Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1861 – No. 14

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✨ Customs Revenue Statement

STATEMENT of all Moneys received by CHARLES SHARP, Esquire, Collector of Customs for the Port of Wanganui, New Zealand, from the first to the thirty-first day of March, 1861, both days inclusive.

HEAD OF RECEIPT.

		TOTAL.
Spirits ... ... ... ... ...	412 Gallons at 9s. ... ...	£ s. d.
Tobacco ... ... ... ... ...	1144 lbs. at 1s. 6d. ... ...	185 8 0
Cigars and Snuff ... ... ...	80 lbs. at 3s. ... ...	12 0 0
Wine ... ... ... ... ...	130 Gallons at 3s. ... ...	19 10 0
Ale and Beer ... ... ... ...	Nil. Gallons at 1s. ... ...	0 0 0
Do. ... ... ... ... ...	800 Gallons at 6d. ... ...	20 0 0
Coffee, Cocos, Chicory & Chocolate	687 lbs. at 3d. ... ...	8 11 0
Sugar, Raw, Refined, and Molasses	35,336 lbs. at 1d. ... ...	147 4 8
Tea ... ... ... ... ...	910 lbs. at 4d. ... ...	15 3 4
Fire Arms ... ... ... ...	6 in No. at 5s. each ... ...	1 10 0
Measurement Duties ... ...	558 ft 7 in. at 4s. per cubic ft.	111 14 4
Gunpowder ... ... ... ...	Nil. ... ... ...	0 0 0
Goods ... ... ... ... ...	79'2 8 at 3s. per cwt. ... ...	11 18 8
Total amount of Duties ... ... ...	£ 618 16 9

SETTLEMENT OF THE FOREGOING COLLECTIONS.

1861
March 30	By salaries of the Department ... ... ... ...	34 8 4
	By Rent of Offices, 1 quarter viz., from 1st January to 31st March, at £45 per annum, ... ... ... ...	11 5 0
	By Incidents ... ... ... ... ...	2 4 8
	Remittance to Collector at Wellington ... ... ...	570 18 9
	Total as above ... ... ...	£ 618 16 9

I, CHARLES SHARP, 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 £618: 16s. 9d. Sterling, paid by me CHARLES SHARP, is the whole amount so received by me from the first to the thirty-first day of March, 1861, both days inclusive, and I do make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing the same to be true.

CHARLES SHARP,
Collector.

Declared before me this thirtieth day of March, 1861.

JOHN NIXON, J.P.

VUW Te Waharoa — Wellington Provincial Gazette 1861, No 14

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💰 Statement of Customs Revenue for Wanganui Port

Domain💰 Finance & Revenue
Dated30 March 1861
KeywordsCustoms duties, Revenue, Wanganui Port, March 1861
👱🏽 Names

Charles Sharp (Esquire), Collector of Customs for Wanganui
John Nixon (Justice of the Peace), Witness to declaration

👩‍💼 Officials

CHARLES SHARP, Collector of Customs

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