New Zealand Gazette – 1898 – No. 7

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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 31st DECEMBER, 1897—continued.

Excise Duties.

Heads of Revenue. Rates of Duty. Auckland. Wellington. Christchurch. Dunedin. Other Ports. Totals. Corresponding Quarter, 1896.
£ £ £ £ £ Quantities. Revenue.
Beer 3d. per gallon 5,026 2,356 3,852 4,769 4,877 1,670,400 gallons 20,880
Tobacco 1s. per lb. 665 .. .. .. .. 13,300 lb. 665
Cigars, Cigarettes, and Snuff 1s. 6d. per lb. 31 .. .. .. .. 415 " 31
Tinctures, &c., containing more than 50 per cent. of proof spirit 9d. per lb. 33 41 .. 213 .. 7,653 " 287
" " less " " 3d. per lb. 5 .. .. .. .. 400 " 5
Totals .. 5,760 2,397 3,852 4,982 4,877 .. 21,868
Corresponding Quarter, 1896 .. 6,192 2,178 3,416 4,531 4,800 .. ..

COMPARATIVE RETURN OF EXCISE DUTIES FOR THE YEARS 1897 AND 1896.

Year 1897 .. .. .. .. .. .. 75,297 Year 1897.
Year 1896 .. .. .. .. .. .. 70,067 Year 1896.

Department of Trade and Customs, Wellington, 22nd January, 1898.

W. T. GLASGOW,
Secretary and Inspector.



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💰 Return of Customs and Excise Duties for Quarter Ended 31 December 1897 (continued from previous page)

💰 Finance & Revenue
22 January 1898
Excise duties, Quarterly return, Beer, Tobacco, Spirits, Revenue statistics, 1897
  • W. T. Glasgow, Secretary and Inspector