The Collectors: A History of Canadian Customs and ExciseThis is not a book about headquarters administration, it is about individual stories. This book names the names of those people and corporations who made fortunes matching wits with the men and women of Customs and Excise. |
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Page 45
... England in English ships , the Woollens Act of 1698 which said wool and wool products could not be shipped from one colony to another without first being shipped to England , and the Molasses Act of 1733 which imposed heavy duties on ...
... England in English ships , the Woollens Act of 1698 which said wool and wool products could not be shipped from one colony to another without first being shipped to England , and the Molasses Act of 1733 which imposed heavy duties on ...
Page 46
... England for each customs position collector , comp- troller , surveyor , searcher ( or jerquer ) , waiter ( or watchman ) and specific charges were made against importers and merchants for each document used : harbor clearances ...
... England for each customs position collector , comp- troller , surveyor , searcher ( or jerquer ) , waiter ( or watchman ) and specific charges were made against importers and merchants for each document used : harbor clearances ...
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... England . He followed this up by going to England to be interviewed by the newpapers and to praise the librarians for being astute enough to stock his book , until he became well enough known in the cities of northern England to be ...
... England . He followed this up by going to England to be interviewed by the newpapers and to praise the librarians for being astute enough to stock his book , until he became well enough known in the cities of northern England to be ...
Common terms and phrases
Alaska American appointed arrived boats border boundary Britain British Columbia Bronfman Brunswick Canadian Canadian customs cargo cent charge Chilkoot collected colonies commission Commissioner Confederation contraband coureurs de bois Customs and Excise customs collector customs duties customs house customs officers English established excise tax export fees Fort Macleod France French frontier Godson Governor Halifax horses Hudson's Bay Company imported Indians inspector Island Kerby Lake land later liquor Lower Canada Macleod Manitoba manufactured ment merchants miles Milne minister Montreal Mounted Police Mounties National Revenue Newfoundland North Nova Scotia NWMP Ontario Ottawa paid passengers person port pound prairies Preventive Service Prince Edward Island province Quebec railway reported rum-runners Saint John salary Saskatchewan seized seizure shillings ships Skagway smugglers smuggling Tagish tariff territory tion tobacco Toronto trail travellers U.S. customs United Upper Canada Vancouver vessels West whisky White Pass wrote Yukon