The Collectors: A History of Canadian Customs and ExciseNC Press, 1984 - 414 psl. 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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... liquor to the Indians for furs . The Jesuits maintained that liquor corrupted the Indians . The fur traders said they needed liquor in their business because the English were using it indiscriminately . Thus began a struggle that lasted ...
... liquor to the Indians for furs . The Jesuits maintained that liquor corrupted the Indians . The fur traders said they needed liquor in their business because the English were using it indiscriminately . Thus began a struggle that lasted ...
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... liquor were smugg- led into the United States . The main smuggling operations were con- ducted from Halifax , Windsor ( Ontario ) , Vancouver , St. Pierre and Mi- quelon , Havana and Nassau . At one time , four - fifths of the illegal ...
... liquor were smugg- led into the United States . The main smuggling operations were con- ducted from Halifax , Windsor ( Ontario ) , Vancouver , St. Pierre and Mi- quelon , Havana and Nassau . At one time , four - fifths of the illegal ...
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... liquor smuggling . He told the Commons in May he had seen liquor boats from Windsor discharge unmolested within 100 yards of the U.S. customs house . Anyway , it didn't seem consistent for Canada to permit manufac- ture of liquor and ...
... liquor smuggling . He told the Commons in May he had seen liquor boats from Windsor discharge unmolested within 100 yards of the U.S. customs house . Anyway , it didn't seem consistent for Canada to permit manufac- ture of liquor and ...
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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