Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1857 – No. 18

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✨ Customs Revenue Statement

STATEMENT of all Moneys received by Stephen Carkeek, Esquire, Collector of Customs for the Province of Wellington, New Zealand, from the First to the Thirty first day of July, 1857, both days inclusive.

Head of Receipt	Total
Spirits... 2601 18-0 Gallons at 8s ...	1040 12 8
Tobacco... 3464 lbs. at 1s. 3d ...	216 10 0
Cigars and Snuff... 268 ¼ lbs. at 3s ...	40 5 6
Wine... 1744 Gallons at 3s ...	261 12 0
Ale and Beer... 380 Gallons at 1s ...	19 0 0
Do. do... Gallons at 6d ...	0 0 0
Coffee, Cocoa, Chicory, and Chocolate... 2444 lbs. at 2d ...	20 7 4
Sugar, Raw, Refined, and Molasses... lbs. at 4d ...	0 0 0
Tea... 2926 lbs. at 3d ...	36 11 6
Fixed Duties ...	106 18 9
Measurement Duties... 1508 1-10 at 3s. per cubic foot	226 4 3
Measurement Duties... 1820 6-10 at 1s. per " "	91 0 7
Goods... 708 20-112 at 2s. cwt...	70 16 4

| Amount of Duties for Wellington ... | £2129 18 11 |
| Seizures ... | 22 12 5 |
| Remittances for Outports ... | 270 9 0 |

| Total Amount of Duties ... | £2423 0 4 |

Settlement of the foregoing Collections.

1857
July 6	Expenses of Collection, Wellington	206 2 0
	Payment to Seizing Officer	11 6 2
	Paid Sub Treasurer of General Government	350 0 11
July 9	Do. do. do.	11 6 3
July 13	Do. do. do.	607 17 2
July 20	Do. do. do.	463 10 8
July 27	Do. do. do.	428 0 5
July 31	Do. do. do.	344 16 9
Total as above	£2423 0 4

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 £2423 0s. 4d. Sterling paid by me as above stated is the whole amount so received by me from the First to the Thirty first day of July, 1857, both days inclusive, and I do make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing the same to be true.

S. CARKEEK,
Collector.

Declared before me this Fourth day of August, 1857.

W. HICKSON, J. P.

VUW Te Waharoa — Wellington Provincial Gazette 1857, No 18

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💰 Statement of Customs Revenue (continued from previous page)

Domain💰 Finance & Revenue
Dated3 July 1857
KeywordsCustoms duties, Revenue collection, Wellington Province, Stephen Carkeek, George Hunter
👩‍💼 Officials

Stephen Carkeek, Collector of Customs
W. Hickson, Justice of the Peace

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