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WAREHOUSES  IN  FOREIGN  COUNTRIES.

wine,  6,170  ;  rice,  4,825;  fruit,  dry,  3,524;  rosin,  3,363;  phosphates,
2,868;  flour,  1,830;  iron,  1,492;  wood,  1,405;  textile  fabrics  and
yarn,  1,332;  metals,  1,221;  beans,  1,185;  sulphate  of  copper,  3,121;
nutgall,  908;  oils,  lubricating,  960;  cotton,  843;  spirits,  763;  wool,
561;  paper,  556;  gums,  555;  peas,  488;  conserves,  466  ;  drugs,  400:
[allow  and  fats,  389;  carobs,  383;  cacao,  356;  pigment,  286;  nuts,
259;  my  robo!  an,  220;  chemical  products,  205;  pepper,  168;  codfish, ­
  152;  citrons,  in  salt,  114;  sulphur,  92;  coloring  material,  89;
cork,  84;  almonds,  80;  glass,  71;  candles  and  stearin,  59;  brass,
49;  asphalt  and  bitumen,  36  ;  tea,  23;  all  other  articles,  1,601.
While  much  merchandise  of  American  origin  is  stored  in  the  Trieste
warehouses,  it  is  done  by  the  purchasers.  It  can,  therefore,  not  be
said  that  Americans  make  any  direct  use  of  these  warehouses.
All  nationalities  that  make  use  of  the  warehouses  are  treated  exactly ­
  alike.
During  the  last  decade  the  average  length  of  time  goods  remained
in  bond  in  the  Trieste  warehouses  was  nine  weeks.
HANDLING  OF  GOODS.
The  Government  owns  and  manages  not  only  all  the  warehouses,
but  all  the  piers,  lading  sheds  (hangars),  and  other  appurtenances
of  the  port  as  well.  The  administration  of  the  warehouses  furnishes
the  necessary  force  of  men  for  the  loading  and  unloading  of  vessels,
except  the  work  on  board  ;  it  places  and  operates  the  cranes,  advises
the  receivers,  receives  the  merchandise  from  the  cranes,  assorts  it
according  to  marks  and  bills  of  lading,  and  loads  it  on  wagons  or  railway ­
  cars.  On  the  other  hand,  the  administration  receives  merchandise ­
  from  the  railway  company  or  other  carrier,  weighs  it,  and  places
it  on  board  the  vessel.  It  also  attends  to  certain  custom-house
formalities.
All  goods  after  being  taken  from  the  ship  are  deposited  in  the
hangars.  They  are  exempt  there  from  warehouse  charges  for  from
three  to  five  days,  and  the  receiver  must  either  remove  them  or  dispose
of  them  otherwise  within  this  period.  If  he  fails  to  do  so,  the  warehouse ­
  authorities  may  remove  the  goods  from  the  hangars  to  the  public ­
  warehouses  or  may  sell  them  at  public  auction.
Goods  awaiting  shipment  enjoy  free  hangar  storage  for  a  period
of  eight  days.
The  following  is  the  tariff  for  various  services  connected  with  the
loading  and  unloading  of  freight  :
For  removing  goods  from  vessel’s  hold  to  hangar,  wagons,  or  railway ­
  cars,  without  landing  them  on  the  quay,  4  heller  (0.8  cent)  per
quintal  (220.46  pounds)  ;  when  goods  are  weighed  on  board  the  ship,
5  heller  (1  cent)  per  quintal.  This  includes  the  compensation  of  the
workmen  required  to  remove  the  goods  from  the  crane  to  the  hangar
or  the  railway  car,  also  the  supplying  of  cars.
For  removing  goods  from  the  crane  to  the  quay,  assorting  them
according  to  bills  of  lading  and  marks,  advising  receiver,  and  placing ­
  the  goods  on  wagons  or  cars,  10  heller  (2  cents)  per  quintal.  A
special  rate,  viz,  8  heller  (1.6  cents)  per  quintal  obtains  for  the  following ­
  articles:  Colophony  and  ordinary  rosin,  potatoes  in  sacks,
earth  colors,  brass,  logwood  in  blocks,  grain,  rags  in  bales,  hemp  in
bales,  lumber  and  sttives,  Japan  earth,  jute  in  bales,  flour,  metal  in