✨ Customs Revenue Statement
STATEMENT
\nof all Moneys received by Stephen Carkeek, Esquire, Collector
\nof Customs for the Province of Wellington, New Zealand, from the first
\nto the thirty-first day of March, 1857, both days inclusive.
\n| Head of Receipt | Total |
\n|----------------|-------|
\n| Spirits ... 2479 7-32 Gallons at 8s. ... | £991 5 9 |
\n| Tobacco ... 5765 lbs. at 1s. 3d. ... | 360 6 3 |
\n| Cigars and Snuff ... 164 lbs. at 3s. ... | 24 12 0 |
\n| Wine ... 898 27-32 Gallons at 3s. ... | 134 16 6 |
\n| Ale and Beer ... 2227 Gallons at 1s. ... | 111 7 0 |
\n| Do. do. ... 4130 Gallons at 6d. ... | 103 5 0 |
\n| Coffee, Cocoa, Chicory, and Chocolate ... 4904 lbs. at 2d. ... | 40 17 4 |
\n| Sugar, Raw, Refined and Molasses ... 139,560lbs. at ¼d. ... | 290 15 0 |
\n| Tea ... 22,789 lbs. at 3d. ... | 284 17 0 |
\n| Fixed Duties ... | 15 9 0 |
\n| Measurement Duties ... 3504 2-10 at 3s. per cubic foot ... | 525 12 8 |
\n| Measurement Duties ... 6780 at 1s. ... | 339 0 0 |
\n| Goods ... 1330 98-112 at 2s. per cwt. ... | 133 1 9 |
\n| Amount of Duties for Wellington ... | 3355 5 3 |
\n| Remittances from Customs ... | 379 16 2 |
\n| Total Amount of Duties ... | £3735 1 5 |
\n## SETTLEMENT OF THE FOREGOING COLLECTIONS
\n| Date | Description | Amount |
\n|------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------|
\n| 1857 | | £ s. d |
\n| March 9 | Expenses of Collection, Wellington ... | 205 7 6 |
\n| | Drawbacks Paid ... | 14 5 0 |
\n| | Paid Sub Treasurer of General Government ... | 1189 10 9 |
\n| March 16 | Do. do. do. do. ... | 608 9 2 |
\n| March 23 | Do. do. do. do. ... | 703 16 11 |
\n| April 31 | Do. do. do. do. ... | 1013 12 1 |
\n| Total as above ... | £3735 1 5 |
\nI, Stephen Carkeek, do solemnly and sincerely declare that the foregoing is a
\ntrue and faithful statement of my Account as Collector of Customs for the period
\nherein mentioned, and that the sum of £3735 1s. 5d. Sterling paid by me as above
\nstated is the whole amount so received by me from the first to the thirty-first day
\nof March, 1857, both days inclusive, and I do make this solemn declaration, conscientiously
\nbelieving the same to be true.
\nS. CARKEEK,
\nCollector.
\nDeclared before me this ninth
\nday of April, 1857.
\nGEORGE HUNTER, J. P.
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Wellington Provincial Gazette 1857, No 12
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Customs, Revenue, Wellington, March 1857
- Stephen Carkeek, Collector of Customs
- George Hunter, J. P.