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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ITALY: GENOA. 71 GENOA. (From United States Consul Bishop, Genoa, Italy.) There are in Genoa three large warehouse enterprises, called the " Magäzzini Generali Genovesi ” (Genoese general warehouses), the “Deposito Franco di Genova ” (customs-free warehouse of Genoa), and the “Emporio Commerciale della Dársena” (dock commercial warehouse). At the first-mentioned warehouse goods are subjected to custom-house registration and oversight from their arrival; at the sec ond, the customs takes no cognizance of goods till they are actually delivered into the country, the warehouse being meanwhile a free zone where they can be manipulated; at the third, there is in the differ ent departments a mixture of both these plans. 1 will answer the questions in order with respect to each establishment, and also trans mit a number of printed pamphlets.® MAGAZZINI GENERALI GENOVESI. BUILDINGS AND MANAGEMENT. The various buildings and their dimensions are: One warehouse, length 1,020 feet, width 00 feet, having four floors with 36 compart ments connected by fireproof iron doors ; total floor area nearly 350,000 square feet net; one warehouse, ground floor only, of 2,000 square feet; one warehouse, ground floor only, 1,800 square feet. The origi nal cost, including cranes and machinery, was $1,500,000. These structures are owned and conducted by the Customs and Bonded Warehouses Company (Limited), of London, under a concession from the Italian Government dated June 28, 1898. SERVICES RENDERED. The services performed include the berthing of ships for discharg ing or loading, reception of goods for temporary deposit in transit, collection and distribution of merchandise throughout the country, depositing of goods in warehouses for subsequent sale or disposal in gross or detail, and obtaining loans or advances against collateral security issued by the company in the form of warrants or deposit certificates; also the discharging and loading of vessels, landing and shipping of goods, loading and unloading of railway wagons and carts, transit of goods, and storage in bond or free warehouses of all kinds of merchandise, comprising such commercial operations as may be required, as weighing, preparing for sale, guaging, bulking, or repacking. The company deals only with foreign merchandise. CHARGES. The printed copy® of the tariff of charges shows the maximum amount that may be charged. In practice, however, lower tariffs are applied, according to the exigencies of business. Some idea of the actual charges in vogue may be gathered from the following examples: 0 On file in the Bureau of Statistics, Department of Commerce and Labor.

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