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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 additional
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 pfennigs
(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.
