Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1862 – No. 11

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✨ Customs Revenue Statement



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STATEMENT

of all Moneys received by Stephen Carkeek, Esquire, Collector of Customs for the Province of Wellington, New Zealand, from the First to the Thirty-first day of August, 1861, both days inclusive.

HEAD OF RECEIPT TOTAL
Spirits ... 2560 5-32 gallons at 9s. £1152 1 6
Tobacco ... 2155 lbs. at 1s. 6d. 161 12 6
Cigars and Snuff ... 165 lbs. at 3s. 24 15 0
Wine ... 838 26-32 Gallons at 3s. 125 16 5
Ale and Beer ... 1353 Gallons at 1s. 67 13 0
... 4100 Gallons at 6d. 102 10 0
Coffee, Cocoa, Chicory, and Chocolate ... 2922 lbs. at 3d. 36 10 6
Sugar, Raw, Refined, and Molasses ... 65918 lbs. at 1d. 274 13 2
Tea ... 12968 lbs. at 4d. 216 2 8
Gunpowder ... nil
Measurement Duties ... 1248 2-12 ft. at 4s. per c. ft. 249 12 8
Fire Arms ... nil
Goods ... 366 19-112 cwt. at 3s. per cwt. 54 18 6
Gold Export Duty ... 0 6 3
Total amount of Duties for Wellington £2466 12 2
Remittance from Wanganui 507 16 11
Total amount of Duties ... £2974 9 1

SETTLEMENT OF THE FOREGOING COLLECTIONS.

1861 £ s. d.
5th August Expenses of Collection 219 8 0
12th By Payment to Sub-Treasurer General Government ... 982 19 7
19th do. 595 16 2
26th do. 368 6 4
31st do. 412 7 9
do. 400 11 3

Total as above. ... £2974 9 1

I, Stephen Carkeek, 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 £2974 9s. 1d. sterling, paid by me as above, is the whole amount so received by me from the first to the thirty-first day of August, 1861, both days inclusive, and I do make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing the same to be true.

S. CARKEEK,
Collector.

Declared before me this third day of September, 1861.

G. HUNTER, J.P.



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💰 Statement of Customs Revenue for August 1861 (continued from previous page)

💰 Finance & Revenue
3 September 1861
Customs, Revenue, Duties, Wellington, August 1861
  • Stephen Carkeek (Esquire), Collector of Customs

  • S. Carkeek, Collector
  • G. Hunter, J.P.