FRANCE!  MARSEILLE.

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move  and  shift  the  goods,  if  this  is  necessary  to  a  satisfactory  inspection, ­
  without  charge  up  to  one-half  of  the  whole  number  of  parcels
and  upon  agreed  terms  for  the  excess.
If  merchandise  requires  sorting,  washing,  folding,  baling,  or  packing ­
  the  owner  may  employ  persons  for  these  services,  and  is  provided
with  space  for  carrying  on  the  work.  The  dock  company,  in  this  case,
transports  the  merchandise  to  the  space  selected,  weighs  it,  and  returns
it  finally  to  its  place  upon  terms  clearly  specified,  based  upon  the  general ­
  tari  if  for  transporting  the  goods  from  ship  to  warehouse  or  vice
versa.

The  area  devoted  to  the  manipulation  of  merchandise  is  not  charged
for  during  forty-eight  hours;  that  is  to  say,  the  storage  charge  runs
as  though  the  goods  were  in  the  original  storage  chamber,  or  if  the
operations  require  more  than  forty-eight  hours,  a  tariff  per  parcel  and
per  day  ranging  from  1  to  3  cents,  and,  in  the  case  of  bulky  merchandise, ­
  of  4  cents  per  ton,  is  applied.
The  company  guarantees  delivery  of  goods  intrusted  to  its  care
and  insured  under  the  special  insurance  tariff,  and  reinsures  itself.
The  company  is  not  responsible  for  damage  and  loss  (1)  to  merchandise ­
  which,  not  intended  for  storage,  is  not  removed  from  the
wharf  and  sheds  during  the  day  of  its  inspection  by  the  customs
authorities,  or  during  the  day  when  it  is  put  into  proper  condition
for  storage  if  it  belongs  to  a  class  not  inspected  by  the  customs
authorities;  (2)  to  merchandise  leaving  the  warehouses  and  not
removed  from  the  courts  or  sheds  during  the  day  of  its  examination
by  the  custom-house  authorities  or  of  its  preparation  for  final  removal. ­
  Nevertheless,  in  the  case  of  exposed  merchandise  the  company ­
  assumes  responsibility  during  twenty-four  hours  at  a  tariff  of
fi  cents  per  ton  of  1,000  kilograms.
Goods  can  not  be  transferred  from  one  storage  room  to  another
without  notice  to  the  company.
Merchandise  intended  to  be  offered  for  sale  at  auction,  after  verification ­
  by  the  custom-house  authorities,  is  lodged  in  the  auction  sales
department.  The  tariff  for  thus  lodging  and  lotting  is  equal  to  onebalf
  the  tariff  for  putting  goods  into  ordinary  storage.
Visits  to  merchandise  are  forbidden  without  authorization  of  the
proprietors.  If  desired,  the  company  supplies  a  receipt  which  is  a
negotiable  commercial  instrument.  The  ordinary  receipt  mentions
the  number  and  date  of  arrival  of  the  goods,  the  name  of  the  owner
a nd  of  the  ship  upon  which  imported,  the  marks,  numbers,  class  of
packages,  and  nature  of  goods.
Merchandise  put  into  storage  can  not  be  withdrawn  without  delivery ­
  of  a  discharge  detached  from  the  receipt.  Upon  demand  the
company  loads  merchandise  withdrawn  for  local  consumption  upon
trucks  for  5  cents  per  ton  without  regard  to  the  nature  of  the  goods.
Upon  demand  the  company  undertakes  to  clear  goods  at  the  cusjoin-house,
  and  to  perform  every  operation  necessary  in  order  to
finally  deliver  the  goods  wherever  the  consignee  may  desire  them.

CHARGES.
The  tariff  of  charges  will  be  found  in  a  printed  pamphlet  accompanying
  this  report,  being  too  lengthy  and  complicated  for  transia-