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:: Africa

Collection:: Economics Books

ZANZIBAR. 195 housing them, may do so, subject to certain conditions. Warehouse receipts and expenditures for 1903 were: Receipts, £572 3s. 9d. ($2,784.55) : expenditures in salaries, £370 ($1,800.60). All mer chants or others having business with the warehouses are accorded equal privileges, regardless of nationality. There are no regular facilities for the removal of goods to and from warehouses. One shilling (24 cents) per day is paid for such service. John T. Williams, Consul. Sierra Leone, West Africa, September i, 190J¡.. ZANZIBAR. (From United States Consul Mitchell, Zanzibar.) It is impossible to give dimensions of warehouses in Zanzibar, as they form part of the custom-house, and are not always used for the same purpose. They are owned by the customs authorities and conducted by them. Transit and unreclaimed goods are stored in them, also local produce, such as cloves, chillies, and copra, the property of the Government. A tariff of charges is inclosed. 0 All classes of goods are stored, except those barred by insurance com panies and perishable commodities. Kerosene oil is stored in sepa rate warehouses. Most of the kerosene in cases is imported by American firms. They also import large quantities of American unbleached cotton. It is impossible to state the length of time goods remain in bond, there being no limit to the length of time a merchant is allowed to leave his goods in transit. All nationalities receive like treatment. Goods are discharged in lighters brought alongside the sea wall off the custom-house and discharged by four steam cranes. A fee is charged by the customs officials covering wharfage, cranage, and warehouse rent for a given period. Shipping agents have a landing charge for the use of their lighters. All public warehouses being the property of the Government, the customs officials have absolute control over them, and all reasonable care is taken to insure the safety of goods stored therein. Mason Mitchell, Consul. Zanzibar, July 19, 1904- o On file in the Bureau of Statistics, Department tit Commerce and Labor.

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