Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1857 – No. 10

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✨ Customs Revenue Statement



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STATEMENT of all Moneys received by STEPHEN CARKEEK, Esquire, Collector of Customs for the Province of Wellington, New Zealand, from the first to the twenty-eighth day of February, 1857, both days inclusive.

HEAD OF RECEIPT. TOTAL.
Spirits 2276 26-32 Gallons at 8s. £910 14 6
Tobacco 4240 lbs. at 1s. 3d. 265 0 0
Cigars and Snuff 283 lbs. at 3s. 42 9 0
Wine 1203 20-32 Gallons at 3s. 180 11 0
Ale and Beer 2896 Gallons at 1s. 144 16 0
Do. do. 1510 Gallons at 6d. 37 15 0
Coffee, Cocoa, Chicory, and Chocolate 3875 lbs. at 2d. 32 5 10
Sugar, Raw, Refined, and Melasses 182,564 lbs. at 3/4d., 380 6 10
Tea 14,196 lbs. at 3d. 177 9 0
Fixed Duties 73 3 5
Measurement Duties 1686 8-10 at 3s. per cubic foot... 253 0 6
Measurement Duties 2988 6-10 at 1s. 149 8 7
Goods 1065 9-112 at 2s. per cwt. 106 10 2
Amount of Duties for Wellington, 2753 9 10
Remittances from Outports 255 8 7
Total amount of Duties £3008 18 5

SETTLEMENT OF THE FOREGOING COLLECTIONS.

1857 £ s. d.
February Expenses of Collection. Wellington, 208 14 0
" 9 Paid Sub Treasurer of General Government 1051 10 1
" 16 Do. do. do. 662 2 2
" 23 Do. do. do. 614 17 5
" 28 Do. do. do. 471 14 9
Total as above £3008 18 5

I, STEPHEN CARKEEK, do solemnly and sincerely declare that the foregoing is a true and faithful statement of my Account as Collector of Customs for the period herein mentioned, and that the sum of £3008 18s. 5d. Sterling, paid by me as above stated is the whole amount so received by me from the first to the twenty-eighth day of February, 1857, both days inclusive, and I do make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing the same to be true.

STEPHEN CARKEEK,
Collector.

Declared before me this fourteenth day of March, 1857.
GEORGE HUNTER, J. P.



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💰 Statement of moneys received by the Collector of Customs, Wellington

💰 Finance & Revenue
14 March 1857
Customs, Revenue, Wellington, Duties, Imports, Trade
  • Stephen Carkeek (Esquire), Collector of Customs, Wellington
  • George Hunter (Justice of the Peace), Witnessed declaration

  • Stephen Carkeek, Collector of Customs
  • George Hunter, Justice of the Peace