Custom-house

As we approached the town, the usual procession of harbour-master, doctor, and Custom-house officers came aboard.

The South Pole~ Northward 2009

The doctor soon saw that there was no work for his department, and the Custom-house officers were easily convinced that we had no contraband goods.

The South Pole~ Northward 2009

In one of the Custom-house warehouses were piled a quantity of things that had to go on board: no less than 400 bundles of dried fish, all our ski and sledging outfit, a waggon-load of timber, etc.

The South Pole~ On the Way to the South 2009

It might be impracticable at present, from the loss of the Custom-house books, to obtain any authentic account of exports and imports during the last seven years.

The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805 2008

It appeared from Custom-house returns, officially laid before

The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805 2008

Mr. Darnay's been busy:A certain portion of his time was passed at Cambridge, where he read with undergraduates as a sort of tolerated smuggler who drove a contraband trade in European languages, instead of conveying Greek and Latin through the Custom-house.

The WritingYA Weblog: TBR3: A Tale of Two Cities - So The Drama! tanita davis 2008

But this defect of official information is in some degree supplied by an authentic statement, made out on a particular occasion by a Committee of the African Company, from accounts with which they were furnished from the Custom-house, through the intervention of

The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805 2008

Mr. Darnay's been busy:A certain portion of his time was passed at Cambridge, where he read with undergraduates as a sort of tolerated smuggler who drove a contraband trade in European languages, instead of conveying Greek and Latin through the Custom-house.

Archive 2008-09-01 a. fortis 2008

When I landed in America, I could not help being strongly impressed with the contrast their Custom-house presented, and the attention, politeness and good humour with which its officers discharged their duty.

American Notes for General Circulation 2007

As we did not land at Boston, in consequence of some detention at the wharf, until after dark, I received my first impressions of the city in walking down to the Custom-house on the morning after our arrival, which was Sunday.

American Notes for General Circulation 2007