Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1862 – No. 22

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✨ Customs Revenue Statement

COMPARATIVE RETURN of the Receipts of Customs of the Province of Wellington for the Quarters ended respectively the 30th day of June, 1862 and 1861, shewing also the Expenses of Collection for the same periods.

RECEIPTS.

HEADS OF REVENUE.	Quarter ended 30th June, 1862.		Quarter ended 30th June, 1861.
Balance in hands of Collector, Wanganui		£ s. d.		£ s. d.
		266 5 4		570 18 9
Spirits, at 9s. ........................ gallons	8691 30-32	3911 7 7	8220 16 32	3699 4 8
Tobacco, at 1s. 6d. ................... lbs	9396	704 14 0	10361	754 11 6
Cigars at 3s. ........................... "	813 12-16	122 1 3	754	113 2 0
Wine, at 3s. ........................... gallons	3380 8-32	507 0 9	2796 27-32	419 10 6
Ale and Beer, in bottle at 1s.	2904	145 4 0	4343	217 3 0
ditto, in wood at 6d.	4500	112 10 0	5103	127 11 6
Coffee, at 3d. .......................... lbs.	12266	153 6 6	11470	143 7 6
Sugar, at 1d. ........................... "	276675	1152 16 3	199890	832 17 6
Tea, at 4d. ............................. "	19646	327 8 8	27895	464 18 4
Measurement Duty, at 4s. cube ft.	5273 11-12	1054 15 8	4374 6-12	874 18 0
Fire-Arms, at 5s. ...................... each	4	1 0 0	52	13 0 0
Goods, by weight at 3s. ... per cwt.	1014 91-112	152 4 5	1029 40-112	154 8 1
Proceeds ot Sale of Arms, seized				62 7 4
Fees under Merchant Shipping Act		2 10 0		4 15 0
		£8613 4 5		£8452 13 8

PAYMENTS.


Drawback paid	£ s. d.	£ s. d.
	13 3 0	866 6 5
Expenses of Collection	805 15 11
Refund of Duties	1 11 0
Payments to Sub Treasurer,	7451 0 2	7306 6 3
Balance in hands of Collector, Wanganui	322 12 6	280 1 0
Remittance of Gold Export Duty to Otago	19 1 10
	£8613 4 5	£8452 13 8

Custom House, Wellington, this 8th day of July, 1862.

S. CARKEEK,
Collector.

VUW Te Waharoa — Wellington Provincial Gazette 1862, No 22

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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

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

Domain💰 Finance & Revenue
Dated8 July 1862
KeywordsCustoms, Revenue, Wellington Province, June 1862, Comparative Statement
👩‍💼 Officials

S. Carkeek, Collector

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