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:: Oceania

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190 OCEANIA. AUSTRALIA. MELBOURNE, VICTORIA. (From United States Consul-General lirai/, Melbourne, Victoria.) There are four classes of bonded warehouses established at the port of Melbourne, Victoria, the first class or general warehouses being used by the public, the others being used only by the licensees or own ers for the storage of their own goods, and not catering for general business. There is, in addition, the King’s warehouse, the property of the Government, which is used mainly for the storage of un claimed pr seized goods. The general warehouses, of which there are ten, have, with the exception of one, been formed into an associa tion which practically controls the business of the port. It is ex tremely difficult to procure information from this association in regard to dimensions of buildings, cost of construction, rates, etc. Its officers, when approached for particulars, would only furnish information of a general character. The average capacity of the establishments forming the association is 8,000 tons by measurement, and the cost was about $135,000. The capacity of the Government warehouse is 6,336 tons. The warehouses are owned and conducted by limited companies and private individuals. A complete list % is attached, showing the name by which each of the ten warehouses of the first class is known, the name of the licensee and the location, and also the same infor mation for the seven private warehouses of class 2, for the seven machinery warehouses of class 3, and for the eight manufacturing warehouses of class 4. Goods are stored for the convenience of merchants until the duty is paid or the goods exported. The licensee of the warehouse pro vides all labor, receives goods into his warehouse, stacks them, and delivers them to vehicles at his door, provides lights, scales, and measures, etc. (See section 92 of the customs act, hereto annexed. 6 ) The average charge (rent) is about 4 pence (8 cents) per ton per week, and a further charge of 2 shillings (48 cents'i per ton, known as " delivery,” is made when the goods are delivered to the importer. Extra charges are made in the event of weighing, sampling, re- gauging, repacking, etc. A list of charges made by the associated warehouses is given herewith. These charges are generally col lected when the goods are delivered to the importer. The charges a On file in the Bureau of Statistics, Department of Commerce and Labor. & Customs act of 1901 and the regulations of June, 1904, are on file in the Bureau of Statistics, Department of Commerce and Labor.

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