Marlborough Provincial Gazette – 1867 – No. 155

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✨ Customs Duties Comparison

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 June, 1867, and 30th June, 1866.

HEADS OF REVENUE.	QUARTER ENDED 30th June, 1867.		QUARTER ENDED 30th June, 1866.
	Quantity.	Duty.	Quantity.	Duty.
		£ s. d.		£ s. d.
Spirits ... ... gallon	342 17/32	205 10 5	304 9/32	182 11 6
Cigars and Snuff.. lbs
Tobacco ... ... lbs	282	35 5 0	404	50 10 0
Wine ... ... gallon	132	26 8 0	90	18 10 0
Ale, Beer, &c., in Wood gallon
" " in Bottle gallon
Tea ... ... lbs	1,559	38 19 6	922	23 1 0
Coffee, Cocoa, &c. lbs	112	1 8 0	1,152	14 8 0
Sugar and Molasses lbs	7,031	29 5 11	10,779	44 18 3
Fire Arms... No.	5	1 5 0
Powder, Sporting... lbs
" Blasting.. lbs
Shot ... ... cwt	3	1 10 0
Goods by measurement at per cubic foot	51 1/12	12 15 5	102 9/12	25 13 9
" " " 3s	27 2/12	4 1 6
" " " 2s6d	3	0 7 6
" " " 2s
" " " 1s6d	249 9/12	1 4 9
" " " 1s	15 8/12	0 7 10
" " " 6d
" " " 3d
Goods by weight, at per cwt	8	1 12 0
" " " 3s	12 56/112	1 17 6	156	31 4 0
" " " 2s6d	30	3 15 0
" " " 2s	9 28/112	0 18 6
" " " 1s	29 84/112	1 9 9
Ditto, at per lb 3d
" " " 1d	437	1 16 5
" " " ½d
Ad Valorem 10 per cent.		1 2 0
" " 5 per cent.
Other duties not specified above
TOTALS ... ... ...	...	£371 0 0	...	£390 16 6

JOHN ALLEN,
Collector.

Custom House, Picton,
1st July, 1867.

VUW Te Waharoa — Marlborough Provincial Gazette 1867, No 155

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🏭 Comparative Return of Customs Duties Collected at Picton (continued from previous page)

Domain🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Dated1 July 1867
KeywordsCustoms Duties, Revenue, Picton, Quarterly Comparison
👩‍💼 Officials

JOHN ALLEN, Collector

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