WEST COAST REVENUE.
The General Government " Gazette " of the 27th publishes a return of the Customs Revenues received at the several ports of New Zealand during the quarter ending the 30th June, 1866. The total amount passing into the colonfal chest from' this source was L 207,866. Of this gross amount Auckland contributed the sum of L 41,316, and Otago L 44,097 ; Wellington, L 18,355; Nelson, L 929 2; Southland, L 9213, The other returns are comparatively small, with the exception of the. Canterbury ports. These contributed in the aggregate no less than L 56,345, or. LI 5,000 more than Auckland, L 12,000 more than Otago, and L 38,000 more than - Wellington. These returns, be it remembered, are for one quarter of the year only. To this proud pre-eminence of Canterbury — a pre-eminence to which she owes very much of her weight in the General Assembly as a leading province — the district of Westland has largely contributed. Of the grand total of L 56,000 contributed by Canterbury to the General Customs Revenue, Lyttelton and Christchurcb. yielded only L 24,433, and the lesser eastern ports between L4ooOand LSOOO more{ whilst the contributions from this side of the province are set down as follow :—: — Hokitika, L 26,963; Grejmouth, Ll 1,053; and Okarita, L 34 2; in all, L 38,388 for Westland. • . :
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West Coast Times, Issue 295, 3 September 1866, Page 5
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219WEST COAST REVENUE. West Coast Times, Issue 295, 3 September 1866, Page 5
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