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month  begun  is  charged  as  a  full  month.  For  storage  of  goods  under
1  kilogram  (2.2  pounds)  in  weight,  the  highest  rate  of  6  crowns  or
$1.28  per  week  is  charged,  without  regard  to  kind.  In  all  cases  the
week  begun  is  rated  as  full.  Rent  for  special  rooms  per  annum
ranges  per  room  from  $40  to  $100.  The  fee  for  placing  insurance  on
$40  value  and  less  of  the  insured  goods  amounts  to  2  cents  per  month.
For  $40  transportation  insurance  by  railway  within  the  monarchy  the
fee  likewise  amounts  to  2  cents.
Handling  charges  are  as  follows,  per  220.40  pounds:  For  unloading
from  railway  car,  f  cent  ;  for  storing  away  packed  goods,  excepting
voluminous  packages,  14  cents;  for  storing  away  unpacked  goods,  2
cents;  for  taking  out  of  storage,  excepting  voluminous  packages,  1^
cents;  for  taking  unpacked  goods  out  of  storage,  2  cents;  for  weighing, ­
  f  cent.  These  rates  are  charged  in  full  for  lots  under  220.40
pounds  in  weight.  The  rates  for  storing  away  and  taking  out  of
storage  voluminous  packages,  such  as  furniture,  machines,  tools,  etc.,
are  computed  according  to  amount  of  time  and  labor  required.  For
packing  parcels,  from  7  to  14  cents,  according  to  size,  is  charged.
For  hooping  of  a  barrel,  10  cents.  For  other  manipulation  of  goods,
10  cents  per  man  per  hour,  40  cents  per  man  per  half  day,  or  80  cents
per  man  for  a  whole  day.  For  piece  goods  per  220.46  pounds,  the
expressage  fees,  including  work  of  loading,  are  4  cents;  for  carloads,
per  car,  including  loading,  $1.40.
For  custom-house  declaration  of  dutiable  goods  the  charge  per  carload ­
  is  40  cents.  For  attending  to  custom-house  regulations  on  colonial ­
  goods  the  charges  are:  For  from  10  to  100  kilos  (1  kilo  =  2.2046
pounds),  4  crown  (10.2  cents)  ;  for  from  100  to  600  kilos,  00  heller
(18.27  cents)  ;  for  over  600  kilos,  12  heiler  (2.436  cents)  per  100  kilos.
For  manufactured  goods  in  general  the  charges  are:  Under  100  kilos,
1  crown  (20.3  cents)  ;  100  to  250  kilos,  1.6  crowns  (32.48  cents)  ;  250
to  500  kilos,  2  crowns  (40.6  cents)  ;  over  500  kilograms,  at  the  rate  of
\  crown  (10.15  cents)  per  100  kilos.  For  fancy  goods,  per  100  kilos,
is  charged  1.6  crowns  (32.5  cents),  and  for  cotton  and  woolen  goods
the  rate  is  20  heller  (4.06  cents).
Storage  rent  and  fees  for  refrigerating  must  be  paid  in  advance
unconditionally.  For  storage  by  the  year  payment  must  be  made  a
half  year  in  advance;  by  the  half  or  quarter  year,  a  quarter  in  advance. ­
  The  price,  with  a  maximum  strain  of  1,760  to  2,200  pounds
on  the  square  meter  (1.106  square  yards),  ranges,  for  a  space  of  from
25  to  300  square  meters,  from  $13  to  $16  annually,  $8  to  $10  semiannually, ­
  $5  to  $7  per  quarter  year;  for  space  up  to  1Ò0  square  meters,  from
80  cents  to  $1.10  per  week,  and  for  space  of  25  square  meters,  from  16
to  20  cents  per  day.  In  weight  the  price  per  week  for  220  pounds  is
from  30  to  36  cents.  For  storing  away  and  taking  out  of  storage,
including  weighing  of  goods,  4  cents  for  220  pounds.
STORAGE  AND  HANDLING  OF  GOODS.
The  classes  of  goods  stored  chiefly  are:  Cereals,  champagne,  coffee,
colonial  goods,  cotton,  dextrine,  fats,  flour,  grain  products,  honey,
leather,  manufactured  goods,  mother-of-pearl,  oils,  rice,  skins,  spirits,
starch,  sugar,  wines,  wool,  and  yarns.  In  the  refrigerators  are  stored
beer,  bulbs,  butter,  caviare,  eggs,  figs,  fish,  flowers,  fruit,  game,  meat,
milk,  plants,  and  vegetables.  As  a  rule  wares  may  remain  in  bond  so