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goods  which  have  previously  arrived  in  Nottingham  by  the  Midland
Hailway  charged  at  carted  rates.
Charges  for  cooperage,  repairs,  sampling,  etc.,  will  be  made  in
addition  to  those  above  mentioned,  according  to  the  cost  incurred.
For  other  articles  than  wine  and  spirits  no  tariff  is  published,  the
storage  thereof  being  so  rare  that  charges  are  made  to  apply  to  each
particular  case.
A  statement  of  receipts  and  expenditures  is  not  procurable.
No  Americans  use  this  warehouse,  but  all  nationalities  are  treated
alike.  Goods  remain  in  bond  sometimes  for  months,  sometimes  for
.Years.  An  excise  officer  has  a  lock  and  key  to  the  warehouse,  so  that
he  can  inspect  it  at  his  pleasure.

Nottingham,  England,  July  #0,190J.

Frank  W.  Maiiin,  C\

PLYMOUTH.

(From  United  States  Consul  Stephens,  Plymouth,  England.)

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There  are  at  this  port  23  bonded  warehouses.  These  va
size  according  to  the  purposes  for  which  the  premises  have  be?
bonded.  Some  of  the  warehouses  approved  for  wines  and  spirits  are
^ory  large.  In  addition  to  the  above  there  are  33  excise  general  warehouses ­
  located  in  different  parts  of  the  district.  All  these  warehouses
ure  owned  and  conducted  by  private  companies  and  individuals.
Any  person  or  company,  by  providing  suitable  premises  and  furnishing ­
  the  requisite  bonds,  may  establish  a  bonded  warehouse.
The  goods  chiefly  stored  are  wines  and  spirits,  tobacco,  ship’s  stores,
a nd  dry  goods.  Some  goods  remain  in  bond  for  years.  The  great
majority  of  the  warehouses  are  owned  by  large  spirit  and  wine  merchants, ­
  who  use  them  for  storing  their  goods  which  are  covered  in
^ond.  Very  little  general  merchandise  is  placed  in  bond  at  this  port
await  delivery  or  reshipment.  All  nationalities  are  treated  exactly
  alike  by  the  administrators  of  the  warehouses.  Americans
seldom  make  use  of  these  buildings.
,  The  facilities  for  the  removal  of  goods  from  ship  to  bonded  warehouse ­
  are  abundant.  The  cost  depends  wholly  upon  contract,  there
being  no  scale  of  charges  for  either  storage  or  removal  of  goods.
The  care  and  supervision  exercised  over  the  warehouses  by  the  customs ­
  officials  is  very  strict.  Double  locks  are  placed  on  all  doors  and
n o  owner  nor  any  person  whatsoever  is  allowed  to  enter  without  the
company  of  a  customs  officer.
Jos.  G.  Stephens,  Consul.
Plymouth,  England,  August  11,  1901¡..

SOUTHAMPTON.
(From  United  States  Consul  Swalm,  Southampton,  England.)
While  Southampton  is  a  great  port  in  the  amount  of  tonnage  ending ­
  from  the  sea,  it  may  be  termed  merely  a  port  of  landing  and