New Zealand Gazette – 1898 – No. 59

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✨ Customs and Excise Duties Statistics



RETURN showing the CUSTOMS and EXCISE DUTIES collected at the several Ports of NEW ZEALAND during the QUARTER ended 30th June, 1898.

CUSTOMS DUTIES.

HEADS OF REVENUE. Rates of Duty. Auckland. Kaipara. Tauranga. Poverty Bay. New Plymouth. Patea. Wanganui. Wellington. Napier. Wairau. Picton. Nelson. Westport. Greymouth. Hokitika. Lyttelton and Christchurch. Timaru. Oamaru. Dunedin. Invercargill. Parcels Post. TOTALS. Corresponding Quarter, 1897.
Quantities. Revenue.
Spirits, ₱ gal. 16s. £ 20598 £ 3 £ 54 £ 1328 £ 696 £ 225 £ 3385 £ 20457 £ 5102 £ 571 £ 50 £ 2323 £ 1259 £ 2029 £ 1099 £ 17201 £ 1467 £ 1446 £ 22336 £ 5014 £ 189304 gal. £ 106648
" perfumed, " 30s. 219 3 158 1 24 86 328 " 492
Cigars and Snuff, ₱ lb. 7s. 1523 9 47 47 123 1754 297 11 115 23 64 146 739 15 1752 30 19129 lb. 6695
Cigarettes * 3245 197 202 402 2996 532 86 9 1888 87 35 2860 3 12042
Tobacco, manufactured, ₱ lb. 3s. 6d. 14581 75 607 1563 80 2757 12509 2969 206 1511 682 1200 765 8707 385 875 13015 2289 867006 lb. 64226
" unmanufactured, ₱ lb. 2s. 1347 18470 " 1347
Wine, sparkling, ₱ gal. 9s. 109 2 13 269 27 17 127 70 1409 gal. 634
" Australian, " 5s. 212 2 40 63 32 111 520 113 8 37 27 147 89 922 55 84 869 188 9076 " 2269
" other kinds, " 6s. 737 17 7 145 1041 252 9 63 19 8 6 866 8 19 686 144 18423 " 4027
Ale, Beer, &c., ₱ gal. 2s. 976 73 151 1646 165 4 177 18 12 6 580 46 777 50 46760 " 4676
Tea, ₱ lb. 4d. 4553 24 62 273 11 204 6496 239 2 161 30 129 44 2705 279 45 4894 236 1223220 lb. 20387
Coffee, raw, ₱ lb. 2d. 160 118 5 1 5 48 216 24 69240 " 577
" roasted, " 5d. 7 1 384 " 8
Chicory, Cocoa, and Chocolate, ₱ lb 3d. 165 5 3 4 247 9 5 6 79 5 179 56560 " 707
Sugar, Molasses, and Treacle, ₱ lb. 4d. 19240 119 9 52 555 2405 1312 117 326 266 398 271 2861 276 189 4745 1141 16426560 " 34222
Glucose, ₱ lb. 1d. 89 42 19 39 142 79440 " 331
Opium, ₱ lb. 40s. 10 4 418 396 768 768 " 1536
Goods by Weight 11400 9 221 339 46 792 11724 1222 31 3 1898 33 513 115 5201 162 49 8948 794 43434
" ad valorem 30166 11 66 264 1122 338 1376 26606 1755 261 14 1715 258 538 205 12253 1203 438 19562 1200 99351
Other Duties 5759 66 2 180 897 77 390 7925 1372 136 10 296 178 254 129 3138 236 216 5901 452 27114
Parcels Post.. 2982 2982
Totals 115096 89 223 3124 4728 908 10408 97331 15391 1356 77 8672 2794 5577 2830 56279 4174 2840 87306 11515 2982 433700
Corresponding Quarter, 1897 108921 68 187 3116 4118 830 9507 97758 17539 1089 50 7884 2550 5805 3149 60577 3654 2867 84735 11353 1809
  • 17s. 6d. per 1,000 of 2½ lb. and under, and 6d. per oz. for weight over 2½ lb. per 1,000.

EXCISE DUTIES.

Heads of Revenue. Rates of Duty. Auckland. Wellington. Christchurch. Dunedin. Other Ports. Totals. Corresponding Quarter, 1897.
Quantities. Revenue.
Beer 3d. per gallon £ 4,152 £ 2,065 £ 2,933 £ 4,416 £ 3,616 1,374,560 gallons £ 17,182
Tobacco 1s. per lb. 701 14,020 lb. 701
Cigars, Cigarettes, and Snuff 1s. 6d. per lb. 42 560 " 42
Tinctures, &c., containing more than 50 per cent. of proof spirit 9d. per lb. 48 14 241 7,946 " 298
" containing less than 50 per cent. of proof spirit.. 3d. "
Totals 4,938 2,079 2,933 4,657 3,616 18,228
Corresponding Quarter, 1897 4,695 1,879 2,997 4,186 3,642

Department of Trade and Customs, Wellington, 30th July, 1898.

W. T. GLASGOW,
Secretary and Inspector.



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🏭 Return of Customs and Excise Duties Collected at New Zealand Ports for Quarter Ended 30 June 1898

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
30 July 1898
Customs Duties, Excise Duties, Revenue, Ports, Statistics, Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin, 1898
  • W. T. Glasgow, Secretary and Inspector, Department of Trade and Customs