Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1861 – No. 14

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✨ Customs Revenue Report

COMPARATIVE RETURN of the Receipts of Customs of the Province of Wellington for the Quarters ended respectively the 31st day of March, 1861 and 1860, shewing also the expenses of Collection for the same periods.

RECEIPTS.

Heads of Revenue	Quarter ending 31st March, 1861		Quarter ending 31st March, 1860
	£ s. d.		£ s. d.
Balance in hands of Collector,
Wanganui	500 9 1		496 18 0
Spirits, at 9s...gallons	8071 29 32	3632 7 2	6414 26 32	2886 13 5
Tobacco, at 1s. 6d...lbs	11897 ...	892 5 6	12084 ...	906 6 0
Cigars and Snuffs, at 3s...lbs	720 ...	108 4 0	590 ...	88 10 0
Wine, at 1s........gallons	3503 15 32	525 10 5	2787 19 32	418 2 9
Ale and Beer, at 1s.	4522 ...	226 2 0	7517 ...	375 17 6
ditto, at 6d.	17384 ...	434 12 0	11083 ...	277 1 6
Coffee, at 3d..........lbs	15086 ...	188 11 6	10066 ...	125 16 6
Sugar, at 1d................	334800 ...	1395 0 0	282427 ...	1176 15 7
Tea, at 4d................lbs	36958 ...	615 19 4	40502 ...	675 0 8
Gunpowder, at 3d.	310 ...	3 17 6	... ...	...
Measurement Duties, at 4s.
cube ft.	7104 1-12	1420 16 4	5583 7-12	1116 14 4
Fire-Arms, at 5s...each	130 ...	32 10 0	42 ...	10 10 0
Goods, at 3s......per cwt.	1321 1 932	198 3 5	916 36 112	137 9 0
Fees under Merchant Seaman’s	... ...	5 10 0	... ...	...
Act
	10179 14 3		8691 15 3

PAYMENTS.

	Quarter ending 31st March, 1861	Quarter ending 31st March, 1860
	£ s. d.	£ s. d.
Expenses of Collection...	789 5 8	823 3 0
Payments to Sub Treasurer,
Wellington...	8819 9 10	7567 7 3
Balance in hands of Collector,
Wanganui...	570 18 9	299 5 0
	10179 14 3	8691 15 3

Custom House, Wellington,
this Eighth day of April, 1861.

S. CARKEEK,
Collector

VUW Te Waharoa — Wellington Provincial Gazette 1861, No 14

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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏭 Comparative Return of Customs Receipts and Payments

Domain🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Dated8 April 1861
KeywordsCustoms, Revenue, Expenditure, Wellington, March 1861
👩‍💼 Officials

S. Carkeek, Collector

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