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No. VIII.—REVENUE. ABSTRACT of all Duties and Revenue collected by the Customs Department during the Year 1873.

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Heads of Eeceipt. Eate of Duty. Quantity. Amount Collected. Spirita „ (New Zealand) cigars and Snuff Pobacco „ Sheepwash ... Ue, Beer, &c, in bottle ... „ in wood ... Pea ... Coffee, Cocoa, &c. „ Ground ... Sugar and Molasses firearms Powder—Sporting Shot ... 3-oods by measurement ... < „ weight ... I 3pium id valorem Dther duties not specified above 12s. per gallon ... ... 497,088 gallons* 6s. „ ... ... 65,920 gallons 5s. perlb. ... ... ... 56,544 lbs. 2s. 6d. „ ... ... ... 773,592 lbs. 3d. „ ... ... ... 20,800 lbs. 4s. per gallon ... ... ... 181,080 gallons Is. 3d. „ ... ... ... 217,280 gallons Is. „ ... ... ... 59,300 gallons 6d. perlb. ... ... ... 2,366,280 lbs. 3d. „ ... ... ... 547,920 lbs. 5d. „ ... ... ... 576 lbs. Id. „ ... ... ... 22,842,960 lbs. 5s. each ... ... ... 708 No. 6d. perlb. ... ... ... 16,480 lbs. 10s. percwt. ... ... ... 1,050 cwt. 5s., 3s., 2s. 6d., 2s., Is. 6d., Is., 6d., "> 3d., per cubic foot ) 5s., 4s., 3s. 6d., 3s., 2s., Is. per cwt, \ 3d., 2d., ljd. per lb. j 20s. per lb. 5 and 10 per cent. £297,672 19,776 14,136 96,699 260 36,216 13,580 2,965 59,157 6,849 12 95,179 177 412 525 92,592 55,390 2,411 127,409 44,383 Eents, Seizures, &c. Bonded Warehouse Duty ... M. S. Act—Fees ... Arms Act ,, Lighthouse Dues Oyster Act —Fees Gold Duty Pilotage, &c. Distillation Other Eeceipts ... £965,800 92 4,175 839 1,757 7,379 a y 50,240 12,744 648 1,013 i £1,044,696 Total Duties and Ecvenue This includes 1,936 gallons at 6s. per gallon, removed to Excise Warehouse for mixing with New Zealand distilled spirits Customs Department, William Seed, Wellington, 10th June, 1873. Secretary and Inspector of Customs. By Authority ; Geoege DiDSBtiBy, Government Printer, Wellington,—1874. Jrice Gd.]