✨ Customs Revenue Statement
August 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 August, 1863, both days inclusive.
| Head of Receipt | Total |
|---|---|
| Spirits ... 659-14 gallons at 9s. | £ 296 14 11 |
| Tobacco ... 264 lbs. at 1s. 6d. | 19 16 " |
| Cigars and Snuff | nil |
| Wine ... 111 gallons at 3s. | 16 13 " |
| Ale and Beer ... nil | " |
| Do. do ... 200 gallons at 6d. | 5 " " |
| Coffee, Cocoa, Chicory, and Chocolate nil | " |
| Sugar; Raw, Refined, and Molasses 6042 lbs. at 1d. | 25 3 6 |
| Tea ... 210 lbs. at 4d. | 3 10 " |
| Gunpowder | nil |
| Measurement Duties ... 668 ft. 8 in. at 4s. per cubic foot | 133 14 8 |
| Firearms ... 25 cwt. 1 qr. 2 lbs. at 3s. per cwt. | 3 15 0 |
| Goods | " |
Total amount of Duties ... £504 7 11
SETTLEMENT OF THE FOREGOING COLLECTIONS.
August 31st
By Salaries of the Department ... £35 13 4
Balance paid Sub-Treasurer General Government this date ... 468 14 7
Total as above ... £504 7 11
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 £504 7s. 11d. sterling, paid by me, James G. Woon, is the whole amount so received by me from the first to the thirty-first day of August, 1863; both days inclusive, and I do make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true:
Declared before me this thirty-first day of August, 1863.
JAS. G. WOON,
Acting Collector.
W. H. WATT, J.P.
Printed under the authority of the Government of the Province of Wellington, by Thomas McKee and James Hughes, Printers for the time being to such Government.
Wellington Provincial Gazette 1863, No 45
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🏭 Statement of Customs Revenue for Wanganui, August 1863
🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry31 August 1863
Customs, Revenue, Duties, Wanganui, August 1863, Spirits, Tobacco, Wine, Sugar, Tea, Measurement Duties, Firearms
- James G. Woon (Esquire), Acting Collector of Customs
- James G. Woon, Acting Collector of Customs
- W. H. Watt, J.P.