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WAREHOUSES  IN  FOREIGN  COUNTRIES.

MAINZ.
(From  United  States  Consul  Schumann,  Mainz,  Germ  any.)
The  bonded  warehouses  of  this  city,  including  a  large  warehouse
for  general  storage,  a  grain  elevator,  a  warehouse  for  the  storage  of
petroleum,  turpentine,  benzine,  etc.,  a  warehouse  for  the  storage  of
spirits,  an  inspection  hall,  and  sundry  small  warehouses,  are  substantially ­
  built  brick  structures  of  pleasing  architectural  lines,  which
were  erected  by  the  municipality  of  Mainz  in  the  year  1887  at  a  total
original  cost  of  $363,639,  exclusive  of  the  cost  of  the  ground.
The  total  storage  areas  of  the  principal  buildings  are  as  follows:
Main  warehouse  in  the  customs  harbor,  129,150  square  feet;  grain
elevator  in  the  customs  harbor,  58,609  square  feet,  with  a  capacity  of
6,710  tons;  cellar  of  the  grain  elevator,  which  is  used  for  the  storage
of  oil,  lard,  and  wine,  7,761  square  feet;  inspection  hall,  19,726  square
feet;  warehouse  for  petroleum,  turpentine,  benzine,  etc.,  7,213  square
feet;  warehouse  for  spirits,  8,815  square  feet.
Hydraulic  cranes  on  rails  unload  the  vessels  directly  at  the  doors
of  the  warehouses.
While  the  buildings  belong  to  the  municipality,  the  management
is  conducted  by  the  Grand  Ducal  Hessian  customs  ollice  at  Mainz,
and  all  goods  are  under  close  supervision  and  inspection  of  customs
officials,  and  nothing  can  pass  the  gates  of  the  inclosure  to  the  customs
harbor  that  has  not  been  officially  inspected.
Goods  may  be  stored  in  bond  in  the  warehouses  for  a  period  of  five
years;  but  for  good  and  sufficient  reasons  this  period  may  be  extended.
On  the  average  goods  remain  in  bond  one-half  to  one  year.  The
goods  chiefly  stored  in  the  bonded  warehouses  of  this  city  are  grains,
spices,  lumber,  coffee,  cocoa,  cork  stoppers,  petroleum,  rice,  tobacco,
tea,  lard,  lubricating  oil,  spirits,  wine,  and  sugar.  American  goods
stored  in  the  bonded  warehouses  of  this  city  are  chiefly  grains,  lumber,
petroleum,  lard,  lubricating  oil,  and  tobacco.  All  nationalities  are
treated  exactly  alike  by  the  administrators  of  the  warehouses.
The  total  receipts  for  the  entire  bonded-warehouse  system  average
about  $30,000  a  year;  the  total  expenditures  about  $27. r '00.
The  storage  charges  are  based  upon  area  of  floor  space  in  square
meters  (10.76  square  feet)  or  weight  in  hundreds  of  kilograms  (220.46
pounds),  and  are  as  follows:-  For  storage  of  wine,  alcohol,  etc.,  in  the
cellars  of  the  warehouses,  per  square  meter,  for  three  years,  $3.50;  for
one  year,  $1.43  ;  for  one  month,  18  cents.  F  or  the  storage  of  oil,  fats,
and  other  articles  requiring  a  low  temperature,  in  cellars,  per  square
meter,  for  three  years,  $2.14;  for  one  year,  95  cents;  for  one  month,
12  cents.  For  storage  in  the  upper  stories  of  the  warehouses,  per
square  motor,  for  three  years,  $2.14;  for  one  year,  95  cents;  for  one
month,  12  cents.  For  storage  in  the  spirits  warehouses,  per  square
meter,  for  three  years,  $2.14;  for  one  year,  95  cents;  for  one  month,
18  cents.  For  storage  in  the  petroleum  warehouses,  per  square  meter,
for  one  year,  95  cents.  For  the  storage  of  wheat,  rye,  barley,  and
.corn,  loose,  the  charge  per  100  kilograms  is  5  pfennigs  (1.19  cents)
(220.46  pounds)  ;  and  for  oats,  rape  seed,  malt,  legumes,  and  linseed,
6  pfennigs  (1.43  cents),  all  in  quantities  of  at  least  50,000  kilograms
(110,200  pounds).  For  smaller  quantities  of  various  goods  the
storage  ranges,  according  to  the  article—heavier  articles  being