New Zealand Gazette – 1862 – No. 31

Page 254

✨ Customs Revenue Returns

READER WOOD.
Wellington, July 21st, 1862.
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RETURN of the CUSTOMS REVENUE at the several Ports of NEW ZEALAND, during the Quarter ended 31st March, 1862.

THE following RETURNS are published for general information.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

HEADS OF REVENUE. Rates of Duty. Auckland. Russell. Mongonui. Hokianga. N. Plymouth. Wanganui. Wellington. Napier. Collingwood. Nelson. Wairau. Picton. Lyttelton. Akaroa. Timaru. Dunedin. Molyneux. Invercargill and Bluff Harbor. Riverton. TOTALS. Corres- ponding Quarter 1861. Revenue.
£. £. £. £. £. £. £. £. £. £. £. £. £. £. £. £. £. £. £. £. Quantity. Revenue. £.

Spirits . . per gallon 9s. 6,079 233 44 827 524 3,104 1,210 3 1,383 338 32 3,856 11 294 17,392 228 964 . 81,160 36,522 20,247

Cigars and Snuff per lb. 3s. 320 1 26 13 128 32 111 150 1,069 26 . 12,507 1,876 771

Tobacco " " 1s 6d 2,036 98 103 101 245 532 392 364 74 34 717 36 73 2,804 23 97 . 103,053 7,729 5,430

Wine . . per gallon 3s. 700 21 76 51 427 156 235 4 850 8 65 1,780 29 79 . 29,873 4,481 2,719

Ale, Beer, &c., in wood " 6d. 225 40 390 111 2 488 7 1,189 79 39 . 102,800 2,570 1,302

" " in bottle " 1s. 480 9 3 34 12 694 92 100 17 670 13 2,214 69 55 . 89,240 4,462 1,694

Tea . . per lb. 4d. 989 1 33 2 572 83 239 679 41 1,703 9 89 2 266,520 4,442 2,906

Coffee, Cocoa, &c. " 3d. 382 7 12 184 7 62 12 204 1,114 7 28 . 161,520 2,019 799

Sugar . . " 1d. 2,934 11 11 200 51 1,789 162 519 1,877 108 4,419 157 264 10 3,002,880 12,612 6,792

Fire Arms each 5s. 24 3 1 5 6 8 1 192 48 82

Gunpowder per lb. 3d. 5 1 2 640 8 36

Goods by Measurement per cubic foot 4s. 4,201 18 17 1 68 163 2,484 196 1,023 26 1 2,475 20 12 8,155 28 274 13 . 19,175 8,216

Goods by Weight per cwt. 3s. 272 1 1 21 17 268 20 115 227 8 1,204 12 30 10 2,206 1,242

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,647 392 169 12 1,393 1,130 10,576 2,351 3 4,267 461 79 12,199 75 621 43,053 641 1,946 35 . 98,050 .

Corresponding Quarter, 1861. Totals 14,985 483 190 58 1,561 1,249 8,425 2,170 135 4,712 467 9,000 215 7,771 815 . 52,236

Office of Commissioner of Customs,
Auckland, 15th July, 1862.

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

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1862, No 31

Parliament sat at General Assembly House (nicknamed the 'Shedifice') in Auckland from 1854-1864, sharing the building with the Auckland Provincial Council.

Ironically the Upper House met on the lower story, and the Lower House on the upper story.

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💰 Return of Customs Revenue for the Quarter ending March 31, 1862.

Domain💰 Finance & Revenue
Dated15 July 1862
KeywordsCustoms, Revenue, Statistics, Quarterly Report, Ports, Duties, 1862
👩‍💼 Officials

R. F. Porter, For the Commissioner of Customs

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