Tools of the gauger
80 views · Published 25 June 2018 · 6:09 · Indexed 20 October 2026
Channel: National Museums Liverpool · 2018 · People & Blogs
A modern animation using historical film footage of the specialist tools that Customs and Excise officers used to measure casks and weigh tobacco, in order to calculate how much tax was owed. Length 6 minutes. This is a silent film. Find out more about the work of Customs and Excise officers in the 'Seized! the Border and Customs revealed' gallery at Merseyside Maritime Museum, which displays the collections of the UK Border Force National Museum: liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/seized
