Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1863 – No. 49

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✨ Customs Revenue Statistics

Comparative Customs for September Quarters, 1862 and 1863.

COMPARATIVE RETURN of the Receipts of Customs of the Province of Wellington for the Quarters ended respectively the 30th Sept. 1863 and 1862,—Showing also the Expenses of Collection for the same periods.

HEADS OF REVENUE.	RECEIPTS.		PAYMENTS.
	Quarter ended 30th Sept., 1863	Quarter ending 30th	Quarter ended Sept. 30, 1863
		Sept, 1862
	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.
Balance in hands of Collector,
Wanganui		4120 17 8
Spirits
... at 9s. per gallon	9157 16-32	525 6 0	Expenses of Collection...
Tobacco			Drawbacks paid...
... 1s. 6d. per lb.	7004	133 4 0	Refund of Revenue...
Cigars & Snuff			Payment to Sub-Treasurer,
... at 3s.	888	279 9 0	Wellington...
Wine			Remittance of Gold Duty
... at 3s. per gallon	3487 19-32	523 2 9	to Otago...
Ale and Beer in bottle at 1s.	5589	450 15 6	Payments to Sub-Treasurer,
Ditto in wood at 6d.	18031	127 15 0	Wanganui...
Coffee, &c.
... at 3d. per lb	10220	1154 13 0
Sugar, &c.
... at 1d.	277116	2597 11 8
Measurement Duties, at 4s. per ft.	12987 11-12	2 1 6
Gunpowder
... at 3d. per lb.	166	8 5 0
Fire Arms...
... at 5s. each.	33	274 15 3
Goods, by weight...
... at 3s. per cwt.	1831 84-112	36413 4
Tea...		27417
... at 4d. per lb.	21880 lbs.
Gold Export Duty at 2s. 6d. per oz.
Fees under Merchant Shipping Act	12 6 0	5 6 0

Total Receipts... | £10574 15 8 | £9008 2 9 | £10574 15 8 | £9068 2 9 |

Custom House, Wellington,
the 5th day of October, 1863.

S. CARKEEK,
Collector.

VUW Te Waharoa — Wellington Provincial Gazette 1863, No 49

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💰 Comparative Customs Revenue for September Quarters, 1862 and 1863

Domain💰 Finance & Revenue
Dated5 October 1863
KeywordsCustoms, Revenue, Receipts, Payments, Wellington, Wanganui, Spirits, Tobacco, Cigars, Snuff, Wine, Ale, Beer, Coffee, Sugar, Measurement Duties, Gunpowder, Fire Arms, Tea, Gold Export Duty, Fees, Merchant Shipping Act
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S. Carkeek, Collector

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