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:: North America

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158 WAREHOUSES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. lower, being at Livingston equivalent to 15 cents gold per 100 pounds, and at Puerto Barrios, 10 cents gold per 100 pounds. At Puerto Barrios there is a pier. Goods are under the vigilance of customs officers from alongside of the ship until they are returned thereto. Bobbery, however, is frequent. William Owen, Vice and Deputy G omul-General. Guatemala City, Guatemala, August 8, 1904. NICARAGUA. MANAGUA. (From United 'States Vice-Consul Wallace, Managua, Nicaragua.) The warehouse at this place is not a regular bonded warehouse, but in exceptional. cases it renders services as such a warehouse. It is owned by the Government and is about 900 feet long by 30 feet wide. All kinds of goods may be stored there. The charges are 2 centavos (0.80 cent) per 100 kilograms (220.40 pounds) for the first two months; for the third month, 3 centavos (1.29 cents); for the fourth month and for subsequent months, 0 centavos (2.58 cents). The receipts and expenditures are not known. Goods remain in storage for a short time only, being generally removed within two months. Americans use the warehouses to a very small extent. No distinctions are made on account of nationality. Corinto is well situated, and the facilities for discharge from steamer are good. The warehouse stands on the water’s edge, and to it goods are conveyed from ship by lighters at a charge of about $1.20 gold per ton. Arthur O. Wallace, Vice-Consul. Managua, Nicaragua, July 15,1904. WEST INDIES. CUBA. HABANA. (From United States Vice and Deputy Consul-General Springer, TTabana, Cuba.) The two principal warehouses of this port are those known as Almacenes de Depósito de San José and Almacenes de Regia. The San José warehouse covers a surface of 16,848 square feet and lias a capacity of 28,000 barrels, which can be increased if required. These warehouses are also known as “No. 6.” They are insured at a valua tion of $400,000, but their estimated value is nearly $3,000,000. The Regia warehouses cover a surface of 20,930 square meters (23,440 square yards). The part used for storage measures about 117 meters (384 feet) long by 27 meters (89 feet) in width. The original cost is not stated.

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