Red Tape
The Customs Department hay« discovered, or invented, it matters not which, another mode of obstructing business, iv the form of a little regulation which will prove very inconvinient, if not annoying, to up-country dealers who import their goods from England ov the other Cokmiee. UzicW the
new plan, instead of simply forwarding their invoices to a Customs agent in the port of arrival to pass entries, &c, they hav«j now to " make a declaration for ad valorem goods which must be signed by the importer in the presence of a Postmaster or Justice of the Peace." This looks trifling in itself, and its peculiarly trivial chara 1 ter ia possibly its strongest recommendation to the official genius who invented or adopted it; but to the person most interested— i.e. the up-country importer — it means a delay of several days iv getting his goods to their market. This may be of small importance to the official mind, but it is of vital consequence to tho © who have to suffer from this additional trammel in the shape of another coil oi red tape. It is neither more nor less than a piece of vexatious officialism.
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Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 69, 17 November 1888, Page 2
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195Red Tape Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 69, 17 November 1888, Page 2
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