The Collectors: A History of Canadian Customs and ExciseNC Press, 1984 - 414 pages This 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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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