CUSTOMS AND SMUGGLING.
We understand that the Customs authorities have issued notices to several merchants in Auckland, calling upon them to make good the sureties they have entered into for bonded goods shipped from this port. It is customary when a party ships goods'in bond to a foreign port, to obtain sureties to double the amount of the duty on such goods that they will be delivered according to consignment. It would appear that in some eases dutiable goods so shipped have not been delivered according to consignment, and hence the action now taken by the Customs authorities, as it is known that a large amount of smuggling is carried on upon the coast. One of the shipping agents in town was arrested on Tuesday on a specific charge, ahd .was released on bail in the course' of the day.—- Herald .
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Marlborough Express, Volume III, Issue 96, 11 January 1868, Page 6
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