Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1865 – No. 12

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✨ Customs Revenue Statement

Customs.—March Quarter, 1865.

STATEMENT of all Moneys received by Stephen Carkeek, William Seed, and Thomas Hill, Esquires, Collectors of Customs for the Port of Wellington, New Zealand, from the 1st January to the 31st day of March, 1865, both days inclusive.

Head of Receipt	Total
Spirits ... 8583 8-32 gallons at 12s.	£5149 19 3
Tobacco ... 5235 lbs. at 2s. 6d.	654 7 6
Cigars and Snuff ... 1262 9-16 lbs. at 4s. 6d.	284 1 8
Wine ... 2572 gallons at 4s.	514 9 0
I/O ... 823 8-32 gallons at 5s.	206 16 4
Ale and Beer ... 12,105 gallons at 1s. 6d.	907 17 6
Do. do. ... 13,811 gallons at 9d.	517 18 3
Coffee, Cocoa, Chicory, and Chocolate 13,829 lbs. at 3d.	172 17 3
Sugar, Raw, Refined, and Molasses 449,735 lbs. at 1d.	1873 17 11
Tea ... 26,509 lbs. at 6d.	662 14 6
Gunpowder ... 254 lbs. at 3d.	3 3 6
Measurement Duties ... 6346 9-12 at 5s. per cubic foot	1586 13 9
Firearms ... 5 at 5s. each	1 5 0
Goods ... 1817 14-112 at 4s. per cwt.	363 8 6

Total Amount of Duties... £12,898 8 11

SETTLEMENT OF THE FOREGOING COLLECTIONS.

1865	£ s. d.
Expenses of Collection ...	821 18
Refund of Duty ...	1 7 2
Drawback Paid ...	38 19 6

By Payments to Sub-Treasurer:
| January 7 ... | 947 16 7 |
| January 16 ... | 1443 18 2 |
| January 24 ... | 1279 7 10 |
| January 28 ... | 1095 4 6 |
| February 4 ... | 945 14 0 |
| February 15 ... | 1356 16 4 |
| February 25 ... | 1269 6 9 |
| March 8 ... | 1069 3 4 |
| March 18 ... | 1515 15 7 |

Total as above ... £12,898 8 11

I, Thomas Hill, 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 £12,898 8s. 11d. sterling paid by myself, S. Carkeek, and William Seed, Esqs., is the whole amount so received by us from the 1st January to the 31st day of March, 1865, both days inclusive, and I do make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing the same to be true.

THOMAS HILL,
Acting Collector.

Declared before me this fourth day of April, 1866.

JOHN F. HOGGARD, J.P.

VUW Te Waharoa — Wellington Provincial Gazette 1865, No 12

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💰 Customs Revenue Statement for March Quarter 1865

Domain💰 Finance & Revenue
Dated4 April 1866
KeywordsCustoms, Revenue, Duties, Wellington, Tariffs
👱🏽 Names

Thomas Hill, Acting Collector of Customs
Stephen Carkeek (Esquire), Collector of Customs
William Seed (Esquire), Collector of Customs

👩‍💼 Officials

Thomas Hill, Acting Collector
JOHN F. HOGGARD, J.P.

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