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:: Asia

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ASIA. BRITISH INDIA. CALCUTTA. (From United States Consul-General Patterson, Calcutta, British India.) Under the sea-customs law there are two classes of warehouses for bonded goods—public warehouses appointed by the government and licensed warehouses in which goods belonging to the lincensee are ordinarily stored. There are also the warehouses of the Bengal Bonded Warehouse Association, in which goods belonging to the public may be stored, and warehouses at Budge Budge, 20 miles down the river, for the storage of petroleum. In Calcutta there are public warehouses only for salt, at Sulkea, on the Howrah side of the river, owned by the government, and at the Kidderpore docks, leased on behalf of the government. The rest of the ware houses, including those owned by the Bengal Bonded Warehouse Association, are licensed. I inclose lists * of the public and licensed warehouses, kindly furnished me bv the collector of customs, but regret that I am unable to give the original cost of these warehouses. There are no accounts of receipts and expenditures available. The government charges connected with bonding operations in Ben gal bonded warehouses are 1 rupee (32.44 cents) for each entry into and the same for each clearance out of bond. With petroleum there is an additional fee of 2.4 rupees (64.06 cents) for supervi sion, and alffo the charges for measuring the oil cases. None of these fees are paid in other licensed warehouses, but the licensees pay for the services of bond officers and bonded peons (or guards). Bond officers are paid at the rate of 4 rupees ($1.29) a day when employed to supervise bonding operations, and the peons are paid 12 annas (24 cents) a day to accompany goods in transit from ware house to warehouse. I inclose the scale of charges, or table of rents, last issued by the Bengal Bonded Warehouse Association. There are no charges of a similar nature in the other licensed warehouses. All classes of goods may be stored in licensed warehouses, but the petroleum and salt warehouses are used exclusively for storing petroleum and salt, respectively. American firms use only the pe troleum warehouses. All nationalities are treated alike. Goods may remain in bond for three years, or longer if the time is extended. There are quays or jetties for landing and shipment of goods. If goods are to be warehoused in bond, the transfer from ship to ware house is made at the owner’s expense under the supervision of cus toms officers. Licensed warehouses are supervised by an officer of customs. Goods in a licensed warehouse are in the custody of the bonder. No “On file in the Bureau of Statistics, Department of Commerce ami Labor. , 169

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