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Early Wellington

Free Trade

Free Trade.

Governor Fitzroy abolished the Customs' duties on the 9th September, 1844, and made the New Zealand ports free, hoping by placing a rate on all property instead, to create a revenue of £8000 per annum.—Bishop's Guide, 1883, p. 99.