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IMPORT, EXPORT, AND SHIPPING RETURNS.

No. V. BRITISH and Foreign Vessels Entered and Cleared. —Return of the Number, Tonnage, and Crews of Vessels Entered and Cleared at New Zealand Ports during the Year 1871.

No. VI.—REVENUE. ABSTRACT of all Duties and Revenue collected by the Customs Department during the Year 1871.

Entered. Vith Cargoi !S. In Ballast. Totals. Vessels. Tons. Crews. Vessels. Tons. Crews. Vessels, Tons. Crews. ! ritish 'oreign 660 58 227,854 45,664 11,196 1,959 9 2 718 407 56 15 669 60 228,572 46,071 274,643 11,252 1,974 Total 718 273,518 729 13,226 13,155 11 1,125 71 CliEAKED. rith Cargoes. In Ballast. Totals. Vessels. Tons. Crews. Vessels. Tons. Crews. Vessels. Tons. Crews. ►ritish. 'oreign 442 52 161,792 41,648 8,513 1,869 212 3 61,034 1,144 1,957 32 654 55 222,826 10,470 42,792 1,901 Total 494 203,440 10,382 215 62,178 709 1,989 265,618 12,371

Head of Receipt. Rate of Duty. Quantity. Amount Collected. Spirits ,, (New Zealand) Cigars and Snuff tobacco „ Sheepwash Vine He, Beer, &c, in Wood ... „ in Bottle ... 12s. per gallon ... 445,643 gallons ... 6s. „ ... ... 35,770 gallons ... 5s. per lb. ... ... 45,548 lbs. 2s. 6d. „ ... ... 713,000 lbs. 3d. „ ... ... 48,160 lbs. 4s. per gallon ... ... 151,675 gallons ... Is. „ ... ... 39,860 gallons ... Is. 3d. „ ... ... 185,568 gallons ... 6d. per lb. ... ... 2,088,400 lbs. . 3d. „ ... ... 470,320 lbs. 5d. „ ... ... 1,872 lbs. Id. „ ... ... 19,560,240 lbs. ... 5s. each ... ... 464 number 6d. per lb. ... ... 9,680 lbs. 10s. per cwt. ... ... 746 cwt. 5s., 3s., 2s. 6d., 2s., Is. } 6d., ls.,.6d., 3d., per > cubic foot J 4s., 3s. 6d., 3s., 2s. 6d., S 2s., Is., per cwt. ... > 3d., Id., $d., per lb. ... ) 10 and 5 per cent. 20s. per lb. ... ... 2,014 lbs. £ 267,386 10,731 11,387 89,125 602 30,335 1,993 11,598 52,210 5,879 39 81,501 116 242 373 _a Coffee, Cocoa, &c. „ Ground Sugar and Molasses firearms 3owder, Sporting Shot loods by Measurement ... „ Weight i 105,633 36,032 id valorem )pium )ther Duties not specified above ... 2,382 2,014 22,305 Bents, Seizures, &c. Bonded Warehouse Duty Merchant Shipping Act Arms Act Lighthouse Dues Oyster Act Gold Duty Pilotage, &c. ... Distillation Other Beceipts £731,883 114 4,267 674 1,581 5,462 14 86,224 9,245 636 680 Tc ital Duties and Bevenue £840,780 William Seed, Secretary and Inspector of Customs. Customs Department, Wellington, 23rd Ma; -, 1872.