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:: Europe

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Germany: Stettin. 67 D. For storage in the open one-half the rates A to C will be charged. The officials in this case assume no responsibility whatever. E. Commenced months and parts of 100 kilograms are calculated as full months and full 100 kilograms. F. Charges are based on articles packed in the customary manner and of customary weight. For deviations from the general custom the storage fee is set by the authorities. Pieces of more than 1,500 kilograms (3,305 pounds) or pieces liable to catch fire will be refused. The authorities have the right to stipu late what merchandise shall be accepted for storage. G. In special cases the authorities have the right to make special rates. III. A. Additional fees per 100 kilograms (220.40 pounds) are: (1) for handling during storing, 0.7 cent; (2) for handling when taken out, 0.7 cent (the fees given in 1 and 2 will be increased 1 pfen nig (0.238 cent) for merchandise in small packages, or if in pieces of less than 20 kilograms (44 pounds), or for loose articles, excepting oil cakes) ; (3) for transferring from shed to warehouse, or vice yorsa, with the use of a crane, 0.5 cent; (4) for raising or lowering in the warehouse from one floor to the other, each way, 0.5 cent; (5) for unloading or loading merchandise coming or going by rail, (a) including weighing, 1.4 cents, and (b) without weighing, 0.7 cent ; (G) for weighing merchandise, except as mentioned under 5, 1.2 cents; (7) for getting together certain marks and numbers from a pile of merchandise, 1.2 cents; (8) for filling or emptying sacks, (a) m connection with other services, 0.5 cent, and (b) otherwise, 1.2 cents. B. In warerooms rented as a whole, as many as four incandes cent lights will be put in at the expense of the renter. Light will be furnished at the rate of 5 pfennigs (1.2 cents) for two lights, and 10 pfennigs (2.4 cents) for four lights. The electric meter for determin ing the amount of light used will be rented for 2 marks (47.0 cents) per year extra. The above tariff of fees refers to the renting of storerooms and the handling of merchandise for storage. The ordinary ship, port, and city dues, the use of the railways in the free harbor, cranes, city laborers, etc., are all extra, and embodied in the freight charges. RECEIPTS ANI) EXPENDITURES. The receipts from the warehouse, sheds, and rented open space and all other sources connected with the storing of merchandise, amounted to 47,300 marks ($11,257) in 1903. It is impossible to secure information as to the expenditures for such services, for the 1'cason that the expense account of the free harbor covers all services and outlays of every nature and kind, and does not itemize expenses for merchandise in bond or for ships and merchandise cleared, but embodies both lines under one head. In round figures the total re ceipts from the free harbor were $50,000 less than the expenditures during 1903. GOODS STORED. Hog products, dried fruits, oleomargarine, and cotton oil are the Principal articles of American origin stored in the free harbor; the length of time that these articles remain in bond is regulated by the

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