✨ Customs Revenue Return
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
RETURN of the CUSTOMS REVENUE at the several Ports of New Zealand, during the Quarter ended 30th September, 1859.
| Heads of Revenue. | Rates of Duty. | Auckland. | Wangarei. | Russell. | Mongonui. | Hokianga. | Kaipara. | Kawhia. | New Ply- mouth. | Wanganui. | Welling- ton. | Napier. | Colling- wood. | Nelson. | Wairau. | Lyttelton. | Akaroa. | Dunedin. | Inver- cargill. | Chatham Islands. | Totals. | Revenue. | Corresponding Quarter 1858. Revenue. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | Quantity. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | |
| Spirits | per gal. | 8s. & 9s. | 4,634 19 2 | 0 0 0 | 144 6 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 453 15 6 | 549 1 0 | 63,009 6 2 | 879 17 7 | 73 8 0 | 922 5 6 | 205 17 0 | 22,384 5 10 | 199 15 0 | 1,926 16 9 | 247 3 10 | 0 0 0 | 36,233 | 15,720 6 5 |
| Cigars and Snuff | per lb. | 3s. | 147 11 3 | 0 0 0 | 16 6 3 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 13 13 0 | 75 3 0 | 0 0 0 | 3 3 9 | 85 4 0 | 0 0 0 | 28 19 0 | 0 0 0 | 49 9 3 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 2,796 | 413 9 6 |
| Tobacco | .. | .. | .. | 1s.3d. & 1,451 2 0 | 0 0 0 | 63 7 9 | 205 5 6 | 11 7 6 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 115 8 6 | 173 6 3 | 691 10 6 | 205 16 3 | 7 1 3 | 568 4 0 | 0 0 0 | 583 5 9 | 0 0 0 | 379 16 6 | 32 6 3 | 0 0 0 | 45,844 |
| Wine | per gal. | 1s. 6d. | 425 18 6 | 0 0 0 | 3 18 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 40 16 0 | 39 19 6 | 266 16 11 | 53 5 0 | 7 4 0 | 113 5 6 | 3 15 0 | 435 12 0 | 0 0 0 | 277 7 0 | 15 18 0 | 0 0 0 | 11,258 | 1,633 15 5 |
| Ale, Beer, &c., (in wood) | .. | .. | 6d. | 370 12 6 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 17 10 0 | 685 16 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 8 15 0 | 0 0 0 | 200 5 0 | 0 0 0 | 93 14 0 | 2 14 0 | 0 0 0 | 55,623 | 1,390 11 6 |
| Ditto ditto (in bottle) | .. | .. | 1s. | 399 6 6 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 4 14 0 | 7 12 0 | 391 18 6 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 32 4 0 | 0 0 0 | 276 7 6 | 0 0 0 | 126 14 0 | 2 16 0 | 0 0 0 | 25,050 |
| Tea | per lb. | 3d.&4d. | 519 19 7 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 53 16 0 | 29 0 6 | 334 15 2 | 0 13 4 | 0 0 0 | 208 18 7 | 0 0 0 | 233 10 0 | 0 0 0 | 318 7 8 | 10 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 113,453 | 1,709 0 10 |
| Coffee, Cocoa, &c., | .. | .. | 2d. &3d. | 126 10 5 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 13 15 3 | 7 0 0 | 53 3 3 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 24 17 3 | 0 0 0 | 113 11 2 | 0 0 0 | 96 7 1 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 30,753 |
| Sugar | .. | .. | d,&ld. | 950 5 3 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 67 8 2 | 82 2 10 | 463 7 2 | 37 17 8 | 0 0 0 | 292 15 0 | 0 0 0 | 311 13 8 | 0 0 0 | 755 10 8 | 16 2 7 | 0 0 0 | 897,244 |
| Fire Arms | .. | .. | each | 5s. | 186 19 1 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 2 10 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 0 0 0 | 6 10 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 |
| Gunpowder | .. | .. | per lb. | 3d. | 30 7 5 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 8 15 0 | 14 13 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 1 8 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 61 3 5 |
| .. | .. | cubic foot | 1s. | 20 16 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 9 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 42 5 2 | 0 0 0 | 263 7 3 | 255 14 5 |
| Other articles specifically chgd. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Goods by Measurement, at per | cubic foot | 4s., 3s., & 1s., | 4,869 17 2 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 163 1 4 | 219 11 0 | 1,398 19 5 | 13 9 2 | 0 0 0 | 468 9 2 | 0 0 0 | 1,230 5 7 | 0 0 0 | 1,131 13 5 | 18 2 10 | 0 0 0 | 9,525 7 1 | 7,727 14 1 |
| Goods by Weight at | per cwt. | 3s. &2s. | 509 19 1 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 10 13 6 | 24 15 11 | 189 16 7 | 3 8 6 | 0 0 0 | 163 14 9 | 0 0 0 | 158 14 4 | 0 0 0 | 235 1 6 | 5 9 6 | 0 0 0 | 1,303 15 8 | 959 16 0 |
| Totals | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14,644 4 9 | 0 0 0 | 27 2 3 | 142 15 3 | 123 16 3 | 96 10 5 | 125 7 6 | 56 4 9 | 1,419 7 3 | 987 11 0 | 13,075 3 6 | 986 2 0 | 95 1 3 | 4,131 15 5 | 0 0 0 | 5,365 1 8 | 137 13 9 | 2,737 17 0 | 41,491 8 1 |
| Corresponding Quarter 1858—Totals | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10,818 17 10 | 27 2 3 | 142 15 3 | 123 16 3 | 96 10 5 | 125 7 6 | 56 4 9 | 1,419 7 3 | 987 11 0 | 13,075 3 6 | 986 2 0 | 95 1 3 | 4,131 15 5 | 0 0 0 | 5,365 1 8 | 137 13 9 | 2,737 17 0 | 18 2 7 | 75 8 7 |
Office of Commissioner of Customs,
Auckland, 21st December, 1859.
For the Commissioner of Customs,
R. F. PORTER.
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🏭 Return of Customs Revenue for the Quarter ended 30th September, 1859
🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry21 December 1859
Customs revenue, Quarterly return, Port statistics, Duties collected, 1859
- R. F. PORTER, For the Commissioner of Customs
NZ Gazette 1860, No 1