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No. IX.—REVENUE. Abstract of all Duties and Revenue collected by the Department of Trade and Customs during the Years 1886 and 1885.

Department of Trade and Customs, William Seed, Wellington, 9th February, 1887. Secretary and Inspector. [Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, nil; printing (1,560 copies), £'6\ Bs. 6d.]

Authority: Geobge Didsbuby, Government Printer, Wellington.—lBB7.

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1886. 1885. Heads of Beceipts. Kate of Duty. Quantity. Amount collected. Quantity. Amount collected. Customs duties— Spirits .. .. .. .. i 12s. per gal. £ 1.995 gal 248,903 „ 256,915 „ 1,173 ,, 100,566 lb. 5,7oo „ 1,184,880 „ 2,610 „ 10,920 „ 560 „ 53,548 gal. 50,228 „ 4,767 „ 5,092 „ 17,660 „ 18,493 „ 382,852 „ 39,936 „ 4,081,920 lb. 681,520 „ 2,880 „ 45,2931 28o „ 4,606 „ 1,197 174,232 186,264 1,232 3O,I7O 285 207,354 261 546 7 !3,387 13,813 1.43° 1,655 3,532 4,161 28,714 2,496 68,032 8,519 60 94,36i 4,606 118,964 388,941 74,590 «. — — „ .. .. .. .. I 14s. „ .. 14s. 6d. „ „ .. .. .. .. 21s. „ Cigars and snuff .. .. .. 6s. per lb. New Zealand manufacture .. is. Tobacco .. .. .. .. 3s. 6d. „ „ unmanufactured .. .. ; 2s. „ „ New Zealand manufacture .. : is. „ „ sheepwash .. .. 3d. „ Wine 4 .. .. .. 5s. per gal. „ .. .. .. .. 5s. 6d. „ „ sparkling .. .. .. 6s. „ .. 6s. 6d. „ „ Australian .. .. .. 4s. „ „ „ .. .. .. 4s. 6d. „ Ale, beer, &c, in bottle .. .. is. 6d. „ „ in wood .. ..lis. 3d. „ Tea .. .. .. .. I 4<1. per lb. Coffee, cocoa, &c. .. .. .. 3d. „ „ roasted .. .. .. 5d. „ Sugar and molasses .. .. Jd. „ Opium .. .. .. .. 20s. „ Goods by weight Ad valorem, 25 and 15 per cent. Other duties not specified above 473,368 gal. 1,108 „ 94,305 lb. 1,117,977 lb. 7.840 .„ 160 lb. 87,644 gal. 7,467 gal. 28,242 gal. 297,694 „ 36,464 „ 4,045,500 lb. 602,960 „ 1,056 „ 45.257,76o „ 4,367 » 343.191 1,163 28,292 * 195,646 784 24,102 2,427 6,355 22,327 2,279 67,425 7,537 22 94,287 4,367 101,735 338,374 7 I>493 Excise duties— Beer * Cigars and cigarettes fTobacco Bonded warehouse duty Rents, seizures, &o. Merchant Shipping Act, fees Shipping and Seamen's Act, fees lighthouse dues Dyster Act, fees Grold duty Pilotage and port charges, &c... Chinese Immigrants Act. Distillation Act Dther receipts 1,311,808 53,o47 247 699 5.697 119 86 2,288 7,222 6 22,707 26,492 480 24 6,581 1,428,809 55,034 '5,855 354 125 2,386 7,5" 5 23.738 29,121 710 28 6,538 £1,560,214