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Show ! Custom Bouse lav cs ligation New York, 13. Fernando Woad, 'alone, again conducted the custom j house investigotioo. eiilas W. Burt, 'naval ofiicer, in answer to the in-'quiry, in-'quiry, do you know of any good reason why the naval oificer could not be abolished, answered : " Wuen you j abo.ish the collector's office, war department and other bureaus, tpen ' you can abolish the naval office, fuere would be nothing ta show that the collector had rightfully collected the hundred million ot dollars annually an-nually iu duty. You mi?ht as wt.ll alio every paymaster iu the army and navy to make his disbursements without any supervision." |