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the buildings as well as a lock by the proprietor of the warehouse, 
therefore no admission is possible except when a customs officer is 
present. 
A copy of the revenue act of Bermuda of 1898 is herewith in 
closed.® 
W. Maxwell Greene, Consul. 
Hamilton, Bermuda, June 22,1904- 
CURAÇAO. 
(From United states Consul Cheney, Curaçao, West Indies.) 
There is no general warehouse here. Goods in bond are stored 
wherever space can be found. Space can always be obtained at a 
reasonable and usually at a very low rate near the wharf. Lighter 
age, when required, and all labor in handling are very cheap. A 
Government officer attends the storage, retains the key, and attends 
again the removal. lie is paid 2 florins (80 cents) a day—the only 
Government charge. Goods can remain fourteen days, and an exten 
sion of three months is allowed for 20 florins ($8.04), regardless of 
bulk or value. After that duties must be paid. 
There is always considerable merchandise in bond—mainly divi 
divi, coffee, hides, and various woods. Americans rarely put 1 goods 
thus in bond. All nationalities are treated exactly alike. Handling 
is nearly all paid by the piece, and the laborer earns from 1 to 2 
florins a day—rarely more. Generally he gets an American cent a 
package for ordinary packages. 
Officials exercise no care other than to retain the key of the storage 
rooms. 
Elias II. Cheney, Consul. 
Curaçao, West Indies, July 19, 1904. 
JAMAICA. 
(From United (Hates Vice-Consul Orrett, Kingston, Jamaica.) 
The warehouses at the different ports of this island vary from 100 
to 300 feet long. Some are built of wood, others of brick; they are 
roofed with iron sheets or shingles. The cost of the warehouses 
varies, according to their size, from $1,000 up. Warehouses are 
owned by private individuals as well as by the Government, 
Dutiable goods brought bv the several steamship lines from United 
States and Great Britain are stored in warehouses for two weeks, 
free of wharfage; if the goods are not then passed through the cus 
toms they are either stored in bonded warehouses on the wharf at 
which landed, or taken to the government warehouses, where wharfage 
is charged, and detained there until the duty is paid. All wharfage 
o On file in the Bureau of Statistics. Department of Commerce and Labor. 
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