Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1862 – No. 11

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✨ Customs Revenue Statement



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 December, 1861, both days inclusive.

HEAD OF RECEIPT TOTAL
Spirits £ s. d.
... 2247 6-82 gallons at 9s. 1011 4 10
Tobacco
... 2190 lbs. at 1s. 6d. 164 5 0
Cigars and Snuff
... 177 lbs. at 3s. 26 11 0
Wine
... 395 14-32 Gallons at 3s. 59 6 4
Ale and Beer
... 1774½ Gallons at 1s. 88 14 6
do.
... 1000 Gallons at 6d. 25 0 0
Coffee, Cocoa, Chicory, and Chocolate
... 1240 lbs. at 3d. 15 10 0
Sugar, Raw, Refined, and Molasses
... 85844 lbs. at 1d. 357 13 8
Tea
... 910 lbs. at 4d. 15 3 4
Gunpowder nil.
Measurement Duties
... 4631 6-12 ft. at 4s. per c. ft. 926 6 0
Fire Arms nil.
Goods
... 167 47-112 cwt. at 3s. per cwt. 25 2 3
Fees under Merchant Shipping Act 0 8 0

Total amount of Duties for Wellington ... 2715 4 11
Remittance from Wanganui ... 317 2 6

Total amount of Duties ... £3032 7 5

SETTLEMENT OF THE FOREGOING COLLECTIONS.

| Expenses of Collection ... | £ s. d. |
| Refund of Duty ... | 210 3 8 |
| | 22 7 2 |
| 9th December ... By Payment to Sub-Treasurer General Government ... | 1242 14 4 |
| do. ... do. ... | 583 6 6 |
| 16th do. ... do. ... | 553 9 5 |
| 23rd do. ... do. ... | 420 6 4 |

Total as above ... £3032 7 5

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 £3032 7s. 5d., sterling, paid by me as above
is the whole amount so received by me from the first to the thirty-first day of
Dec., 1861, both days inclusive, and I do make this solemn declaration, conscientiously
believing the same to be true.\n
S. CARKEEK,
Collector.

Declared before me this second day of December, 1861.

JOHN JOHNSTON, J.P.



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

💰 Finance & Revenue
2 December 1861
Customs, Revenue, Duties, Wellington, December 1861
  • Stephen Carkeek (Esquire), Collector of Customs

  • S. Carkeek, Collector
  • John Johnston, J.P.