Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1858 – No. 20

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✨ Customs Revenue Statement



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STATEMENT of all Moneys received by Charles Sharp, Esquire, Acting Collector for S. Carkeek, Esquire, Collector of Customs for the Province of Wellington, New Zealand, from the first to the thirty-first day of May, 1858, both days inclusive.

Head of Receipt Total
Spirits... 2798 22-32 Gallons at 8s... £ s. d.
1119 9 8
Tobacco... 3769 lbs. at 1s. 3d... 235 11 3
Cigars and Snuff... 536 lbs. at 3s... 80 8 0
Wine... 577 27-32 Gallons at 3s... 86 13 7
Ale and Beer... 2705 Gallons at 1s... 135 5 0
Do. Do... 8695 Gallons at 6d... 217 7 6
Coffee, Cocoa, Chicory, and Chocolate... 8880 lbs. at 2d... 74 0 0
Sugar, Raw, Refined, and Molasses... 126,422 lbs. at 3d... 263 7 7
Tea... 15,417 lbs. at 3d... 192 14 3
Other Articles specifically charged... 34 14 4
Measurement Duties... 3253 1-10 at 3s. per cubic foot... 488 14 5
Measurement Duties... 6413 at 1s. per... 320 13 0
Goods... 792 44-112 at 2s. per cwt... 79 4 10

| Amount of Duties for Wellington... | 3328 3 5 |
| Remittances from Outports... | 316 8 10 |
| Total Amount of Duties... | 3644 12 3 |

SETTLEMENT OF THE FOREGOING COLLECTIONS.

| 1858. May | | £ s. d. |
| Expenses of Collection, Wellington... | 212 9 0 |
| Paid Sub Treasurer of General Government... 10 | 1153 4 0 |
| Do. Do. Do... 17 | 516 9 4 |
| Do. Do. Do... 25 | 1060 5 4 |
| Do. Do. Do... 31 | 702 4 7 |
| Total as above | 3644 12 3 |

I, Charles Sharp, do solemnly and sincerely declare that the foregoing is a true and faithful statement of my account, as Acting Collector of Customs for the period herein mentioned, and that the sum of £3644 12s. 3d. sterling, paid by S. Carkeek, Collector, and me, Acting Collector as above stated, is the whole amount so received by him and me, from the first to the thirty-first day of May, 1858, both days inclusive, and I do make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing the same to be true.

CHARLES SHARP,
Acting Collector.

Declared before me this ninth day of June, 1858.

GEORGE HUNTER, J.P.



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🏭 Statement of Customs Revenue for Wellington (continued from previous page)

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
9 June 1858
Customs, Revenue, Wellington, Tariffs, Duties, Financial Statement
  • Charles Sharp (Esquire), Acting Collector of Customs
  • S. Carkeek (Esquire), Collector of Customs

  • Charles Sharp, Acting Collector
  • George Hunter, J.P.