Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1863 – No. 49

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✨ Customs Revenue Statement

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Customs—September Quarter, 1863.

STATEMENT of all Moneys received by Stephen Carkeek, Esquire, Collector of Customs for the Port of Wellington, New Zealand, from the first day of July to the thirtieth day of September 1863, both days inclusive.

Head of Receipt	Total
	£ s. d.
Spirits ... 7528 5-32 gallons at 9s. ...	3387 13 7
Tobacco ... 6740 lbs. at 1s. 6d. ...	505 10 0
Cigars and Snuff ... 803 lbs. at 3s. ...	120 9 0
Wine ... 3195 19-32 gallons at 3s. ...	479 6 9
Ale and Beer ... 5586 gallons at 1s. ...	279 3 0
Do. do. ... 17631 gallons at 6d. ...	440 15 6
Coffee, Cocoa, Chicory, and Chocolate 10220 lbs. at 3d. ...	127 15 0
Sugar, Raw, Refined, and Molasses 268703 lbs. at 1d. ...	1119 11 11
Tea ... 21670 lbs. at 4d. ...	361 3 4
Gunpowder ... 166 lbs. at 3d. ...	2 1 6
Measurement Duties ... 11972 11-12 at 4s. per cubic foot ...	2394 11 8
Firearms ... 38 at 5s. each ...	9 10 0
Goods ... 1741 59-112 at 3s. per cwt ...	261 4 7

| Fees under Merchant Shipping Act ... | 12 6 0 |

Total amount of Duties ... £9499 17 10

SETTLEMENT OF THE FOREGOING COLLECTIONS.

1863.		£ s. d.
Expenses of Collection ...	821 19 6
Drawbacks and Refund of Duty ...	24 14 0

| July 7th. By payment to Sub-Treasurer General Government | 692 5 9 |
| ditto 14th. By ditto ditto | 1460 4 8 |
| August 5th. By ditto ditto | 997 4 0 |
| ditto 15th. By ditto ditto | 921 13 9 |
| ditto 25th. By ditto ditto | 869 10 9 |
| Sept. 7th. By ditto ditto | 1177 15 2 |
| ditto 17th. By ditto ditto | 672 14 7 |
| ditto 30th. By ditto ditto | 708 14 9 |

Total as above ... £9499 17 10

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 £9499 17s. 10d., sterling, paid by me, as above, is the whole amount so received by me from the first day of July to the thirtieth day of September 1863, both days inclusive, and I do make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true.

Declared before me this second day of October, 1863.

S. CARKEEK,
Collector.

JAMES C. CRAWFORD, J.P.

Printed under the Authority of the Government of the Province of Wellington, by Thomas M’Kenzie and James Muir, Printers for the time being for such Government.

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💰 Customs Revenue Statement for Wellington, July to September 1863 (continued from previous page)

Domain💰 Finance & Revenue
Dated2 October 1863
KeywordsCustoms, Revenue, Wellington, Spirits, Tobacco, Cigars, Snuff, Wine, Ale, Beer, Coffee, Sugar, Tea, Gunpowder, Firearms, Measurement Duties, Merchant Shipping Act, Expenses, Drawbacks, Refunds, Payments
👱🏽 Names

Stephen Carkeek (Esquire), Collector of Customs

👩‍💼 Officials

Stephen Carkeek, Collector
James C. Crawford, J.P.

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