Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1862 – No. 22

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✨ Customs Revenue Statement



STATEMENT

of all Moneys received by S. CARKEEK, Esquire, Collector of Customs
for the Province of Wellington, New Zealand, from the first to the thirty-first day of
August, 1862, both days inclusive,
Head of Receipt Total
Spirits ... 2780 20-32 gallons at 9s ... £1251 5 10
Tobacco ... 697 lbs. at 1s. 6d. ... 52 5 6
Cigars and Snuff ... 205 lbs at 3s ... 30 15 0
Wine ... 1557 28-32 gallons at 3s ... 233 13 8
Ale and Beer ... 1165 gallons at 1s ... 58 0 0
... 4464 gallons at 6d ... 111 12 0
Coffee, Cocoa, Chicory, and Chocolate ... 5117 lbs. at 3d ... 63 19 3
Sugar, Raw, Refined, and Molasses ... 65727 lbs. at 1d ... 273 17 3
Tea ... 15238 lbs. at 4d ... 253 19 4
Gunpowder ... nil
Measurement Duties ... 2705 7-12 at 4s. per cubic foot 541 2 4
Firearms ... nil
Goods ... 546 28-112 at 3s. per cwt ... 81 18 9

| Fees under Merchant Shipping Act ... | 2 8 0 |
| Total amount of Duties ... | £2,955 1 11 |

SETTLEMENT OF THE FOREGOING COLLECTIONS.

1862 £ s. d.
August 11th Expenses of Collection ... 185 13 6
Drawback paid ... 7 16 3
“ 18th Payment to Sub-Treasurer, General Government ... 850 0 4
“ 26th ... 582 14 10
“ 30th ... 760 9 10
... 568 7 2

Total as above... £2,955 1 11

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 £2,955 1s. 11d., sterling, paid by me as above, is the
whole amount so received by me from the first to the thirty-first day of August, 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 eighteenth
day of September, 1862,

JOHN JOHNSTON, J.P.

Compared, G. H., Actg. L. S.



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💰 Statement of Customs Revenue for Wellington Province (continued from previous page)

💰 Finance & Revenue
18 September 1862
Customs, Revenue, Duties, Wellington Province, August 1862
  • Stephen Carkeek (Esquire), Collector of Customs

  • Stephen Carkeek, Collector of Customs
  • John Johnston, Justice of the Peace
  • G. H., Acting L. S.