Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1857 – No. 19

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✨ Customs Revenue Statement

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STATEMENT of all Moneys received by D. S. DURIE, Esquire, Acting Sub-Collector of Customs for the Port of Wangauui, New Zealand, from the First to the Thirty-first day of August, 1857, both days inclusive.

Head of Receipt	Total
Spirits ... 210 Gallons at 8s. ...	£4 0 0
Tobacco ... 1243 lbs. at 1s. 3d. ...	77 10 9
Cigars and Snuff ... lbs. at 3s. ...	0 0 0
Wine ... 188 Gallons at 3s. ...	28 4 0
Ale and Beer ... 110 Gallons at 1s. ...	5 10 0
Do. do. ... Gallons at 6d. ...	0 0 0
Coffee, Cocoa, Chicory, and Chocolate ... lbs. at 2d. ...	0 0 0
Sugar, Raw, Refined, and Molasses ... 22,960 lbs. at ½d. ...	47 16 8
Tea ... 1632 lbs. at 3d. ...	20 8 0
Fixed Duties ...	4 13 1
Measurement Duties ... 216 ft. 11 in. at 3s. per cubic foot	32 10 9
Measurement Duties ... 109 1 at 1s. per	5 9 1
Goods ... 61 cwt. 18 lbs. at 2s. cwt. ...	6 2 4
	£312 7 8
To Balance brought from preceding month ending 31st July, 1857 ...	40 1 4
Total Amount of Duties ...	£352 9 0

Settlement of the foregoing Collections.

| August | | | |
|--------|---------------------------------------------|-------|
| 5 | By Remittance to Collector, Wellington ... | 40 1 4 |
| 12 | Do. do. ... | 100 0 0 |
| 13 | By payment to Tidewaiters ... | 2 2 0 |
| 20 | Do. to Taylor & Watt, for freight of stationery for H.M. Customs ... | 0 5 0 |
| | By Salaries of Customs' Department for August, 1857 ... | 12 10 0 |
| | Balance carried to next month ... | 197 10 8 |
| | Total as above ... | £352 9 0 |

I, D. S. DURIE, do solemnly and sincerely declare that the foregoing is a true and faithful statement of my Account as Acting Sub-Collector of Customs for the period herein mentioned, and that the sum of £352 9s. 0d. Sterling paid by me as above stated is the whole amount so received by me from the First to the Thirty-first day of August, 1857, both days inclusive, and I do make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing the same to be true.

D. S. DURIE,
Acting Sub-Collector.

Declared before me this Ninth
day of September, 1857.

JOHN NIXON, J.P.

VUW Te Waharoa — Wellington Provincial Gazette 1857, No 19

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💰 Statement of Customs Revenue for Wangauui, August 1857

Domain💰 Finance & Revenue
Dated9 September 1857
KeywordsCustoms, Revenue, Tariffs, Wangauui, August 1857
👱🏽 Names

D. S. Durie (Esquire), Acting Sub-Collector of Customs
John Nixon, Justice of the Peace

👩‍💼 Officials

D. S. Durie, Acting Sub-Collector of Customs
John Nixon, J.P.

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