CUSTOMS REVENUE.
» The following is a return of the Customs revenue collected at Christchurch for the month of February, 1896 : —
Beer, 3d per gallon ... £331 9 1 The Customs duty collected during February last year amounted to 7s 3d and the beer duty to .£879 5s 3d.
£ 8 d Spirits, 16s per gal... 4,442 1110 Spirits, perfumed, 30s per gal ... ... 410 11 Cigars and snuff, 7s per lb 198 2 6 Cigarettes, 17s 6d per 1000 of 2|lb and : v under ... ... 481 5 0 Tobacco, manufactured, 3s 6d per lb ... 2.84S 2 6 Wine, sparkling, 9s per gal 22 10 0 Wine, Australian, 53 per gallon ... 126 10 4 Wine, other kinds, 6s per gal 247 19 6 Ale and beer, &c, 2s per gal ... ... 115 13 0 Tea,4dperlb 1,735 4 2 Coffee, raw, 2d per lb 5 2 4 Chicory, cocoa and chocolate, 3d per lb 16 5 6 Sugar, molasses and treacle, £d per lb 1,596 15 7 Glucose, Id per lb 5 13 Goods by weight ... ... 1,594 3 4 Goodß ad valorem ... , 10,122 18 9 Other duties not specified above ... 1,179 11 6 £24,742 8 0
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5503, 2 March 1896, Page 1
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189CUSTOMS REVENUE. Star (Christchurch), Issue 5503, 2 March 1896, Page 1
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