New Zealand Gazette – 1863 – No. 24

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✨ Customs Revenue Statistics



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Office of Commissioner of Customs,
Auckland, 8th June, 1863.

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 31st March, 1863.

HEADS OF REVENUE. Rates of Duty. Auckland. Russell. Mongonui. Hokianga. N. Plymouth. Wanganui. Wellington. Napier. Collingwood. Nelson. Wairau. Picton. Lyttelton. Akaroa. Timaru. Oamaru. Dunedin. Molyneux. Bluff Harbor and Invercargill. Riverton. Quantity. Revenue. Correspon-ing Quarter 1862.
Spirits per gal. 9s. £ 7,443 £ 132 £ 89 £ .. £ 691 £ 820 £ 3,375 £ 1,214 £ 88 £ 1,486 £ 475 £ .. £ 4,563 £ 93 £ 523 £ 10 £ 28,066 £ .. £ 7,053 £ 391 125,582 £ 56,512 £ 36,522
Cigars and Snuff per lb. 3s. 385 .. .. .. 39 25 117 39 27 5 133 .. .. .. .. .. 1,044 .. 80 .. 12,713 1,907 1,876
Tobacco- 1s. 6d. 1,900 116 138 .. 168 141 645 252 27 361 103 .. 809 85 .. .. 5,280 .. 783 97 145,400 10,905 7,729
Wine per gal. 3s. 1,101 2 .. .. 53 68 571 125 2 292 30 .. 1,013 2 23 3 2,492 .. 386 18 41,206 6,181 4,481
Ale, Beer, &c., (in wood) 6d. 444 .. .. .. 56 38 293 63 62 8 491 25 .. .. .. .. 1,145 .. 157 30 112,480 2,812 2,570
Ditto ditto (in bottle) 1s. 463 3 1 .. 46 14 527 67 2 135 23 .. 890 .. 12 .. 1,653 .. 268 30 82,680 4,134 4,462
Tea per lb. 4d. 1,099 .. .. 3 82 5 531 142 6 154 32 .. 757 36 3 .. 3,135 .. 448 33 387,960 6,466 4,442
Coffee, Cocoa, &c. - 3d. 423 1 .. .. 17 6 162 34 43 .. 289 7 .. .. .. 781 .. 131 22 153,280 1,916 2,019
Sugar 1d. 2,438 7 9 .. 172 154 858 161 28 768 57 .. 1,879 88 .. .. 5,138 1,044 107 3,096,720 12,903 12,512
Fire Arms each 5s. 56 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6 .. .. .. 272 68 48
Gunpowder per lb. 3d. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 .. .. .. 1 .. 5 .. 1,280 16 8
Goods by Measurement cubic foot 4s. 4,489 7 1 .. 209 226 1,884 229 .. 788 26 4 2,773 14 120 .. 9,826 .. 914 126 .. 21,636 19,175
Goods by Weight per. cwt. 3s. 414 1 .. .. 15 2 163 17 125 2 391 4 654 .. 204 17 .. 2,009 2,206
Totals - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 127,465 .. ..
Corresponding Quarter, 1862-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

*Returns for February and March not reeeived.

Office of Commissioner of Customs,
Auckland, 8th June, 1863.

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



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💰 Return of Customs Revenue at New Zealand Ports for Quarter ending March 1863

💰 Finance & Revenue
8 June 1863
Customs Revenue, Duties, Quarterly Statistics, Ports, Imports
  • Reader Wood
  • R. F. Porter, For the Commissioner of Customs