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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60 WAREHOUSES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. versa ; (2) class S. 1, comprising asphalt, barytes, cotton-seed cake, potatoes, maize, saltpeter, clay, etc., is charged 6 pfennigs (1,428 cents) per 100 kilograms (220.46 pounds) ; (3) class S. 2, comprising briquettes, rails, rice flour (in bags) pig iron, sugar in bags, etc., is charged 5 pfennigs (1.19 cents) per 100 kilograms; (4) class M, bulky goods, such as stones, cokes, fertilizers, and raw materials for the manufacture of fertilizers, iron ore, gravel, kranit, coal, paving stones, sand, etc., in quantities of at least 100 metric tons (of 2,204.6 pounds each, are subject to special agreement. If handled in smaller quantities, these goods are, like those of class S. 1, charged 6 pfennigs (1.428,cents) per 100 kilograms. For goods that are not put into storage, but only loaded over from vessel into railway car or vice versa, charges are according to the following tariff: General merchandise, 5 pfennigs (1.19 cents) per 100 kilograms (220.46 pounds) ; classes S. 1 and S. 2, 2f pfennigs (0.595 cent) per 100 kilograms (220.40 pounds) ; class M, 10 pfennigs (2.38 cents) per 1,000 kilograms (2,204.6 pounds). Pieces of merchandise that weigh more than 2,000 kilograms (4,409.25 pounds) are loaded and unloaded by means of a floating steam crane of 40,000 kilograms (40 metric tons, or 44 American short tons) lifting power, charges ranging from about 35 cents for each 1,000 kilograms (2,204.6 pounds) , in case the piece does not weigh over 4 tons, to about $2.85 per 1,000 kilograms, if the article weighs nearly the full capacity of the crane. If the goods are first deposited on the quay, so that the crane has to be put into operation again, an addi tional fee is charged. Merchandise arriving by water and not intended to be put in storage may be kept in the quay sheds or in the open, if the condition of the goods will permit, for four days free of charge, and goods ariving by rail and intended for exportation by vessel are granted free storage for eight days. The charges for storage are prescribed specifically for each kind of merchandise and are quoted per month. For example, apples, per case, 3 pfennigs (0.714 cent) ; apples, per barrel, 10 pfennigs (2.38 cents) ; asphalt, per bag, 5 pfennigs (1.19 cents) ; cotton, East Indian, per bale, 15 pfennigs (3.57 cents) ; cotton, American, per bale, 25 pfennigs (5.95 cents) ; cotton-seed cake and cotton seed flour, 50 pfennigs (11.9 cents) per 1,000 kilograms (2,204.6 pounds) ; beer, per case, 10 pfennigs (2.38 cents) ; cacao and coffee, per bag, 5 pfen nigs (1.19 cents); cocoanuts, per 100 kilograms, 8 pfennigs (1.9 cents) ; grain, heavy, in bags, per 1,000 kilograms (2,204.6 pounds), 40 pfennigs (9.52 cents) ; grain, heavy, loose, per 1,000 kilograms, 50 pfennigs (11.9) cents; grain, light, in bags, per 1,000 kilograms, 50 pfennigs (11.9 cents) ; grain, light, loose, per 1,000 kilograms, 60 pfennigs (14.28 cents) ; corkwood, per bale, 15 pfennigs 3.57 cents) ; palm kernels, per 100 kilograms,* 5 pfennigs (1.19 cents), etc. GOODS STORED AND CUSTOMS SUPERVISION. The chief articles stored here are American cotton, tobacco, coffee, flour, dried fruits, lard, cacao, drugs, meat, wool, and sugar. All nationalities are treated exactly alike by the administrators of the warehouses.

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