KeywordsCustoms Duties, Revenue, Wairau, March 1867
👩‍💼 Officials

S. J. Muller, Collector

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