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WAREHOUSES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 
versa ; (2) class S. 1, comprising asphalt, barytes, cotton-seed cake, 
potatoes, maize, saltpeter, clay, etc., is charged 6 pfennigs (1,428 
cents) per 100 kilograms (220.46 pounds) ; (3) class S. 2, comprising 
briquettes, rails, rice flour (in bags) pig iron, sugar in bags, etc., is 
charged 5 pfennigs (1.19 cents) per 100 kilograms; (4) class M, 
bulky goods, such as stones, cokes, fertilizers, and raw materials for 
the manufacture of fertilizers, iron ore, gravel, kranit, coal, paving 
stones, sand, etc., in quantities of at least 100 metric tons (of 2,204.6 
pounds each, are subject to special agreement. If handled in smaller 
quantities, these goods are, like those of class S. 1, charged 6 pfennigs 
(1.428,cents) per 100 kilograms. 
For goods that are not put into storage, but only loaded over from 
vessel into railway car or vice versa, charges are according to the 
following tariff: General merchandise, 5 pfennigs (1.19 cents) per 
100 kilograms (220.46 pounds) ; classes S. 1 and S. 2, 2f pfennigs 
(0.595 cent) per 100 kilograms (220.40 pounds) ; class M, 10 pfennigs 
(2.38 cents) per 1,000 kilograms (2,204.6 pounds). 
Pieces of merchandise that weigh more than 2,000 kilograms 
(4,409.25 pounds) are loaded and unloaded by means of a floating 
steam crane of 40,000 kilograms (40 metric tons, or 44 American short 
tons) lifting power, charges ranging from about 35 cents for each 
1,000 kilograms (2,204.6 pounds) , in case the piece does not weigh over 
4 tons, to about $2.85 per 1,000 kilograms, if the article weighs nearly 
the full capacity of the crane. If the goods are first deposited on the 
quay, so that the crane has to be put into operation again, an addi 
tional fee is charged. 
Merchandise arriving by water and not intended to be put in storage 
may be kept in the quay sheds or in the open, if the condition of the 
goods will permit, for four days free of charge, and goods ariving by 
rail and intended for exportation by vessel are granted free storage 
for eight days. 
The charges for storage are prescribed specifically for each kind of 
merchandise and are quoted per month. For example, apples, per 
case, 3 pfennigs (0.714 cent) ; apples, per barrel, 10 pfennigs (2.38 
cents) ; asphalt, per bag, 5 pfennigs (1.19 cents) ; cotton, East 
Indian, per bale, 15 pfennigs (3.57 cents) ; cotton, American, per 
bale, 25 pfennigs (5.95 cents) ; cotton-seed cake and cotton seed flour, 
50 pfennigs (11.9 cents) per 1,000 kilograms (2,204.6 pounds) ; beer, 
per case, 10 pfennigs (2.38 cents) ; cacao and coffee, per bag, 5 pfen 
nigs (1.19 cents); cocoanuts, per 100 kilograms, 8 pfennigs (1.9 
cents) ; grain, heavy, in bags, per 1,000 kilograms (2,204.6 pounds), 
40 pfennigs (9.52 cents) ; grain, heavy, loose, per 1,000 kilograms, 50 
pfennigs (11.9) cents; grain, light, in bags, per 1,000 kilograms, 
50 pfennigs (11.9 cents) ; grain, light, loose, per 1,000 kilograms, 60 
pfennigs (14.28 cents) ; corkwood, per bale, 15 pfennigs 3.57 cents) ; 
palm kernels, per 100 kilograms,* 5 pfennigs (1.19 cents), etc. 
GOODS STORED AND CUSTOMS SUPERVISION. 
The chief articles stored here are American cotton, tobacco, coffee, 
flour, dried fruits, lard, cacao, drugs, meat, wool, and sugar. All 
nationalities are treated exactly alike by the administrators of the 
warehouses.