New Zealand Gazette – 1846 – No. 13

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✨ Customs Revenue Statistics



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STATEMENTS OF THE REVENUE OF CUSTOMS COLLECTED AT THE PORTS OF NEW
ZEALAND, IN THE YEARS ENDING 31ST DECEMBER, FROM 1841 TO 1845, INCLUSIVE.

Description of Imports. Auckland. Wellington. Russell. Nelson. New Plymouth. Akaroa. Total.

1841 a.
Spirits 1893 1 6 2149 9 3 952 16 0 4995 6 2
Cigars and Snuff.
Tobacco, manufactured
Do. unmanufactured
Ad Valorem Duty. 358 8 9 679 16 2 241 8 3 1279 13 2
Total £ 2251 10 3 £ 2829 5 6 £ 1194 4 3 £ 6274 19 11

1842 b.
Spirits 3880 10 2 6006 11.6 1635 4 6 785 0 0 12307.10 2
Cigars and Snuff.. 110 13 0 276 13 0 32 11 0 21.17 6 441 14 6
Tobacco, manufactured 553 8 0 447 3 0 14 14 0 165 11 0 1181 16 0
Do. unmanufactured
Ad Valorem Duty 890 9 4 363 0 2 £ 170 17 0 170 17 0
Total £ 5524 14 2 £ 8983 5 11 £ 2573 18 10 £ 1335 12 8 £ 170 17 0 £ 18588 8 7

1843 d.
Spirits 2653 1 6 3794 9 9 1164 8 4 1820 6 8 9432 5 10
Cigars and Snuff.. 88 10 8 232 7 0 6 0 0 103 11 0 425 8 2
Tobacco, manufactured 873 7 6 1053 3 0 407 9 0 489 14 6 2823 0 0
Do. unmanufactured
Ad Valorem Duty 437 18 3 1448 12 6 326 16 11 655 14 6 £ 467 0 0 £ 182 12 5 3069 2 4
Total £ 4047 17 6 £ 6534 18 5 £ 1904 14 3 £ 3069 6 8 £ 467 0 0 £ 182 12 5 £ 16206 8 10

1844 f.
Spirits 1583 8 0 3606 18 9 1141 1 1 5331 8 7
Cigars and Snuff. 16 8 0 119 5 0 66 2 11 201 15 11
Tobacco, manufactured 871 14 6 307 12 0 1022 3 0 2201 9 6
Do. unmanufactured 14 17 9 15 18 9 30 15 9
Ad Valorem Duty 597 17 8 640 16 4 441 16 11 £ 246 14 0 1880 10 6
Total £ 3069 8 6 £ 4604 0 10 £ 1051 16 3 £ 1972 10 11 £ 481 12 6 £ 246 14 5 £ 11426 8 5

1845 l.
Spirits 1995 7 3 1277 10 3 364 0 0 9 10 0 3646 7 0
Cigars and Snuff 34 7 6 105 1 0 7 12 9 4 19 0 162 0 3
Tobacco, manufactured 1034 10 0 1450 19 0 145 18 0 2630 18 0
Do. unmanufactured
Ad Valorem Duty. 1811 7 6 855 14 4 222 0 9 22 1 8 2911 4 5
Total £ 4875 3 5 £ 3689 4 7 £ 739 11 6 £ 739 11 6 £ 36 10 8 £ 9340 10 2

RECAPITULATION.
Revenue of Customs
for the Year 1841 2251 10 5 2829 5 5 1194 4 3 1335 12 8 170 17 0 6274 19 11
" 1842 5524 14 2 8983 5 11 2576 18 10 3069 6 3 467 0 0 162 12 5 18688 8 7
" 1843 4047 17 6 6534 18 5 1904 14 3 3069 6 8 467 0 0 182 12 5 16206 8 10
" 1844 3069 8 6 4604 0 10 1051 16 3 1972 10 11 481 12 6 246 14 6 11426 3 5
" 1845 4875 3 5 3689 4 7 739 11 6 739 11 6 36 10 8 9340 10 2
Total £ 19768 18 10 £ 26640 15 2 £ 6724 13 7 £ 7117 1 4 £ 1156 0 2 £ 429 6 10 £ 61836 10 11

A. Customs' Department established at Auckland, Wellington, and Russell, in Michaelmas Quarter, 1841. B. Customs' Department established
at Nelson, in Lady Day Quarter, 1842; New Plymouth, in Midsummer Quarter, 1842. C. This is the Total of Collections during the Year. Cus-
toms' Department abolished, 30th September, 1844. E. This is the Total of Collections during the Year. H. Amount of Collections made during
the two first Quarters of the Year. I. Customs' Department re-established at Auckland, 9th April; at Wellington, 12th May; at Nelson, 29th
April; and at New Plymouth, 30th April.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 8th September, 1846.

ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

Auckland: Printed by JOHN WILLIAMSON, for the New Zealand Government.




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💰 Statements of Customs Revenue Collected at New Zealand Ports, 1841-1845

💰 Finance & Revenue
8 September 1846
Customs, Revenue, Imports, Duties, Statistics, Auckland, Wellington, Russell, Nelson, New Plymouth, Akaroa
  • Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary