CUSTOMS REVENUE.
The following return of the Revenue of the Port of Nelson shows most satisfactorily that 'notwithstanding the general commercial depression that has existed throughout the colonies, Nelson has managed to hold her own. The ' Customs duties are. ; some £3000 less than the previous year, but then it must be borne in mind that Westport was not declared a
port of entry until nearly the close of 1867, and that goods which since that time have paid duty there, previously helped to swell the arnouut levied here : — Customs Rkvjjkue at Nelson, for the Year 1868. Customs Duties ...£33642 1 6 Gold Duty 1-iuO 1 9 Light Dues 606 14 0 Arms Fees 100 4 0 Merchant Shipping Fees 14 19 0 Duty on Bonded Warehouses ... 250 0 0 Oyster Licenses 10 0 O Incidental Receipts 10 0 35884 10 3 Pilotage 1135 5 11 Total ... £37019 16 2 Customs Revenue at Nelson, December QUARTEH, 1868. Customs Duties 7692 18 8 GolilDuty 340 11 2 Arms Fees ... ... 18 14 0 Light Dues 146 4 4 Merchant Shipping Fees 3 10 8201 9 2 Pilotage 197 11 11 Total ... ,£8399 1 1
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 3, 5 January 1869, Page 2
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191CUSTOMS REVENUE. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 3, 5 January 1869, Page 2
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