Warehouses in foreign countries for storage of merchandise in transit or in bond

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Identifikator:: 863514456

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-45340

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Warehouses in foreign countries for storage of merchandise in transit or in bond

Place of publication:: Washington

Publisher:: Government Printing Office

Year of publication:: 1905

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (206 Seiten)

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: North America

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«J AMAICA. 1G1 the buildings as well as a lock by the proprietor of the warehouse, therefore no admission is possible except when a customs officer is present. A copy of the revenue act of Bermuda of 1898 is herewith in closed.® W. Maxwell Greene, Consul. Hamilton, Bermuda, June 22,1904- CURAÇAO. (From United states Consul Cheney, Curaçao, West Indies.) There is no general warehouse here. Goods in bond are stored wherever space can be found. Space can always be obtained at a reasonable and usually at a very low rate near the wharf. Lighter age, when required, and all labor in handling are very cheap. A Government officer attends the storage, retains the key, and attends again the removal. lie is paid 2 florins (80 cents) a day—the only Government charge. Goods can remain fourteen days, and an exten sion of three months is allowed for 20 florins ($8.04), regardless of bulk or value. After that duties must be paid. There is always considerable merchandise in bond—mainly divi divi, coffee, hides, and various woods. Americans rarely put 1 goods thus in bond. All nationalities are treated exactly alike. Handling is nearly all paid by the piece, and the laborer earns from 1 to 2 florins a day—rarely more. Generally he gets an American cent a package for ordinary packages. Officials exercise no care other than to retain the key of the storage rooms. Elias II. Cheney, Consul. Curaçao, West Indies, July 19, 1904. JAMAICA. (From United (Hates Vice-Consul Orrett, Kingston, Jamaica.) The warehouses at the different ports of this island vary from 100 to 300 feet long. Some are built of wood, others of brick; they are roofed with iron sheets or shingles. The cost of the warehouses varies, according to their size, from $1,000 up. Warehouses are owned by private individuals as well as by the Government, Dutiable goods brought bv the several steamship lines from United States and Great Britain are stored in warehouses for two weeks, free of wharfage; if the goods are not then passed through the cus toms they are either stored in bonded warehouses on the wharf at which landed, or taken to the government warehouses, where wharfage is charged, and detained there until the duty is paid. All wharfage o On file in the Bureau of Statistics. Department of Commerce and Labor. 18762—05 M 11

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