Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1862 – No. 19

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✨ Customs Revenue Report



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 May, 1862, both days inclusive.

HEAD OF RECEIPT TOTAL
£ s. d.
Spirits ... 2724 7-32 Gallons at 9s. 1225 18 2
Tobacco ... 1967 lbs. at 1s. 6d. 147 10 9
Cigars and Snuff ... 305 lbs. at 8s. 145 15 0
Wine ... 1323 19-82 Gallons at 3s. 198 10 0
Ale and Beer ... 216 Gallons at 1s. 20 16 0
... 6 5 0
Coffee, Cocoa, Chicory, and Chocolate 5362 lbs. at 3d. 67 0 4
Sugar, Raw, Refined, and Molasses 67,684 lbs. at 1d. 282 0 4
Tea ... 128 3 0
Gunpowder ... 966 1-12 ft. at 4s. per cubic ft. 198 4 4
Measurement Duties ... 1 in number at 5s. each 0 5 0
Fire Arms ... 426 44-112 cwt. at 8s. per cwt. 63 19 2
Goods ... 2379 7 9
Fees under Merchant Shipping Act ... 10 0 0
Remittance from Wanganui ... 301 4 0
Total amount of Duties ... £2681 1 9

SETTLEMENT OF THE FOREGOING COLLECTIONS.

Date Particulars Amount
1862 £ s. d.
May 12 Expenses of Collection 311 14 5
" 19 By Payment to Sub. Treasurer, General Government 936 8 2
" 26 do. 686 15 7
" 31 do. 465 15 4
do. 280 18 3
Total as above 2681 1 9

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 £2681 1s. 9d. sterling paid by me as above, is the whole amount so received by me from the first to the thirty-first day of May, 1862, 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 June, 1862.

GEO. HUNTER, J.P.

Compared, 2nd June, 1862,
WILLIAM SEED,
Landing Surveyor.

Printed under the Authority of the Government of the Province of Wellington by Thomas McKenzie and James Muir, Printers for the time being to such Government.




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💰 Statement of Customs Revenue for May 1862

💰 Finance & Revenue
3 June 1862
Customs, Revenue, Duties, Wellington, May 1862
  • Stephen Carkeek (Esquire), Collector of Customs
  • George Hunter (Justice of the Peace), Witness to declaration
  • William Seed, Landing Surveyor

  • Stephen Carkeek, Collector of Customs
  • Geo. Hunter, J.P.
  • William Seed, Landing Surveyor