Warehouses in foreign countries for storage of merchandise in transit or in bond

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Identifikator:: 863514456

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-45340

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Warehouses in foreign countries for storage of merchandise in transit or in bond

Place of publication:: Washington

Publisher:: Government Printing Office

Year of publication:: 1905

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (206 Seiten)

Collection:: Economics Books

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ENGLAND: BRISTOL. 103 the goods. No warrant will be issued until the stop for freight (if any) has |>eeu removed, or a deposit equal to the amount claimed on account of such stop ls made with the Docks Company, nor until the landing and other charges are Paid, except a “ prime warrant,” which carries landing as well as other charges. Certain charges are made for these warrants, and the contents of one warrant toay be divided into others for smaller quantities, at the will of the holder. If More than one warrant should he required for a pile of goods in bulk, the goods wull be unpiled and repiled in accordance with the contents of each warrant, an d charges made for all operations consequent thereon must be paid before new warrants can be issued. In the evènt of warrants being lost, they must be advertised in such public newspapers as may be directed by the Docks Company, and seven days must elapse subsequently to the advertisement, and the Docks Company be indemni fied, before any delivery can be effected, but whenever the delivery of the goods * s pressing the parties may obtain it immediately upon depositing the estimated Va lue. Under no circumstances will duplicate warrants be issued. Forms of authority to sign orders, etc., for merchants or brokers may be obtained at the general olfice. dock house. Brokers possessing general authori ses in writing from merchants to inspect or sample goods must produce them :° r the purpose of being recorded. The inspection or samplings of goods will take place upon orders signed by the owners ; but when warrants have been issued the numbers of the warrants must be stated on the orders. Fbe customary marking for sale of all goods will be proceeded with Immedi ately on their being landed, unless notice to the contrary be given by the owner 0l ' consignor. Goods withdrawn from a sale after being shown will be subject to an extra charge on being shown again. As regards merchandise, other than wines and spirits, the Docks Company *ill not be answerable for any losses or deficiencies which may be due to natural pauses or to vermin, and they will not be answerable for any losses or deficien tes on goods of any description (including wines and spirits) unless the extent af such losses or deficiencies is agreed prior to the removal of the goods from the premises of the Docks Company. Empty casks, mats, and packages of every description not removed within mi'ee months from the date of the landing account of the goods shall become the property of the Docks Company. No person not being a servant of the Docks Company Is permitted to be em ployed in any work or labor to be performed within the dock premises or town Warehouses, whether on ship, vessel, lighter, jetty, quay, or shore, without the Previous permission of the superintendent or other qualified officer, with the following exceptions: (o) Persons employed by shipowners in discharging cargo; (b) stevedores aiul their men employed in stowing cargoes for export; (c) lightermen and car- hien delivering or receiving goods and lightermen navigating their craft ; (d) bien employed in removing, mooring, or rigging vessels. The Docks Company fakes no responsibility with respect to goods delivered overside. lient on merchandise commences on the day the import ship breaks bulk, in the case of goods by craft or by land from the receipt of the first por f>°n of the goods. When the charge is by weight, it is levied on the gross Weight. A week’s rent is charged for a fraction of a week. When the rent is reckoned from the first landing, the first day is counted as a day, but when the rent is from or after the final day of landing or weighing, the final day is not counted as a day. No allowance will be made by the company in respect of any payment made i y merchants or others to shipowners under the London clause in the American mils of lading, or bills of lading containing the Havre clause, or any other clauses in bills of lading which entitle shipowners to land goods at the expense of the consignees. BRISTOL. (From United. States Cônsul Lathrop, Bristol, England.) The docks of Bristol, which have a very extended quay line, are °W T hed by the city, and are governed by a committee of the elected city council. It is believed that these conditions are unique, and that

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