New York by sunlight and gaslight : a work descriptive of the great American metropolis ; its high and low life; its splendors and miseries; its virtu . hePort, the Naval Officer, and the Surveyor of the Port,and their subordinates. The other departments ofthe Custom House are in different parts of the Sample Offices are at 254 West street; the Ap-praisers Stores at 486 Washington street; the BargeOffice at 6 State street; and the Public Stores at thecorner of Washington and Laight street. Large as itis, the Custom House building is too small for thebusiness transacted within it, and
New York by sunlight and gaslight : a work descriptive of the great American metropolis ; its high and low life; its splendors and miseries; its virtu . hePort, the Naval Officer, and the Surveyor of the Port,and their subordinates. The other departments ofthe Custom House are in different parts of the Sample Offices are at 254 West street; the Ap-praisers Stores at 486 Washington street; the BargeOffice at 6 State street; and the Public Stores at thecorner of Washington and Laight street. Large as itis, the Custom House building is too small for thebusiness transacted within it, and the erection of anew Custom House has been strongly urged upon theGovernment. The business of the port of New York is of all the duties collected on imports in theUnited States are received here. The Collectorshipof the Port is perhaps the best paying office within thegift of the National Government, and is eagerly sought ^after by politicians. The Collector is also possessedof great political influence and power, by reason of hisbeing the chief of the vast army of employees ofevery description engaged in doing Government work. CUSTOM HOUSE INSPECTION. 4 304 . NEW YORK. in the city. In the Custom House proper there areabout 1150 clerks, whose aggregate salaries amount toabout $3,000,000 per annum. The duties of the principal officers of the port arethus stated by Colonel T. B. Thorpe, a veteran em-ployee in the Custom House :— The Collector shall receive all reports, manifests,and documents to be made or exhibited on the entryof any ship or vessel; shall record, on books to bekept for that purpose, all manifests ; shall receive theentries of all ships or vessels, and of the goods, waresand merchandise imported in them; shall estimate theamount of the duties payable thereupon, indorsingsaid amount on the respective entries; shall receiveall moneys paid for duties, and take all bonds for se-curing the payment thereof; shall, with the approba-tion of the Secr
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