Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1863 – No. 29

Page 128

✨ Customs Revenue Statement



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May Customs—

Wanganui.

STATEMENT
of all Moneys received by JAMES G. WOON, Esquire, Acting Collector
of Customs for the Port of Wanganui, New Zealand, from the first to the thirty-
first day of May, 1863, both days inclusive.

HEAD OF RECEIPT. TOTAL.
Spirits ... 440 gallons at 9s ... £ s d. 198 0 0
Tobacco ... 815 lbs. at 1s. 6d ... 61 2 6
Cigars and Snuff ... nil ...
Wine ... 56 gallons at 3s ... 8 8 0
Ale and Beer ... nil ...
Coffee, Cocoa, Chicory, and Chocolate ... 176 lbs. at 3d ... 2 4 0
Sugar, Raw, Refined, and Molasses ... nil ...
Tea ... nil ...
Gunpowder ... nil ...
Measurement Duties ... 4ft. 6 in. at 4s. per cubic foot ... 18 0 0
Firearms ... nil ...
Goods ... 25 cwt. 2qr. 24 lbs. at 3s per cwt ... 3 17 2
Total amount of Duties ... £ 274 9 8

SETTLEMENT OF THE FOREGOING COLLECTIONS.

1863. £ s. d.
May 30 By Salaries of the Department ... 35 13 4
" " Incidents ... 2 12 0
" " Balance paid Sub-Treasurer, Wanganui, this date ... 236 4 4
Total as above ... £ 274 9 8

I, JAMES G. WOON, do solemnly and sincerely declare that the foregoing is a true
and faithful statement of my account as acting Collector of Customs for the period herein
mentioned, and that the sum of £274 9s. 8d., sterling, paid by me, James G. Woon,
is the whole amount so received by me, from the first to the thirty-first day of May,
1863, both days inclusive, and I do make this solemn declaration, conscientiously
believing the same to be true.

JAS. G. WOON,
Acting Collector.

Declared before me this first
day of June, 1863,

H. S. HARRISON, J.P.

Printed under the Authority of the Government
of the Province of Wellington, by THOMAS
MCKENZIE
and JAMES MOON, Printers for the time being for such Government.




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💰 Statement of Customs Revenue for Wanganui, May 1863

💰 Finance & Revenue
1 June 1863
Customs, Revenue, Wanganui, Duties, Spirits, Tobacco, Wine, Goods
  • James G. Woon (Esquire), Acting Collector of Customs
  • H. S. Harrison (Justice of the Peace), Witness to declaration

  • James G. Woon, Acting Collector of Customs
  • H. S. Harrison, J.P.