Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1862 – No. 10

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✨ Customs Revenue Statistics

COMPARATIVE RETURN of the Receipts of Customs of the Province of Wellington for the Quarters ended respectively the 30th day of September, 1861 and 1860, shewing also the Expenses of Collection for the same periods.

RECEIPTS.

HEADS OF REVENUE.	Quarter ended 30th Sep., 1861.			Quarter ended 30th Sep., 1860.
		£	s. d.		£	s. d.
Balance in hands of Collector, Wanganui		280	1 0		127	11 9
Spirits, at 9s. gallons	8817 8-32	3967	15 5	7454 2-32	3354	6 9
Tobacco, at 1s. 6d. lbs.	11999	899	18 6	11020	826	10 0
Cigars and Snuffs, at 3s.	7634	114	10 6	563 11-16	84	11 1
Wine, at 3s. gallons	3696 30-32	554	10 10	3366 20-32	504	19 11
Ale and Beer, at 1s.	5144	257	4 0	7686	384	6 0
ditto, 6d.	9100	227	10 0	22353	558	16 6
Coffee, Cocoa, &c., at 3d. lbs.	10261	128	5 3	6113	76	8 3
Sugar, at 1d.	271143	1129	15 3	168516	702	8 0
Tea, at 4d.	54837	913	19 0	22821	380	7 0
Measurement Duty, at 4s. cube ft.	8815 2-12	1763	0 8	6311 1-12	1262	4 4
Gunpowder, at 3d.	247	3	1 9	30	0	7 6
Fire-Arms, at 5s. each	30	7	10 0	11	2	15 0
Goods, at 3s. per cwt.	1705 111-112	255	18 0	991 81-112	148	15 2
Gold, export duty		1	16 11
Fees under Merchant Seaman's Act		2	5 0
		10507	2 1		8414	2 3

PAYMENTS.


	£	s. d.	£	s. d.
Expenses of Collection	790	7 10	808	19 2
Drawback paid	9	16 0
Refund of Revenue	21	4 8	12	8 0
Payments to Sub Treasurer, Wellington	9290	11 2	7299	16 11
Balance in hands of Collector, Wanganui	396	2 5	292	18 2
	10507	2 1	8414	2 3

Custom House, Wellington,
this Fifth day of October, 1861.

S. CARKEEK,
Collector.

VUW Te Waharoa — Wellington Provincial Gazette 1862, No 10

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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏭 Comparative Return of Customs Receipts and Expenses (continued from previous page)

Domain🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Dated5 October 1861
KeywordsCustoms, Revenue, Expenses, Wellington, Wanganui, Spirits, Tobacco, Wine, Ale, Beer, Coffee, Sugar, Tea, Firearms, Shipping
👩‍💼 Officials

S. Carkeek, Collector

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