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WAREHOUSES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 
MAINZ. 
(From United States Consul Schumann, Mainz, Germ any.) 
The bonded warehouses of this city, including a large warehouse 
for general storage, a grain elevator, a warehouse for the storage of 
petroleum, turpentine, benzine, etc., a warehouse for the storage of 
spirits, an inspection hall, and sundry small warehouses, are substan 
tially built brick structures of pleasing architectural lines, which 
were erected by the municipality of Mainz in the year 1887 at a total 
original cost of $363,639, exclusive of the cost of the ground. 
The total storage areas of the principal buildings are as follows: 
Main warehouse in the customs harbor, 129,150 square feet; grain 
elevator in the customs harbor, 58,609 square feet, with a capacity of 
6,710 tons; cellar of the grain elevator, which is used for the storage 
of oil, lard, and wine, 7,761 square feet; inspection hall, 19,726 square 
feet; warehouse for petroleum, turpentine, benzine, etc., 7,213 square 
feet; warehouse for spirits, 8,815 square feet. 
Hydraulic cranes on rails unload the vessels directly at the doors 
of the warehouses. 
While the buildings belong to the municipality, the management 
is conducted by the Grand Ducal Hessian customs ollice at Mainz, 
and all goods are under close supervision and inspection of customs 
officials, and nothing can pass the gates of the inclosure to the customs 
harbor that has not been officially inspected. 
Goods may be stored in bond in the warehouses for a period of five 
years; but for good and sufficient reasons this period may be extended. 
On the average goods remain in bond one-half to one year. The 
goods chiefly stored in the bonded warehouses of this city are grains, 
spices, lumber, coffee, cocoa, cork stoppers, petroleum, rice, tobacco, 
tea, lard, lubricating oil, spirits, wine, and sugar. American goods 
stored in the bonded warehouses of this city are chiefly grains, lumber, 
petroleum, lard, lubricating oil, and tobacco. All nationalities are 
treated exactly alike by the administrators of the warehouses. 
The total receipts for the entire bonded-warehouse system average 
about $30,000 a year; the total expenditures about $27. r '00. 
The storage charges are based upon area of floor space in square 
meters (10.76 square feet) or weight in hundreds of kilograms (220.46 
pounds), and are as follows:- For storage of wine, alcohol, etc., in the 
cellars of the warehouses, per square meter, for three years, $3.50; for 
one year, $1.43 ; for one month, 18 cents. F or the storage of oil, fats, 
and other articles requiring a low temperature, in cellars, per square 
meter, for three years, $2.14; for one year, 95 cents; for one month, 
12 cents. For storage in the upper stories of the warehouses, per 
square motor, for three years, $2.14; for one year, 95 cents; for one 
month, 12 cents. For storage in the spirits warehouses, per square 
meter, for three years, $2.14; for one year, 95 cents; for one month, 
18 cents. For storage in the petroleum warehouses, per square meter, 
for one year, 95 cents. For the storage of wheat, rye, barley, and 
.corn, loose, the charge per 100 kilograms is 5 pfennigs (1.19 cents) 
(220.46 pounds) ; and for oats, rape seed, malt, legumes, and linseed, 
6 pfennigs (1.43 cents), all in quantities of at least 50,000 kilograms 
(110,200 pounds). For smaller quantities of various goods the 
storage ranges, according to the article—heavier articles being