This fonds consists of a typed manuscript entitled, "The History of the Custom Port of Saint John, N.B.", and a copy of a letter. The history is based on records of the customs department and provides information on such topics as port returns, exports and imports, duties collected, ships clearing and entering, tonnage figures, and monetary values of goods passing through the port of Saint John and its outports of Fredericton, St. Stephen, Sussex and Bathurst.
Included in the history is some description of how collectors were selected and how they were paid. There is a list of customs collectors from 1782-1960, some with individual dates. Statistical summaries include figures for seizures, immigrants, new vessels registered and duties collected. There is also a brief description of the effect of the Great Fire of Saint John in 1877 on the Customs Department.
The letter is a copy of an original of 1960 addressed to R.F. Logan, Collector of Customs, Saint John, N.B. from S.G. Ogilivie, chief of accommodation at the Customs Department acknowledging receipt of the history and praising the work.
Eastwood, Karl M.