Nelson Provincial Gazette – 1876 – No. 12

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✨ Customs Revenue Statistics

THE NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
(PROVINCE OF NELSON)

Published by Authority.

All notifications which appear in this Gazette with any Official Signature thereunto annexed are to be considered as Official Communications made to those Persons to whom they may relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.

EUGENE J. O'CONOR, Provincial Secretary.

VOL. XXV. NELSON, MONDAY, MAY 15, 1876. No. 12.

RETURN of the Amount of Customs Revenue collected at the Port of Nelson for the Quarter ended 31st March, 1876.

	£	s.	d.
Spirits	1,956	1	1
Spirits distilled in New Zealand	22	14	2
Cigars and Snuff	149	6	8
Tobacco	817	16	3
Wine	217	2	0
Ale and Beer, in Bottle	117	4	7
Ale and Beer, in Wood	80	0	0
Tea	531	5	7
Coffee, Cocoa, &c.	78	16	0
Coffee, roasted	2	17	6
Sugar and Molasses	1,620	10	8
Goods by weight	700	0	1
Goods by ad valorem	5,228	8	2
Other duties not specified above	490	12	2

	11,957	9	11
Gold Duty, Nelson Province	216	1	2
Pilotage	402	19	9

Total	12,576	10	10

D. JOHNSTON,
Collector.

Custom-house, Nelson,
12th April, 1876.

PDF — Nelson Provincial Gazette 1876, No 12

The Nelson Provincial Council Buildings (depicted) were constructed beginning with the laying of the foundation stone on 26 August 1859, with the first Council meeting held there on 30 April 1861.

The buildings served Nelson for over a century before being demolished on 12 September 1969.

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💰 Return of Customs Revenue collected at the Port of Nelson

Domain💰 Finance & Revenue
Dated12 April 1876
KeywordsCustoms Revenue, Port of Nelson, Statistics, Gold Duty, Pilotage
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D. Johnston, Collector

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