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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EGYPT. 189 case. Coal for the manufacture of ice (there is no natural ice) costs £2 10s. ($12.17) to £3 ($14.60) per ton, which accounts for cold stor age being very expensive. Statistics of receipts and expenditures on account of service are unavailable. All classes of goods are stored in bond to a great extent, and all perishable goods go into the cold-storage bonded warehouses. I am told that many American goods are stored the same as goods from other countries, but I can not find any statistics by which I could know the amount stored from each nation separately. The limit of time goods remain in bond is two years for ordinary goods, but I am told that an exception is made on very high-priced goods and the time is extended to three years. All nationalities are treated exactly alike by the administrators of the warehouses in the storage of goods. The facilities for the removal of goods from boat to warehouses and vice versa are ample; goods are moved by wagons and the cost is 4 shillings (97 cents) per ton for the team service, exclusive of cool y service, from the boat to the warehouse, if within 1£ miles of the docks; if goods are hauled a longer distance an additional charge is made; charges are the same for bringing goods to the docks from warehouses within miles. All shipments must be landed by a certain formality which requires the services of a landing agent. In the bill paid by the landing agent and charged to the consignee will be found numerous trifling charges for cooly service, dock rent, and dock dues, which generally amount, including the charges of the landing agent, to $3.75 or $4 for each shipment. This may cover half the cargo of a vessel, or it may cover only some small box or parcel weighing a few pounds. The harbor board teams dray all articles, deliver every small package, and charge delivery for a full ton, which is 4 shillings (97 cents). Even if the consignee should have teams of his own he is not permitted to use them. About every six months the government officials take an inventory of the goods in all bonded warehouses and compare this with their books to see whether duty has been paid on all goods taken out. W. It. Bio HAM, Consul-General. Cape Town, South Africa, July 19, 190If. EGYPT. (From United States Consul General Illddle, Cairo, Fggpt.) In reply to the circular of May 19 I have the honor to transmit herewith tariffs, reports, and prospectuses of the Alexandria Bonded Warehouse Company (Limited), which does business in Alexandria, Cairo, Port Said, and Suez, with head offices in Alexandria.® J. W. Riddle, Agent and Consul-General. Cairo, Egypt, Jidy 19, 1901f. «These documents (all in French) are on file in the Bureau of Statistics, Department of Commerce and Labor, where they may be consulted by persons interested.

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