The $2,000 smugglers' fee in 1941 is worth over $42,000 in 2024.
The ocean-going tugboat depicted as the smuggler's ship is the same one used in Tugboat Annie (1933), also made by MGM. The name is backwards on the bow - the "Narcissus" - as the picture has been reversed to help disguise the name. Most likely footage from the feature was used for this shot.
British Honduras became self-governing in 1964 and independent from the UK in 1981 when it was renamed Belize, after its largest city. It is part of the Commonwealth of Nations as a former British colony.