No. 15., RETURN of Imports from 1st January to 31st March, 1854.
ARTICLES IMPORTED. VALUE ON WHICH DUTY HAS BEEN PAID.
COUNTRY IMPORTED FROM.
DESCRIPTION. QUANTITY. GREAT BRITAIN. BRITISH COLONIES. UNITED STATES. FOREIGN STATES. TOTAL.
Apparel and Slops 2,928 11 6 124 7 0 2 8 0 3,055 6 6
Apothecary Wares 340 1 0 1 14 0 341 15 0
Bran and Pollard 48 0 0 48 0 0
Bags and Sacks 117 3 0 117 3 0
Bricks 22 16 0 22 16 0
Brooms and Brushes 73 10 0 2 8 0 75 18 0
Butter and Cheese 1,182 16 2 10 16 0 1,193 12 2
Beer, Ale, and Cider, draught 27350 galls. 2,249 15 0 372 0 0 2,621 15 0
Beer, Ale, and Cider, bottled 14718 galls. 2,116 13 6 282 0 0 2,398 13 6
Boots and Shoes 1,084 6 10 82 9 0 1,166 15 10
Books and Stationery 295 4 0 295 4 0
Beef, Pork, Bacon and Hams 1,489 6 4 527 18 0 2,017 4 4
Canvass and Twine 160 1 0 29 2 0 3 12 0 192 15 0
Carts, Carriages, & Wheelwrights' Work 215 19 0 215 19 0
Cordage 397 16 0 8 14 0 406 10 0
Coffee 1996 lbs. 84 16 6 84 16 6
Cabinet and Upholstery Wares 757 12 0 257 13 0 1,015 5 0
Deals, Boards, Timber and Spars 431 10 7 431 10 7
Drapery and Haberdasbery 8,361 6 0 907 1 7 100 16 0 9,369 3 7
Earthenware and Glass 509 6 2 68 5 7 7 16 0 585 7 9
Fruits, dried 559 0 10 88 3 0 647 3 10
Flour and Biscuit 226 2 10 1,263 7 0 30 0 0 1,519 9 10
Grain ; Wheat
Grain : other 145 1 7 161 8 0 306 9 7
Hardware and Cutlery 293 5 7 146 12 2 439 17 9
Hats and Bonnets 511 6 0 26 2 0 537 8 0
Hay
Hops 250 4 0 250 4 0
Horses
Iron in bar and hooping 16 13 0 16 13 0
Ironmongery 1,643 1 10 127 7 6 1,770 9 4
Leather 240 0 0 352 17 0 592 17 0
Lead 159 12 0 159 12 0
Mats and Baskets 22 19 6 49 4 0 72 3 6
Oilman's Stores 2,090 15 8 402 9 0 2,493 4 8
Oils : colours, Painter's Wares 95 16 0 4 16 0 100 12 0
Potatoes
Powder and Shot 99 5 0 99 5 0
Rice 218 2 0 218 2 0
Sugar, moist 783 0 0 783 0 0
Sugar, refined 8720 lbs. 207 13 7 207 13 7
Soap and Candles 928 16 8 443 2 7 1,871 19 8
Saddlery and Harness 756 11 0 32 7 4 788 18 4
Tea 3027 lbs. 129 12 0 123 7 6 252 19 6
Tools and Implements 141 19 2 141 19 2
Wood Goods 12 18 0 12 18 0
All other Articles 1,090 19 6 230 6 10 10 16 0 1,338 2 4
Spirits,— 32,361 7 10 7,259 16 7 155 8 0 99,776 12 5
Arrack
Brandy 5,009 9347 galls. 1,486 2 0 257 15 0 34 6 0 1,778 3 0
Geneva 448 29 14 0 37 10 0 67 4 0
Gin 1,068 205 16 0 7 16 0 213 12 0
Rum 2,788 374 10 0 149 13 0 524 3 0
Whiskey 34 6 16 0 6 16 0
Tobacco,—
Manufactured 11,591 13547 lbs. 294 6 0 92 17 0 69 15 6 127 5 0 584 3 6
Unmanufactured 1,331 22 3 8 22 3 8
Cigars 618 37 9 0 29 0 0 63 12 0 130 1 0
Snuff 7 1 15 0 1 15 0
Wine,—
Foreign 6,118 6188 galls. 1,330 13 0 113 7 0 1,444 0 0
British
Total Amount £ 36,143 16 6 7,954 10 7 225 3 6 225 3 0 44,548 13 7