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New Zealand Herald, Volume V, Issue 1516, 3 October 1868, Page 4

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AUCKLAND. New Zealand Hervld Office, Friday afternoon. Customs Revenue. £220 8s lOd; gold duty, £798 12s 8d ; light dueß, £5 14s 3d; pilotage, £1 Os 4d; port charges, £3 18s 8d. —Total, £1085 14s. 9d. CUSTOMS IIEVENUE. The following are the receipts for the week commencing Saturday, September 25, and ending Frida3', October 2: — £ b. d. Saturday ... ... ... 206 2 9 Monday 439 16 10 Tuesday 890 4 2 Wednesday ... ... ... 367 0 8 Thursday ... ... ... 604 7 10 Friday ... ... ... ... 1035 14 9 £3443 7 'The folio wing is an account of the Customs duties received at the port of Auckland for the month ending September 30 :— £ s. d. Customs Duties 13,586 11 10 Light Duties 87 17 Merchant Shipping Fees 11 10 0 Feas under Arms Act 23 19 O Gold Duty 393 12 11 } s « 2 1 Sale of Furniture 23 2 2 Total £14,125 17 6

The following is a statement showing the amount of Oustomß Duties collected at the port of Auckland, according to the heads of revenuo, from the let to the 31st September, 186R: — £ a. a. Spirits, 10,238 21-32 gals, at 12s 6143 3 11 Cigars, 1098 15-161bs.,at 5s 274 14 8 Tobacco, 13,310 15-161b5., at 2s 63 1663 16 9 Ditto, sheepwasb, 624 lba., at 8d ? I Wine, 3112 1-10 gals., at 4s 622 8 5 Ale, Beer, &c. (in battle), 7216 gals., at Is 3d 451 0 0 Do. (in wood), 568 gala., at Is 28 8 0 Tea, 39,5781'0s ,at 6d 989 9 0 Cofleo, Cocoa, Chicory &c., 9216 lbs., at 3d . . 115 4 0 Sugar (raw), refined Molasses, 361,1371b5., at Id 1517 4 9 Firearms, 12, at 5s each 3 0 0 Powder (sporting), 191b?., ut 6a 0 fi Shot, 20cwt., at 10s 10 0 0 QOCDS BY MEASUREMENT, PER CUBIC FOOT. 1346.4, at 5s 326 11 7 775.2, at 3s 113 5 6 936.3, at 2s 6d 117 0 7 71.4, at 2s 7 2 8 82, at Is 6d 6 3 0 1378-1, at Is 68 18 1 1091.2, at 6d 27 5 7 113, at 3d 1 8 3 GOODS 111 WEIGHT. 7.69.1.26, at 4s per owt 153 17 11 392.1.1, at 3s 58 17 0 578.0.22, at 2s 6d„ 72 5 6 1748.1.25 at 2a „ 174 16 11 2386.1.23, at Is „ 119 6 5 2180, at 3d ner lb 27 4 ll 61,237, at Id 255 3 1 6866, at id 14 6 1 Ad Valorem, £82, at 5 per cent 4 2 0 Other duties not specified above 223 12 10 Total £13,608 7 5 GOLD EXPORT. The following is the return of the value and quantity of gold exported from this port for the quarter ending September 30, 1868 :— Data. Vessel. Whence. ozs. d. g. Value. August 1 Taranaki Southampton 10,411 Gl2 £28,M0 Sept. 11 L(l. Ashley Mclbourno 3,149 3 0 0,020 Total 13,663 012 £38,208