CUSTOMS RETURNS.
The following is a statement showing the amount of Customs duties (after deducting refunds) collected at the port of Lyttelton in the months of November, 1897 and 1898: —■
1897. & s. d. 1898. £ s. a. Fpirits, 16a per gal ... 4,547 2 8 4,905 18 2 Spirits, perfumed, 30s 15 11 6 21 6 7 Cigars and snuif, 7s per lb 216 18 0 177 IS 8 Cigarettes, 17s 6d per 1000 of 2ilb and under 385 0 0 '490 0 0 Tobacco,manufactured 3s 6d per lb 2,785 13 0 3,073 0 10 Wine, sparkling, 9s per gal 49 8 6 80 12 6 Wine, Australian, 5g pergal 130 15 6 129 16 0 Wine, other kinds, 6s per gal ... ... 232 3 5 320 14 3 Ale. and beer, &o., 2s per gal 131 10 0 •197 5 8 Tea, 4d per lb ... . 729 17 8 . i,oar 12 0 Coffee, raw, 2d per lb 5 5 6 n s 0 Coffee, roasted, 6d per lb Chicory, cocoa and chocolate. 3d per lb _ 1 13 4 IS 5 6 • 29 18 9 Sugar, molasses and treacle. per lb ... 1,492 11 0 1,630 14 7 Glucose Goods by weight 2,600 2 5,673 15 5 10 7 3,043 10 1 4 Goods ad valorem ... 6 7,229 14 8 Other duties net specified above 1,236 4 3 637 18 10 £20,250 4 5 £•23,199 7 3 Beer duty, 3d per gal £1,414 0 8 £1,223 3 2
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Bibliographic details
Lyttelton Times, Volume C, Issue 11752, 2 December 1898, Page 3
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243CUSTOMS RETURNS. Lyttelton Times, Volume C, Issue 11752, 2 December 1898, Page 3
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