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WAREHOUSES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 
who export grain to Europe by this route. The height of this eleva 
tor is 75 feet; width, 85 feet; length, 225 feet; capacity, 1,200.000 
bushels ; and original cost, $200,000. The elevator is owned and con 
ducted by a Chicago grain firm which uses it exclusively. The use 
of the elevator makes possible the shipment of grain by this route 
without the delay and expense which would be incurred if the grain 
were transferred directly from vessel to cars. 
Grain is removed from vessel to elevator by means of what is 
known as a “ ships leg.” Inside this leg is an endless chain to which 
are attached small buckets at close intervals. In loading on cars the 
grain descends from elevators by means of a spout to the interior of 
the car. The cost of both transfers is less than one-half cent per 
bushel. 
Services of both American and Canadian customs officials are re 
quired. The duty of the American official is to break the seals on 
vessels previous to unloading and to seal cars after transshipment. 
The Canadian official attends to the enforcement of Canadian marine 
regulations and allows no grain to leave.unless properly sealed. 
For the purpose of facilitating foreign trade the Grand Trunk 
Railway has a small bonded wareroom in freight sheds at points 
where a collector of customs or deputy is located. There are such 
rooms at Orillia, Midland, North Bay, and Sudbury, in this district 
There is no storage or other charge in connection with these, and 
they answer all purposes admirably. The privileges are extended 
to all exporters without regard to nationality. 
E. A. Wakefield, Consul. 
Orillia, Ontario, July 11, 190 
TORONTO. 
(From United States Consul Ounsaulus, Toronto, Ontario.) 
There are in Toronto no warehouses established exclusively for 
the storage of merchandise in bond. The owners of warehouses, 
either public or private, may, by the payment of an annual fee of 
$40, have one or more rooms set apart for the storage of goods in 
bond. There are at present five public warehouses and 22 private 
firms having rooms for the storage of bonded goods. 
The surveyor of customs is the principal customs officer in charge 
of the bonded warehouses. Under him are officers called lockers 
whose duties are to see that goods sent to the bonded warehouse are 
properly locked into the rooms set apart for that purpose, and also 
when goods are taken from bond, upon an entry being passed for that 
purpose and a warrant issued by the surveyor, the locker allows the 
proper amount of goods to be removed from warehouse. 
The charges for storage in bond are the same as those for ordinary 
storage, and vary widely, according to the character of the goods, 
the size of the packages, and the length of time they remain in 
storage. For ordinary goods in small packages or boxes about 1 by 
2 by 3 feet the charge is 3 cents per month or part thereof. For dry 
goods in larger cases 15 to 30 cents per month per case, depending 
on the size of cases. Whisky is stored at the rate of 2 cents per 
month per case.