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Two or three, which failed in the attempt, were last year taken and condemned.

The large income of the receiver of customs, placed here three years ago, has hitherto been confined to these per- quisites.

Americans, who from an ignorance of the severity and lati- tude with which English prohibitions are enforced, have a larger quan- tity of provision on board, than the rigour of the English law per- mits, frequently see the surplus confiscated to the augmentation of the customs, which, if extracted by less delicate hands than those of the present receiver, might be carried to a much larger amount.

This officer is called Intendant-general : a fine title, which orna- ments a station, that, in fact, knows no superiors, but has also no in- feriors, excepting a director, who resides at Niagara.

The Intendant- general has not even a secretary.