New Zealand Gazette – 1861 – No. 53

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✨ Customs Revenue Returns



Office of Commissioner of Customs,
Auckland, 11th December, 1861.

THE following Returns are published for general information.

READER WOOD,

RETURN of the CUSTOMS REVENUE at the several Ports of New Zealand, during the Quarter ended 30th September, 1861.

Heads of Revenue and Rates of Duty:

  • Spirits: per gal. 9s.
  • Cigars and Snuff: per lb. 3s.
  • Tobacco: 1s. 6d.
  • Wine: per gal. 3s.
  • Ale, Beer, &c., (in wood): 6d.
  • Ditto ditto (in bottle): 1s.
  • Tea: per lb. 4d.
  • Coffee, Cocoa, &c.: 3d.
  • Sugar: 1d.
  • Fire Arms: each 5s.
  • Gunpowder: per lb. 3d.
  • Goods by Measurement, at per cubic foot: 4s.
  • Goods by Weight at: per cwt. 3s.

Note: Detailed revenue figures for individual ports (Auckland, Russell, Mongonui, Hokianga, Kaipara, Raglan, New Plymouth, Wanganui, Wellington, Napier, Collingwood, Nelson, Picton, Wairau, Lyttelton, Akaroa, Dunedin, Invercargill) are numerical and have been omitted from this transcription to focus on textual labels and summary data.

Totals for Quarter ended 30th September, 1861:

  • Spirits:
    • Quantity: 62,514
    • Revenue: £23,131 5s. 6d.
    • Corresponding Quarter, 1860 Revenue: £20,245 17s. 8d.
  • Cigars and Snuff:
    • Quantity: 4,824
    • Revenue: £723 12s. 8d.
    • Corresponding Quarter, 1860 Revenue: £433 3s. 0d.
  • Tobacco:
    • Quantity: 83,452
    • Revenue: £6,253 18s. 0d.
    • Corresponding Quarter, 1860 Revenue: £4,421 2s. 0d.
  • Wine:
    • Quantity: 20,934
    • Revenue: £3,140 4s. 4d.
    • Corresponding Quarter, 1860 Revenue: £2,425 13s. 8d.
  • Ale, Beer, &c., (in wood):
    • Quantity: 54,443
    • Revenue: £1,361 1s. 6d.
    • Corresponding Quarter, 1860 Revenue: £1,221 12s. 6d.
  • Ditto ditto (in bottle):
    • Quantity: 36,325
    • Revenue: £1,816 5s. 0d.
    • Corresponding Quarter, 1860 Revenue: £1,183 15s. 0d.
  • Tea:
    • Quantity: 221,127
    • Revenue: £3,635 9s. 0d.
    • Corresponding Quarter, 1860 Revenue: £2,501 15s. 0d.
  • Coffee, Cocoa, &c.:
    • Quantity: 93,407
    • Revenue: £1,167 11s. 11d.
    • Corresponding Quarter, 1860 Revenue: £635 12s. 3d.
  • Sugar:
    • Quantity: 71,635,652
    • Revenue: £6,315 4s. 4d.
    • Corresponding Quarter, 1860 Revenue: £5,111 11s. 11d.
  • Fire Arms:
    • Quantity: 210
    • Revenue: £52 10s. 0d.
    • Corresponding Quarter, 1860 Revenue: £47 0s. 0d.
  • Gunpowder:
    • Quantity: 2745
    • Revenue: £34 6s. 3d.
    • Corresponding Quarter, 1860 Revenue: £2 17s. 6d.
  • Goods by Measurement, at per cubic foot:
    • Revenue: £11,011 14s. 4d.
    • Corresponding Quarter, 1860 Revenue: £6,379 9s. 9d.
  • Goods by Weight at:
    • Revenue: £1,773 13s. 10d.
    • Corresponding Quarter, 1860 Revenue: £1,033 9s. 3d.
  • Totals (all items):
    • Revenue: £66,934 16s. 8d.
    • Corresponding Quarter 1860—Totals: £45,789 19s. 6d.

Wangarei (Corresponding Quarter 1860—Totals): £7 1s. 4d.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Office of Commissioner of Customs,
Auckland, 11th December, 1861.

R. F. PORTER,
For the Commissioner of Customs.

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💰 Return of Customs Revenue for the Quarter ended 30th September, 1861

💰 Finance & Revenue
11 December 1861
Customs Revenue, Duty Rates, Quarterly Return, Spirits, Tobacco, Sugar, 1861
  • Reader Wood
  • R. F. Porter, For the Commissioner of Customs