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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18 WAREHOUSES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. All nationalities are treated exactly alike by the administration of the warehouse. Goods are transported to and from the warehouse by boats, which usually load and unload at the wharf opposite the principal entrance of the warehouse. By this method transportation expenses are greatly reduced, being but 5 to 6 francs ($0.96 to $1.15) per 100 bags of 100 kilos (220.46 pounds). Transportation by cart or wagon and unloading increases the cost 12 to 14 centimes ($0,023 to $0,027) per 100 kilos. Customs officers are stationed at the entrances and exits of the ware house for the purpose of certifying that goods taken out of bond con form in every particular to the description contained in original bill accompanying the merchandise at time of entry. Independent of this verification goods are subject to a detailed verification before and after being taken out of bond, according to circumstances. Warehousemen strictly guard every floor and allow access to no unauthorized person. An annual verification is made of all merchan dise remaining in the warehouse. Geo. W. Roosevelt, Cons id. Brussels, Belgium, August 4, 1904' GHENT. (From United States Consul Mowrer, Ghent, Belgium.) BUILDINGS AND MANAGEMENT. The warehouses in Ghent are 210 feet long by 134 feet 6 inches wide, and cost approximately $125,450. They are the property of the city (article 35 of law of March 4, 1846). Wherever it is necessary the General Government may establish a warehouse. The common council furnishes the buildings decided to be necessary by the General Government. It is also charged to keep the warehouses in good con dition and make necessary repairs without delay. In case of delay the General Government can make the necessary repairs and pay for them out of the receipts of the warehouses. The warehouses are under the direction of a commission (commis sion administrative de l’entrepôt) composed of three members of the common council, appointed by the King upon the recommendation of the minister of finance, who receives nine nominations from the gov ernor of the province. The directeur des contributions directes douanes et accises, at Ghent, and the receveur des douanes complete the commission. The term of office of the three members appointed by the King is three years; each year one member retires, but may be reappointed. The custody and superintendence of the warehouses are intrusted to the management of the customs. The bonded warehouse keeper specially authorizes (1) the admittance to the warehouse of persons not members of the administration; (2) the surveying of samples; (3) deviations from the regulations which particular circumstances require in the interest of importers. The warehouse keeper is respon sible for the placing, handling, and preservation of the merchandise

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