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~ Huil thi- u'f sf'-r hs bosfi~d me ship
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th~ sslopn H~ ,pld them that ,hsy shoult
asan i'e d~rlsrss,ou. sasi ,esr ~ the STUBS
ks"ptna mo stthp ard that, ih~v then
shrild turn The Declarations over 10 NEW
hsrs ~ h,s rsr This took up u,uch timr.
ant assprttna tho declsrs'ion- numerically
and verfyine 'h~m FROM he ship . ma nif"-'
CONSUMED more
The ship had he~u IN dock haR On hour
hefor~ all the d~~larstious ser~ -sady
Thereafter " was plain sailing RAr the
psSaengsrs would have saved that haN h var
they had known vhst ~ 10 sifh the
DECLARATIONS amt the stubs
The tsledOnia vas snppheb With hlsnNs
~ The asme time a. the New Work. ~ the
American Lane whose entry into port on
saturday was the cause ~ ,onsratulatiOT .
for the Customs Service and i'ih,la-ion h,
M" passengers The 'sledonis sailed he
fore the folders or instructions 10 pas
.engerS ~ to the making ou' of deriara-
tons were received from Washington
Vessels that -ailed later go' he inst r,Iction-.
and u ~ not likely hat there will no snv
more mlSup-
Deputy Collector J Castree W Willams hen q
Of the division that had charge Of taking
declarations down the hsy IN the old wsv
said n was mistake 10 suppose thsi the
work of this division, the fifth. would ne
le-eened by the now system He said that
the work ma, hc oven hit harder as the
members ~ hs stan will have to GO over
the decarst' = =. fiN up little srvors. check
on names - the manifest and put tine
declarations numerical order 40 that they
may be us' Immediately after thoy are
taken on the pier.
The objec, of the new system was not 10
decrease the work of the deputy collectors.
but 10 facilitate the progress Of the psssen-
ger and his baggage, II was natural that
mistakes should occur at the beginning q
Of such an experiment, hut 10 was not due
10 any tault of the customs officers. Mt.
Williams -s,d that he and chief Clerk Ham,
ilton If the fifth division had thought they
mad explained the situation fully 10 the
Caledonia rur-er.
Aboard tine Caledonia was Otis skinner.
the actor. who has been travelling in Eng
land and Ireland with his wife. he will
begin rehearsing for his new Ulav, sdaI ted
from the French Of BslZac. called in French
"Rabouilleuse and in American The
Honor of the Family He will open in
Baltimore on September ~ AZ ford's and
late in the autumn will appear here