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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Title:: Europe

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120 WAREHOUSES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. to the sheds alongside are from 6d. (12 cents) to 8d. (16 cents) per ton. Of course all goods entering the port, whether in transit or in bond or going immediately into consumption, pay the inward dock rates, which range from 2d. (4 cents) per ton on coal to Is. 6d. (36 cents) on fresh fish and also on furniture and other bulky articles light in weight. Taking all classes of merchandise, the average of these shore dues or dock rates is about 8d. (16 cents) per ton. Goods entering the port for reshipment to another port pay only the inward dock rates. Thus, if a cargo of cotton from America is landed for reshipment to a Russian port it may remain ten days or two weeks in the shed and then be reshipped, paying only the inward dock rates. The same rule applies to transit goods in bond. The commissioners for the harbor and docks of Leith are a trust, constituted by act of Parliament and vested by Parliament with the whole property and revenues of the harbor and docks. The members are appointed by the town council of Edinburgh, the town council of Leith, the Edinburgh Merchant Company, and other public or quasi-public bodies. They receive nothing for their services and incur no personal responsibility for any official acts. As a body they are like a private corporation, receiving no public support of any kind, and dependent altogether on the revenues from shipping* Unlike a private corporation, however, the commissioners are not liable for any damage to goods or loss of goods in the dock sheds by fire or theft. But they are responsible to the owner of merchandise damaged by water coming through a defective roof, if the bad con dition of the roof resulted from their negligence. They emplov no one to take care of goods in the sheds. The consignee is supposed to look after his own merchandise. Customs officers have entire charge of the sections of the sheds in which dutiable goods are temporarily stored. Merchandise remaining in the dock sheds after the owner has been notified to remove it is assessed as a penalty (not for storage) Is. (24 cents) per ton per day. All nationalities are treated exactly alike by the dock commission ers and by private warehouse men. Practically no American goods go into bond at Leith, for either short or long periods. Almost with out exception they are non dutiable and as a rule are delivered to customers from the dock sheds. For storage in warehouses owned by companies or firms remunera tive rates are charged. For example, the Leith Dock Warehouse Company (having bonded warehouses) makes the following charges per week on goods: Whiskies, wines, etc., in bulk, butts, pipes (90 to 120 gallons), 2d. (4 cents); hogsheads (50 to GO gallons), Id. (2 cents) ; quarter casks (about 30 gallons), Id. (2 cents). These rates are subject to discount up to about 25 per cent on large parcels* Whiskies, wines, etc., in cases, one-fourth penny (one-half cent) pe( case. Tea in boxes (about 20 pounds), one-fourth penny (one-hau cent) per bo%; in larger packages (40 to 100 pounds), one-half penny (1 cent) per package. Other goods (coffee, etc.), about lOd. (2d cents) per ton. Rufus Fleming, Consul- Edinburgh, Scotland, -July 9, 1904.

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