✨ Customs Revenue Return
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Wanganui—Customs Return—March Quarters, 1869 and 1868.
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 undermentioned), for the Quarters ended respectively 31st March, 1869, and 31st March, 1868.
| HEADS OF REVENUE. | QUARTER ENDED 31st March, 1869. | QUARTER ENDED 31st March, 1868. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quantity. | Duty. £ s. d. | Quantity. | Duty. £ s. d. | |
| Spirits, gal. ... | 5062 5-10 21-32 | 3037 17 5 | 3721 6-10 9 32 | 2233 2 0 |
| Cigars and Snuff, lbs. ... | 76 | 19 0 0 | 80 | 20 0 0 |
| Tobacco, lbs. ... | 6090 | 761 5 0 | 3560 | 445 0 0 |
| „ Sheepwash ... | 2916 | 96 9 0 | — | — |
| Wine, gal. ... | 954 4-10 | 190 17 9 | 1067 6-10 11-32 | 213 12 0 |
| Ale, Beer, &c., in wood, gal. ... | 1250 | 62 10 0 | 250 | 12 10 0 |
| „ „ in bottle, gal. ... | 1118 | 69 17 6 | 1547 | 86 13 9 |
| Tea, lbs. ... | 8711 | 217 15 6 | 9732 | 243 6 0 |
| Coffee, Cocoa, &c. lbs. ... | — | — | 445 | 9 5 5 |
| Sugar and Molasses, lbs. ... | 55982 | 233 15 2 | 129591 | 539 19 3 |
| Fire Arms, No. ... | 2 | 0 10 0 | 1 | 0 5 0 |
| Powder, Sporting, lbs. ... | 214 | 5 7 0 | — | — |
| „ Blasting, lbs. ... | — | — | — | — |
| Shot, cwt. ... | 6 | 3 0 0 | — | — |
| Goods by Measurement, at | ||||
| 5s. per cubic foot | 451 | 112 15 0 | 377 10-12 | 94 9 2 |
| „ 3s. „ | 188 3-12 | 20 14 9 | 65 4-12 | 9 16 0 |
| „ 2s. 6d. „ | 123 10-12 | 15 9 8 | 159 10-12 | 19 17 10 |
| „ 2s. „ | 4 5-12 | 0 8 10 | 71 10-12 | 7 3 8 |
| „ 1s. 6d. „ | — | — | — | — |
| „ 1s. „ | 27 3-12 | 1 7 3 | 462 5-12 | 23 2 9 |
| „ 6d. „ | 41 | 1 0 6 | 462 7-12 | 11 11 4 |
| „ 3d. „ | — | — | 128 8-12 | 1 12 1 |
| Goods by weight, 4s. per cwt. ... | 68 2-19 | 13 14 9 | 108 | 21 12 0 |
| „ 3s. „ | — | — | 44 | 6 12 0 |
| „ 2s. 6d. „ | 0 2-0 | 0 1 3 | — | — |
| „ 2s. „ | 44 0-0 | 4 8 0 | 101 42-112 | 10 2 9 |
| „ 1s. „ | 155 1-12 | 7 15 4 | 191 | 9 11 0 |
| „ 9d. per lb. ... | — | — | 3001 | 37 10 3 |
| „ 1d. „ | 4366 | 18 3 10 | 7671 | 31 19 3 |
| „ ½d. „ | — | — | 3250 | 6 15 6 |
| Ad valorem, 10 per cent. ... | — | — | — | 9 8 0 |
| Other duties not specified above | — | — | — | 6 4 0 |
| 47 8 6 | 77 17 1 | |||
| 4881 12 0 | 4198 18 1 |
JAMES G. WOON,
Collector.
Custom House, Wanganui,
This 31st day of March, 1869.
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- JAMES G. WOON, Collector