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WAREHOUSES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 
11,000 tons of grain. There are two passages for tracks under the silos; the 
ground floor is used exclusively for delivering. Insured value, $127,508. 
From patriotism and necessity the free port has always been man 
aged by men of thorough training, and the business public are emi- 
nenetly satisfied with the services rendered. During the past few 
years the trans-Atlantic trade has gradually been transferred to the 
free port until (and this condition has only been fully realized dur 
ing the past year) the entire distribution of this trade takes place 
in the free port. Shipping interests and merchants alike have found 
in the free port not only a protection but a positive impetus to Danish 
trade. It was constructed to meet the competition brought by the 
construction of the Kiel Canal. There is now a feeling of security 
where previously there was the constant fear that the importance of 
Copenhagen as a distributing center would be reduced to a minimum, 
owing to the existence of the Kiel Canal and to the great advantage 
which Hamburg enjoyed through its superior facilities and its larger 
interests. The free port has enabled Danish merchants to hold the 
trade of the Scandinavian countries and of the Russian ports on the 
Baltic which had been won through well-directed and patient effort, 
and which, without a free port, seemed in great danger of being lost. 
There are no available figures showing the receipts and expendi 
tures of the free port. 
SERVICES AND CHARGES. 
The services rendered consist of discharging and loading ships, 
warehousing goods and delivering them from warehouse, renting stor 
age rooms and spaces, renting offices, and furnishing electricity for 
light and power. 
Charges for storage are by the month of thirty days. Rates vary 
according to the article to be stored. 0 The rate for “ anchors,” for 
instance, is 2 ore (about one-half cent) per 100 pounds; for “dried 
apples,” 5 ore (about cents) per 100 pounds; for “bed feathers,” 
11 ore (about 3 cents) per 100 pounds, etc. 
It is impossible to procure a general statement covering the cost 
of the removal of goods from boat to warehouse, and vice versa. 
Information along this line can be obtained in case of specific inquiry. 
STORAGE OF GOODS. 
The principal classes of goods stored are grain of all kinds, feed, 
coffee, lumber, sugar, lard, oil, farm machinery, tobacco, hardware, 
fruits, sirup. 
Great quantities of goods arrive in the free port from the United 
States, but it is only in exceptional cases that such goods are the prop 
erty of American firms. They are in most cases goods which have 
been purchased by Danish merchants, and lie in warehouse at the dis 
posal of such merchants. All nationalities are treated exactly alike. 
Most of the goods received at the free port are delivered in the 
course of eight days from the first discharging day of the ship. This 
is due to the fact that no warehouse rent is charged for the first eight 
°A detailed table showing the published storage rates and also the yearly 
rates for offices, sheds, etc., is on file in the Bureau of Statistics, Department of 
Commerce and Labor.