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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116 WAREHOUSES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. not one of general distribution. The only docks here are owned and operated by the London and Southwestern Railway, and are equipped with all modern dock appliances known to the shipping world. That company maintains shore warehouses inside the dock yards for the storage of grain and flour, which generally come con signed to the company. It also maintains bonded stores for wines and spirits only, which are in the charge of the customs. The International Cold Storage Company, also a railway-company concern, has a very extensive and complete plant in Ehe dock section with deep-water frontage, making it possible for anything afloat in commerce to discharge alongside. This department will handle meat products, fish, game, poultry, and fruits. An illustrated pamphlet regarding it is sent herewith.' 1 The company is prepared to slaughter and care for the product of 600 cattle a day, which capacity can be largely increased. The net cold-storage capacity is about 2,000,000 cubic feet, sufficient for the care of 4,800 quarters of beef and 155,000 mutton carcases, with* 1,300,000 cubic feet of miscellaneous space for butter, fish, game, eggs, fruit, etc. Slaughtering has not yet commenced, but arrangements are being made for the direct importation of American and Canadian cattle, official authorization for the same having been granted. Albert W. Swalm, Consul. Southampton, England, August 18, 1901/.. SCOTLAND. DUNDEE. (From United States Consul Higgins, Dundee, Scotland.) There is practically no importation of dutiable goods at this port. A considerable quantity of sugar is imported, but not warehoused, the goods being examined on the quay, the duty paid, and the goods removed the same day. Occasional small shipments of tea are brought by the jute-carrying vessels. The tea, if duty is not paid on it at once, is deposited in one of the four bonded warehouses iu this port. Of these four warehouses three are owned or occupied by private concerns engaged in the spirit trade, who use them exclu sively for the storage of their own liquors. The fourth is a compara tively small affair, also privately occupied. It is used for general purposes, but the amount of merchandise passing through it is by n° means important. The owners or lessees are under bond to the Government for the safekeeping of the goods entering the warehouses, which are under the surveillance of the customs officials. In three, two examining officers and one assistant are stationed, and in the fourth are four examining officers and two assistants; one surveyor supervising the whole, immediately under the collector of customs, who also makes periodical visits. John C. Higgins, Consul. Dundee, Scotland, July 29, 1901^. a On file in the Bureau of Statistics, Department of Commerce and Labor.

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