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RETURN of the CUSTOMS REVENUE at the several Ports of New Zealand, during the Quarter ended the 31st day of DECEMBER, 1866.

HEADS OF REVENUE. Rates of Duty. Auckland Russell Mongonui. Wangarei and Kaipara. Hokian. New Plymouth. Wanganui. Wellington. Napier. Nelson. Collingwood. Westport. Picton. Havelock. Wairau. Lyttelton and Christchurch. Akaroa. Timaru. Hokitika. Okarita. Greymouth. Dunedin. Oamaru. Molyneux. Invercargill. Bluff Harbour. Riverton. Chatham Islands. Waikouaiti. Totals. Quantities. Totals. Revenue. Corresponding Quarter of 1865.

Spirits, P.d. gal. 12s. £ 14007 £ 485 £ 73 £ 13 £ 1619 £ 2944 £ 6512 £ 3004 £ 14198 £ 488 £ 6284 £ 18519 £ 1084 £ 146298 £ 87779 £ 90880
Cigars and Snuff, P.d. lb. 5s. 310 59 61 137 34 253 11740 2935 3478
Tobacco, P.d. lb. 2s. 6d. 3630 125 124 15 365 434 1220 638 1196 173376 21672 20081
,P.d. lb. 3d. 7520 94
Wine, P.d. gal. 4s. 1407 16 6 141 288 910 301 372 55950 11190 8019
,P.d. gal. 5s. 3333
Ale, Beer, &c., in Wood, P.d. gal. 1s. 593 6 54 883 100 118 75020 3751 4658
, in Bottle, P.d. gal. 1s. 3d. 1102 10 93 73 845 340 278 141216 8826 10072
Tea, P.d. lb. 6d. 1527 3 203 134 944 217 553 444960 11124 10052
Coffee, Cocoa, &c., P.d. lb. 3d. 380 15 21 249 23 99 187520 2344 2374
Sugar and Molasses, P.d. lb. 1d. 4975 5 3 424 261 1804 412 841 5133840 21391 19361
Firearms, each 5s. 16 336 84 74
Powder, Sporting, P.d. lb. 6d. 50 4440 111 } 57
, Blasting, P.d. lb. 1d. 11 61680 257 }
Shot, P.d. cwt. 10s.
Goods by Measurement, c.ft. 5s. 3111 1 116 146 1850 86 1065 81748 20437 22981
, 3s. 490 20 18 277 79 161 27166 4075
, 2s. 6d. 532 41 47 421 49 114 28720 3590
, 2s. 60 2 20 55 2 12 5650 565
, 1s. 6d. 86 12 15 130 15 33 21520 1614
, 1s. 262 54 18 306 28 79 40440 2022
, 6d. 20 1 148 11 34 24800 620
, 3d. 10 9 5 9 1 15680 196
Weight, P.d. cwt. 4s. 231 42 37 154 100 34 9535 1907 3498
, 3s. 40 3 15 130 28 79 2847 427
, 2s. 6d. 24 2 17 55 5 2936 367
, 2s. 208 17 100 32 1 8810 881
, 1s. 98 11 3 281 21 48 38980 1949
, 3d. 113 33 48 710 94 354 120720 1509
, 1d. 815 4 13 43 13 1 2123040 8846
, 1/2d. 18 64800 135
, 23
Ad Valorem, P.d. cent. 10
, 5 855 116 63 263 90 369 5788
Other Duties, not specified
above.
Totals . 35015 644 200 67 3499 4701 18694 5760 9435 579 460 201 1037 23828 567 2595 35495 960 13413 57968 2296 73 7649 357 1760 227253
Corresponding Qr., 1865 35884 362 404 4617 5322 15075 6629 10842 105 535 279 812 19603 263 2568 35521 2428 48507 1267 81 5870 294 1138 198418

The following return was received too late for insertion in previous Quarter's Statement.—Mongonui, £228.

COMPARATIVE RETURN of the Customs Revenue for the Years 1866 and 1865.

Totals, Customs Revenue—1866 148875 2302 1296 749 14356 20204 71914 23694 36225 579 1712 765 3157 100642 1407 9526 115293 2567 51935 195330 6439 115 27697 1191 6162 122 844254
Totals, Customs Revenue—1865 176924 1788 1631 292 248 16719 20331 56731 21364 38061 273 2179 1762 2606 87673 1315 8146 60920 2428 198095 4143 291 22360 957 2735 24 12 730008

Office of the Commissioner of Customs, Wellington, 7th February, 1867.

J. HACKWORTH, for the Secretary.