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WAREHOUSES  IN  FOREIGN  COUNTRIES.

condition  of  the  market.  Petroleum  and  mineral  oils  can  not  be
stored  there  for  any  length  of  time.  All  nationalities  are  treated
alike  by  the  officials  of  the  free  harbor  in  the  matter  of  storing  or
clearing  merchandise,  and  in  the  entering  and  clearing  of  vessels.
WAREHOUSES  OUTSIDE  THE  FREE  HARBOR.
The  "  Packhof  ”  and  the  “  Vereins-Speicher  ”  are  bonded  Government ­
  warehouses  and  under  customs  control  like  the  free  harbor.  In
these  two  warehouses  whole  compartments  can  not  be  rented;  the  storage ­
  fee  is  based  entirely  on  weight.
"  Gentzensohn’s  Petroleum-Hof  ”  and  several  other  “  oil  yards  ”
are  private  bonded  places  for  storing  oils  only,  and  charge  as  follows
for  storage:  For  weighing  each  barrel,  3  pfennigs  (0.7  cent)  ;  storage
fee  per  barrel  for  first  month  or  part  of  month,  15  pfennigs  (3.6
cents)  ;  storage  fee  for  every  subsequent  month,  per  barrel,  10  pfennigs ­
  (2.3  cents)  ;  open  space  (not  under  lock)  per  square  meter  (10.76
square  feet)  per  month,  15  pfennigs  (3.6  cents).
Information  as  to  receipts  and  expenditures  of  these  private
bonded  warehouses  is  not  obtainable.
John  E.  Kehl,  Consul.
Stettin,  Germany,  July  1G,  1001^.

GREECE.

(From  United  States  Consul  McGinlcy,  Athens,  Greece.)
In  this  country  there  are  warehouses  for  storage  of  merchandise  in
transit  or  in  bond  at  Piraeus,  Syra,  Patras,  Corfu,  and  Calamata.
There  are  two  such  warehouses  at  Piraeus,  each  about  50  by  30  feet;
the  dimensions  and  costs  of  the  others  have  not  been  learned.  The
warehouses  mentioned  are  owned  and  conducted  by  the  Greek  Government, ­
  but  there  are  others  in  Piraeus  which  are  owned  by  private
parties  and  conducted  by  their  owners  and  by  government  officials.
They  arc  used  for  the  storage  of  cereals.
The  service  seems  to  be  satisfactory  to  the  local  patrons.  I  can  not
say  how  nonresidents  view  it.  Officials  of  the  customs  service  are  in
attendance  at  all  hours.
The  rates  charged  for  storage  in  the  public  or  government  warehouses ­
  are  25  leptas  (about  $0.035  at  present  rate  of  exchange)  per
100  okas  (282.185  pounds)  for  less  than  200  okas,  and  a  little  less  for
more  than  200  okas,  for  each  three  months,  without  deducting  tare.
Merchandise  remaining  in  the  custom-houses  over  eight  days  are
charged  storage  at  these  rates.  Light  or  bulky  goods  or  merchandise,
such  as  baled  hay,  straw,  or  cotton,  furniture,  hats,  children’s  toys,
and  carriages,  wool,  manila  fiber,  silk  cocoons,  dried  fruit,  felt,  baskets, ­
  and  many  other  articles  pay  double  these  rates.  Landing  and
storage  charges  are  paid  at  the  time  the  goods  are  removed  from  the
warehouses.  No  charges  are  collected  by  the  government  for  cereals
and  other  goods  stored  in  private  storehouses.
If  any  record  is  kept  none  is  available  showing  the  receipts  and
expenditures  of  the  warehouses  for  storage  and  transit  in  bond,  sepa-