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A custom house or customs house was a building housing the offices for the government officials who processed the paperwork for the import and export of goods into and out of a country. Customs officials also collected customs duty on imported goods. The custom house was typically located in a seaport or in a city on a major river with access to the ocean. These cities acted as a port of entry into a country. The government had officials at such locations to collect taxes and regulate commerce. Due to advances in electronic information systems, the increased volume of international trade and the introduction of air travel, the custom house is now often a historical anachronism. There are many examples of buildings around the world whose former use was as a custom house but that have since been converted for other use, such as museums or civic buildings. In the United Kingdom since 1386, the phrase ''custom house'' has been in use over the term ''customs house''. This was after a "Custom House" was erected at Wool Wharf in Tower Ward, to contain just the officials of the Great Custom on Wool and Woolfells. The singular form was used even though in later years the Custom House was the location of other Customs officials as well.〔Smith, Graham (1980). ''Something To Declare'', p. 6. Harrap & Co. Ltd, London. ISBN 0-245-53472-5〕 ==Gallery== File:Custom house at Night.JPG|Nigh time view of the Limerick Custom House currently the home of the Hunt Museum Image:Customs House, Philadelphia.jpg|United States Custom House (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) image:Customs-House-Brisbane.jpg|Customs House, Brisbane Image:SydneyCustomsHouse_gobeirne.jpg|Customs House, Sydney File:CustomHouseDublin.JPG|Custom House, Dublin File:Portico, the Custom House, Belfast - geograph.org.uk - 1332165.jpg|Custom House, Belfast Image:ShanghaiBundCustomsHouse.jpg|Customs House, Shanghai Image:CustomHouse.jpg|Custom House Tower, Boston Image:Portland Maine Custom House.JPG|Custom House, Portland, Maine Image:Custom House Queen Sq.jpg|Custom House, Queen Square, Bristol File:Customhousebarrow.JPG|Custom House, Barrow-in-Furness, UK Image:Customs House Montreal.jpg|Old Custom House, Montreal File:Pushkinsky dom.jpg|Custom House, St. Petersburg File:Arkhangelsk-Gostiniy Dvor 1900.jpg|Custom House, Arkhangelsk File:The Customs House on Mill Dam, South Shields, South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England.JPG|The Customs House, South Shields, UK File:KCB 20100503 Port Custom House DSCF0389.JPG|Custom House, Porthmadog, N. Wales File:Custom House - Salem, Massachusetts.JPG|Customs House at the Salem Maritime National Historic Site in Salem, Massachusetts File:Malta - Valletta - Xatt Lascaris+SS Peter and Paul Bastion+custom house+Upper Barrakka Gardens (MSTHC) 02 ies.jpg|Customs House, Valletta, Malta 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Custom house」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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