MARLBOROUGH CUSTOMS DUTIES.
The .following is an abstract of a return showing the amount of duties paid at the several ports of this Province during the year ending Dec. 1871 :
—lt must be remembered that large as some of these items app ■•ar in proportion to the population of these districts, the sums paid as Customs Duties are not conclusive as to the quantities as these may be paid in other Provinces and accounted for in their returns. In other words goods which are imported duty paid are not included in the above.
Spirits, imported Waiau. £ 2070 Picton. Havl’k. Kaik. £ £ £ 544 454 617 Spirits, New Zealand 9 9 — — Tobacco ... 480 218 198 154 Tobacco, Sheepwasli 40 12 — — Wine 100 56 11 25 Ale, Beer, &c., (wood) 5 -- — — Ale, beer&c., (bottle) 49 — — — Tea 227 113 — 30 Coffee, cocoa — 7 — — Sugar and molasses 591 191 — 4 Firearms... — 1 — Powder, sporting — — — , — Shot — — — — Goods (measure’t) 138 28 1 — Goods (weight)... 138 38 — — Total for 1S71 ... 3859 1217 604 830 „ „ 1870 ... 4373 1311 004 941
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Marlborough Express, Volume VII, Issue 434, 28 September 1872, Page 7
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170MARLBOROUGH CUSTOMS DUTIES. Marlborough Express, Volume VII, Issue 434, 28 September 1872, Page 7
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