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found · at the back of the customs ledger

declaration of arriving goods
customs office · port of noem
vessel
m.s. heron
from
crailston
date
— · XI · —
declarant
c. orby (master)
contents
one object,  wooden case,  approx. 14 × 9 × 9 in., unmarked. weight : light. contents : not described. breathing : no, but warm to the touch.
classification
not under any heading.  not perishable.  not livestock.  not currency.  not glass.
duty
— · referred for inspection  ·  held
disposition
released into the keeping of the consignee, pending a category the office had not yet drawn.
officer b. dirk  ·  date as above
UNCLASSIFIED
CUSTOMS
NOEM
·

the case sat in the office for some days. it was not opened. the officer wrote that the catalogue had nothing for it and asked the library for a new category. none was ever issued. the consignee turned out to be a name nobody on staff recognised.

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