✨ Customs Revenue and Gold Field Reward
Wanganui Customs—Comparative Return for September Quarters, 1863 and 1864.
COMPARATIVE RETURN showing the amount of Customs Duties collected at the Port of Wanganui, in the Colony of New Zealand; (according to the several Heads of Revenue under-mentioned) for the Quarters ended respectively, 30th September, 1863, and 30th September, 1864.
| Heads of Revenue | Quarter Ended. |
|---|---|
| 30th September, 1863 | |
| Quantity. | |
| ----------------- | ------------ |
| Spirits | Gallons |
| Cigars and Snuff | lbs. |
| Tobacco | lbs. |
| Wine | Gallons |
| Ale, Beer, &c., in wood | Gallons |
| Tea | lbs. |
| Coffee, Cocoa, &c. | lbs. |
| Sugar | lbs. |
| Firearms | |
| Goods by measurement at 4s. per cubic foot | |
| Goods by weight at 3s. per cwt... | cwt |
Totals | | | 1074 17 10 | | 1218 1 5 |
Custom House, Wanganui,
This fifth day of October, 1864.
JAMES G. WOON,
Acting Collector.
£1000 Reward.
AVAILABLE GOLD FIELD.
Superintendent’s Office,
Wellington; 15th January, 1864.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Provincial Government of Wellington will award a sum or sums of Money, not exceeding in the whole the amount of One Thousand Pounds Sterling, payable to any one person; or distributable rateably amongst any number of persons, who shall discover and make known to the Government the existence of an available Gold Field within the Province of Wellington.
All claims for the payment of this Reward, or any portion of it, are to be sent in to the Government, addressed to the Provincial Secretary in the first instance, by whom they will be afterwards referred to the decision of a Commission consisting of three persons, one to be named by the Wellington Chamber of Commerce and two by the Superintendent.
By "Available Gold Field" is meant a district within which Gold shall be judged by the Commissioners to exist capable of affording employment to at least six hundred (600) diggers at a remunerative rate of wages.
I. E. FEATHERSTON,
Superintendent.
Printed under the Authority of the Government of the Province of Wellington, by Joseph Bent, Printer for the time being for such Government.
Wellington Provincial Gazette 1864, No 42
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💰 Wanganui Customs Comparative Return for September Quarters 1863 and 1864
💰 Finance & Revenue5 October 1864
Customs, Revenue, Duties, Wanganui, Port, Spirits, Tobacco, Cigars, Snuff, Wine, Ale, Beer, Tea, Coffee, Cocoa, Sugar, Firearms, Goods, Measurement duties, Weight duties
- JAMES G. WOON, Acting Collector
🌾 £1000 Reward for Discovery of Available Gold Field in Wellington Province
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Gold, Reward, Mining, Discovery, Wellington Province, Gold Field, Commission, Claims
- I. E. FEATHERSTON, Superintendent