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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162 • WAREHOUSES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. rates are regulated by law, and I send with this the public wharf law 0 of 1895, which consists of several long schedules setting out in detail the articles on which wharfage is charged and the rates of wharfage on goods landed or shipped. I can not state the amount of receipts or disbursements, as no wharf owner will allow access to his wharf books, other than those kept by law, which only show marks and numbers of packages. All Americans doing business here who do not themselves own wharves necessarily make use of these warehouses. The maximum limit provided for goods to remain on any public wharf is a year, and if the owners shall neglect or fail to pay the legal rates, the wharf inger has the right to sell by public auction, and after wharfage due is deducted, the balance is paid to the consignee, if known, and if not known to the treasury oi the island. Goods stored in these ware houses, whether belonging to British or foreign owners, are treated on the same basis. No distinctions can be made, for storage and charges are all regulated by law. In Kingston all goods are landed alongside the dock. At the out- ports, the harbors being shallow, vessels lie in the stream, and the cargo is brought to the wharves in lighters. Thus it is more expen sive to land goods at the outports. The. cost includes the wharfage, which is regulated by the different schedules in the law, plus the lighterage, which varies from 5 up to 25 pence (10 to 50 cents) per package, according to size and distance of ship from the wharf. On each government or private wharf—both recognized as public wharves within the meaning of the wharfage law—there are special offices for the permanent use of the customs officials under whose care and supervision all goods remain until the duty is paid; and after that, until the wharfage is paid, the goods are under the supervision of the wharfinger, who has to pay an annual license, and his books containing the marks and numbers of the goods are subject to inspec tion by all revenue officers and persons having any interest in them, and further, it is obligatory that he shall make a half-yearly declara tion that such books are correct. William H. Orrett, Vice-Consul. Kingston, Jamaica, July 11,190If. « On file in the Bureau of Statistics, Department of Commerce and Labor.

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