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:: Europe

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FRANCE! HAVRE. 35 RECEIPTS ANI> EXPENDITURES. The company publishes no statement of its affairs, keeping secret all statistics regarding the receipts and expenditures, except to its shareholders. Last year a dividend of 15 per cent was declared. The last quotation of its stock, which is seldom to be found on the market, was 1,215 francs ($234.49), the par value being 500 francs ($90.50). STORAGE OF GOODS. The following are the principal classes of goods which are usually stored in the bonded warehouses of Havre: Distilled liquors, cocoa, hemp, coffee, straw hats, preserved food products, copper, tin, iron, flour, fats, tallow, oils (light and heavy), honey, machinery, aromatic plants, apples, grapes, salted meats, lard, sugar, tobacco, tapioca, tea, wine, cabinet-making wood, wax, staves, dried fruits, paraffin, pepper, lead, chemical products, rum, and •tafia. There are at present 250,000 tons of merchandise stored, included in which are 3,410,910 bags of coffee. Dangerous merchan dise. as spirits, sulphur, guano, coal tar, rosin, turpentine, etc., can be stored only in special warehouses. Americans make use of the bonded warehouses of Havre to but a slight extent, and then generally in speculative operations in coffee a,1 d copper. Merchandise can remain in bond three years, commenc ing the day it is entered, but if it is in good condition the period niay be extended by the collector of customs. It is difficult to give £ven an approximate idea of the length of time goods remain in bond. Sometimes merchandise is withdrawn in a few days, while at present there is coffee in the v rehouses which has been in bond for nearly five years. All nationalities are treated exactly alike as to the services of the company. The duties to be paid on merchandise com- "'g from the different countries are fixed by the customs laws of France. HANDLING OF GOODS. The facilities for the removal of goods from vessel to warehouse ai) d vice versa consist in hydraulic and electric cranes, railways, i:ai ’ts, and hand harrows. The merchandise is first hoisted from the yessel and stowed temporarily under the covered sheds. After hav ing been counted, weighed, and verified goods are loaded oil drays or cwrs and taken to the warehouse, where they are stored. CUSTOMS SUPERVISION. Custom house surveillance of the bonded warehouses is constant. Diere are duplicate keys to all doors and gales of the establishment, owe set being kept by the customs officials and the other by the agents °f the company. Officers of the custom-house, exercise the same supervision and control of merchandise in the bonded warehouses as die agents of the company, and the company, by the terms of its con tract, must carry out any rules which the treasury department may Uiake to safeguard the interests of the Government. Merchandise is not weighed by the customs officers; the weights l aken by the company’s agents, after being verified by the former, are

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