Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1864 – No. 14

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✨ Customs Revenue Statement



Customs—March Quarter, 1864.

STATEMENT of all Moneys received by Stephen Carkeek, Esquire, Collector of Customs for the Port of Wellington, New Zealand, from the first day of January, to the thirty-first day of March, 1864, both days inclusive.

Name of Revenue Total
£
Spirits 8780 6-32 gallons at 9s.
Tobacco 9585 lbs. at 1s. 6d.
Cigars and Snuff 784 14-16 lbs. at 3s.
Wine 3193 27-32 gallons at 3s.
Ale and Beer 13,157 gallons at 1s.
Do. do. 8,800 gallons at 6d.
Coffee, Cocoa, Chicory, & Chocolate 13,273 lbs. at 3d.
Sugar, Raw, Refined, and Molasses 341,937 lbs. at 1d.
Tea 29,268 lbs. at 4d.
Gunpowder 209 lbs. at 3d.
Measurement Duties 9304 9-12 4s. per cubic foot
Fire-arms 27 at 5s. each
Goods 1043 cwt. 2-112 lbs. at 3s. per cwt.
Fees under Merchants' Shipping Act £10,249
Nett Proceeds of Sale of old Custom's Boat 16
5

Total Amount of Duties | £10,271 | 11 | 9 |

SETTLEMENT OF THE FOREGOING COLLECTIONS.

1864 £ s. d.
Expenses of Collection 791 6 0
Refunds and Drawbacks 21 8 9
By Payment to Sub-Treasurer, General Government January 11 891 16 5
January 18 955 10 0
January 27 1191 2 3
February 4 932 1 7
February 13 1205 2 8
February 22 799 9 4
March 3 992 8 11
March 11 1340 18 9
March 31 1230 17 10

Total as above | £10,271 | 11 | 9 |

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 £10,271 11s. 9d., sterling, paid by me as above is the whole amount so received by me from the first of January, to the thirty-first day of March, 1864, both days inclusive, and I do make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true:

S. CARKEEK,
Collector.

Declared before me this fourth day of April, 1864.
J. T. EDWARDS, J.P.

Compared George Hawkins, Acting, L.S.



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💰 Customs Revenue Statement for March Quarter, 1864

💰 Finance & Revenue
4 April 1864
Customs Duties, Revenue Collection, Wellington Port, March Quarter
  • Stephen Carkeek, Collector of Customs
  • J. T. Edwards, J.P.
  • George Hawkins, Acting