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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170 WAREHOUSES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. Government locks are put on the doors. All the government holds is a bond for the payment of duty and charges. Licenses are granted only to persons of such substance that any liability incurred by them could be enforced. Salt and petroleum are in the custody of customs officers. It. F. Patterson, Consul-General. Calcutta, British India, August 11,1904. BOMBAY. (From United States Vice-Consul Dodge, Bombay, India.) There are two kinds of warehouses in Bombay, transit and bonded, the former corresponding most nearly to our idea of bonded ware houses. They are owned and were built by the Bombay Port Trust, but are under the supervision of the customs. The only bonded warehouses are in the center of the business portion of the city, and goods have to be carted between them and the docks, a distance of about a mile and a half, at the expense of the owner, who also pays a fee of 1 rupee (32 cents) to the customs official who must accom pany them. The new transit and bonded warehouses are situated in the Princes’ Docks, and are of much later construction. The warehouses are generally used for goods awaiting transship ment to the Persian Gulf, African ports, and the East, and usually but brief periods elapse between shipments. A considerable quantity of merchandise lies in bond here awaiting orders to be sent into the interior of India. Large quantities of goods also come from Persia, Arabia, and East Africa, awaiting transshipment to Conti nental ports. The service is trustworthy and the warehouses are clean and well kept. Little or no use is made of the Warehouses at Bombay by American firms, though all nations are treated exactly alike. The transfer of goods to the warehouses at the docks is generally accomplished by coolie or bullock cart, as the distance is only a few hundred yards. The cost of transportation is borne by the owner. In transferring to the bonded warehouses in Apollo street in the city bullock carts are used, at the cost of about 25 cents a trip. The scale of charges for goods in both warehouses is the same, and a detailed list is herewith given : Storage charges at Bombay. Alum Beef and pork. Canvas Cardamons Cement Coffee Copperas.. Cotton Ginger, dry... Goods. Removing and stor ing charges. Rent per week or portion of. ton.. (tierce .. I barrel.. /bale up to 12 cubic feet.. • (above 12 cubic feet hundredweight (112 lbs.).. ton.. ...................... .do.... do— pressed bale.. ton.. $0.16 .08 .06 .04 .06 .01 .16 .16 .16 .03 • .12 $0.03 Î :8 i

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