Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1867 – No. 6

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✨ Customs Duties Report



Wanganui Customs—Comparative Return, December Quarters, 1865-6

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 31st December, 1865, and 31st December, 1866;

Heads of Revenue Quarter ended
31st December, 1865 31st December, 1866
Quantity Duty Quantity Duty
------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ---------------- ---------------- ----------------
Spirits gals. 5,019 25-32 £ s. d. gals. 4,906 2-32 £ s. d.
3,011 15 7 2,943 12 10
Cigars & Snuff lbs. 387 14-16 82 15 5 lbs. 245 61 7 6
Tobacco 3,966 3,469
495 15 0 433 12 6
Wine gals. 1,512 316 2 0 gals. 1,439 21-32 287 18 7
Ale, Beer, &c. in wood
Do. do. in bottle 3,250 125 12 6 1,081 54 1 0
2,191 159 6 0 1,169 73 14 0
Tea lbs. 10,358 258 19 0 5,359 133 18 6
Coffee, Cocoa, &c. 192 1 13 0 1,597 25 12 9
Sugar & Molasses 132,105 650 8 9 68,277 263 13 1
Fire Arms, each
Powder, Sporting lbs. 250 3 2 6 0 4 0
Do. Blasting
Shot cwt.
Goods by measurement:
Do. at 3s. per cubic foot 1192 7 12 298 2 11
Do. at 3s. 585 2 12 146 5 10
Do. at 2s. 6d. 190 9 12 13 3 8
Do. at 2s. 378 11 12 47 5 10
Do. at 1s. 6d. 20 10 12 0 14 6
Do. at 1s. 200 2 12 15 6 4
Do. at 6d. 352 1 12 17 12 1
Do. at 3d. 1 8 12 0 6 9
Goods by weight at 4s. per 42 6 12 0 10 7
cwt.
Do. at 3s. 92 0 28 36 11 9
Do. at 2s. 6d.
Do. at 2s. 55 0 0 6 17 6
Do. at 1s. 14 3 17 6 9 10
Goods by weight at 3d. per 61 2 0 3 1 6
cwt.
Do. at 1d. 1,030 12 17 6
Do. at 3d. 10,307 42 18 11
Ad Valorem 10 per cent. 1,680 3 10 0
Other duties not specified 1 8 0
above 3 15 0

| Totals | | £5,322 1 4 | | £4,700 14 6 |

Custom House, Wanganui,
4th day of January, 1867.

JAS. G. WOON,
Collector.



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💰 Comparative Return of Customs Duties at Wanganui Port

💰 Finance & Revenue
4 January 1867
Customs Duties, Revenue, Wanganui, Comparative Statistics, 1865-1866
  • JAS. G. WOON, Collector