WEST POST CUSTOMS' REVENUE.
Total value of imports and exports at the port of Westport from October Ist, 1569, to 30t!i September, IS7O:
POET OF WESTPORT. The number of vessels entered coastwise during the year ended the 30th September, 1870, was 330, of an aggregate tonnage of 26,787 tons, and those clearing outwards 326, of a tonnage of 26,637 tons.
Countries. Imports. Exports. £ £ United Kingdom . 406 . — British Colonies— New South Wales — . 66,552 Victoria . . 57,708 . 238,971 £58,114 .£305,523 Return of Customs' revenue collected at the Port of Vcatport during the year ended the 30fch of September, 1870 :— £ s. d. Customs' Duties . . . IS,476 19 7 Export duty on gold . . 8,746 11 1 Lighthouse dues . . . 85 2 0 Pees under Arms' Act . . 65 6 0 Fees under Merchants' Shipping Act . . . . 10 19 6 Duty on Bonded Warehouses 131 10 7 Wholesale Licenses . . 47 0 0 ■£27,563 9 2 Total value of gold exported at the port of Westport during the year ended the 30th September, 1870:— Quarter. Quantity. Value. 1869. ozs. dwt. grs. £ s. d. December . 15,919 0 16 64,612 13 11 1870. March . 22,084 16 12 89,519 18 9 June . . 15,158 5 12 61,336 4 11 September . 16,810 1 15 67,802 16 4 69,972 4 7 .£2S3,27l 13 11 jSTumher and tonnage of vessels entered inwards and outwards at the port of "Westport, from beyond seas, from the 1st of October, 1SG9, to the 30th of September, 1870 :— INWARDS. Quarter. Number. Tonnage. Crew. December, 1869 . 2' . 354 . 14 March, 1870 . 2 . 162 . 12 June, 1870 . . 3 . 316 . 22 September, 1870. 3 . 322 . 18 10 1,154 66 OUTWARDS. Quarter. Number. Tonnage. Crew. December, 1869 . 3 . 397 . 20 March, 1870 . 2 . 162 12 Juno. 1870 . . 5 . 381 . 29 September, 1870 . 3 . 322 . 18 13 1.262 70
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Westport Times, Volume IV, Issue 726, 20 October 1870, Page 2
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292WEST POST CUSTOMS' REVENUE. Westport Times, Volume IV, Issue 726, 20 October 1870, Page 2
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