✨ Customs Revenue Statistics
RETURN of the CUSTOMS REVENUE at the several Ports of NEW ZEALAND during the QUARTER ended 30th SEPTEMBER, 1886.
| HEADS OF REVENUE. | Rates of Duty. | Auckland. | Thames. | Russell. | Mongonui. | Hokianga. | Kaipara. | Tauranga. | Poverty Bay. | New Plymouth. | Patea. | Wanganui. | Foxton. | Wellington. | Napier. | Wairau. | Picton. | Nelson. | Westport. | Greymouth. | Hokitika. | Lyttelton. | Timaru. | Oamaru. | Dunedin. | Invercargill. | Riverton. | Chathams. | TOTALS. | Corresponding Quarter, 1885. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | Quantities. | Revenue. | ||
| Spirits, ℔ gal. | 14s.6d | 15998 | 827 | 78 | 27 | 76 | .. | 276 | 1278 | 395 | 26 | 1389 | .. | 14517 | 3580 | 1114 | 68 | 2441 | 1596 | 2449 | 1819 | 12646 | 1527 | 1349 | 20301 | 3940 | 23 | .. | 121021 gal. | 87740 |
| ,, ,, | 21s. | 88 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 44 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 35 | 4 | .. | 99 | 3 | .. | .. | 261 ,, | 274 |
| Cigars and Snuff, ℔ lb. | 6s. | 1562 | 34 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 22 | 6 | 15 | 24 | .. | 1296 | 159 | .. | .. | 134 | 53 | 26 | 59 | 802 | 13 | 18 | 1802 | 116 | .. | .. | 20473 lb. | 6142 |
| Cigars and Snuff, N.Z. manufacture, ℔ lb. | 1s. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Tobacco, ℔ lb. | 3s.6d. | 11754 | 147 | 75 | .. | .. | 148 | 32 | 332 | 272 | .. | 106 | .. | 8539 | 2290 | 364 | .. | 1805 | 560 | 1193 | 870 | 6797 | 649 | 600 | 10381 | 1526 | .. | .. | 276800 ,, | 48440 |
| Tobacco, N.Z. manufacture, ℔ lb. | 1s. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Tobacco, unmanufactured, ℔ lb. | 2s. | 206 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2060 ,, | 206 |
| Tobacco, Sheepwash .. | 3d. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 80 ,, | 1 |
| Wine, ℔ gal. | 5s.6d. | 779 | 37 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 41 | 29 | .. | 94 | .. | 1123 | 339 | 56 | .. | 188 | 49 | 103 | 22 | 1045 | 125 | 50 | 1145 | 235 | .. | .. | 19924 gal. | 5479 |
| ,, Sparkling, ℔ gal. | 6s.6d. | 138 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 76 | 40 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 111 | 7 | .. | 122 | 1 | .. | .. | 1557 ,, | 506 |
| ,, Australian ,, | 4s.6d. | 229 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 36 | 6 | .. | 11 | .. | 328 | 92 | 11 | .. | 62 | 41 | 67 | 60 | 189 | 47 | 61 | 171 | 61 | .. | .. | 6551 ,, | 1474 |
| Ale, Beer, &c., in Bottle, ℔ gal. | 1s.6d. | 894 | 38 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 61 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 921 | 156 | 21 | .. | 243 | .. | 8 | 6 | 637 | .. | .. | 904 | 55 | .. | .. | 52627 ,, | 3947 |
| Ale, Beer, &c., in Wood, ℔ gal. | 1s.3d. | 26 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | 91 | 35 | .. | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 225 | .. | .. | 162 | 3 | .. | .. | 8880 ,, | 555 |
| Tea, ℔ lb. | 4d. | 3756 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 72 | 14 | 5 | 64 | .. | 2969 | 413 | 25 | .. | 971 | 76 | 231 | 166 | 5300 | 121 | 23 | 3832 | 318 | .. | .. | 1102200 lb. | 18370 |
| Coffee, Cocoa, &c., ℔ lb. | 3d. | 608 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 360 | 79 | 4 | .. | 54 | 2 | 17 | 71 | 285 | .. | .. | 556 | 30 | .. | .. | 165280 ,, | 2066 |
| ,, Roasted, ℔ lb. | 5d. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 240 ,, | 5 |
| Sugar & Molasses, ℔ lb. | ½d. | 8302 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 33 | .. | 65 | 33 | .. | 10 | .. | 3844 | 321 | .. | .. | 456 | 75 | 325 | 269 | 8127 | 142 | 63 | 5254 | 233 | .. | .. | 10824960 ,, | 22552 |
| Opium, ℔ lb. | 20s. | 40 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 97 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 48 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1152 | .. | .. | .. | 1339 ,, | 1339 |
| Goods by Weight | .. | 5028 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 127 | 11 | 2 | 22 | 25 | 4796 | 591 | 52 | .. | 637 | 35 | 379 | 134 | 3213 | 170 | 16 | 5896 | 205 | .. | .. | .. | 21339 |
| Ad valorem | .. | 29785 | 415 | 8 | .. | 3 | .. | 36 | 258 | 73 | 43 | 913 | 20 | 14939 | 2772 | 418 | 8 | 2717 | 116 | 837 | 312 | 14319 | 1376 | 560 | 27873 | 1533 | 12 | .. | .. | 99346 |
| Other Duties not specified above | .. | 3917 | .. | 10 | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 35 | 22 | 8 | 73 | 14 | 3953 | 560 | 24 | .. | 141 | 68 | 119 | 113 | 2626 | 165 | 192 | 4921 | 280 | .. | .. | .. | 17251 |
| Totals | .. | 83110 | 1498 | 178 | 27 | 79 | 182 | 385 | 2327 | 861 | 99 | 2717 | 59 | 57893 | 11428 | 2093 | 76 | 9860 | 2671 | 5802 | 3904 | 51359 | 4346 | 2933 | 84571 | 8539 | 35 | .. | .. | 337032 |
| Corresponding Quarter, 1885 | .. | 89804 | 2477 | 270 | 85 | 92 | 382 | 416 | 2327 | 1202 | 629 | 2954 | 54 | 68724 | 10735 | 1915 | 32 | 11505 | 2931 | 6453 | 3868 | 49441 | 4607 | 2736 | 90384 | 10197 | 420 | .. | .. | .. |
Excise duty on tobacco, 3900lb. at 1s., £195; excise duty on cigars, &c., 1780lb. at 1s., £89.
Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 15th October, 1886.
WILLIAM SEED,
Secretary and Inspector.
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💰 Customs Revenue at New Zealand Ports
💰 Finance & Revenue15 October 1886
Customs, Revenue, Statistics, Ports, New Zealand, 1886
- William Seed, Secretary and Inspector
NZ Gazette 1886, No 55