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Kōrero: Customs and tariffs

Government revenue, 1840–1890

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Customs duties were by far the largest source of government revenues in the half-century after 1840. The only exceptions were occasional years – particularly in the 1870s – when the government was trying to encourage settlement by selling or leasing land.

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Source: Paul Goldsmith, We won, you lost, eat that! Auckland: David Ling, 2008, pp. 16, 46, 71, 102.

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Tony Simpson, Customs and tariffs – Tariffs for revenue, 1840–1940, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/graph/22567/government-revenue-1840-1890 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Tony Simpson, i tāngia i te 12 April 2010.