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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82 WAREHOUSES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. The private free entrepôts are for the storage of goods which are subject to the highest rates of duty, as spirits, wines, etc. These warehouses belong to private persons or companies, but are entirely under the control of customs officers and are arranged in accordance with their directions, so that nothing can be introduced or altered without their authorization. The entrepots fictifs (fictitious bonded warehouses) are destined for articles subject to the lower rates of duty, like petroleum, cotton seed, tobacco, and mineral water. The only supervision exercised by the customs authorities over these warehouses is the controlling now and then of the quantities of goods stored therein. In the warehouses over which no customs supervision is exercised free goods or goods on which the duty has already been paid are stored. A special category of warehouses is formed by those under the management of the corporations known as “ veemen.” These corpo rations charge themselves with the transportation and the storage of merchandise and issue warrants for the merchandise stored. Under these warrants they hold themselves responsible for the quantities of merchandise mentioned in the warrants, and the warrants can be pawned or sold. Besides the smaller warehouses occupied by these corporations on the right side of the Maas in the old city, large modern establishments have been built by them on the left side of the river. The principal veemen are the following: “ Pakhuismees- teren,” “ Vriesseveem,” “ Blaauwhoedenveem,” “ Leydscheveem,” " Nederlandscheveem,” “ Wilhelminaveem,” “ Hollandsveem,” and “ Ilandelsveem.” Certain parts of the warehouses occupied by some of these companies can be used as entrepôts fictifs for the storage of goods subject to minor rates of duty in transit or in bond. DESCRIPTION OF WAREHOUSES. The antiquated warehouses of the right side of the river are not of special importance, and no description of them has been published. The following details of the great storage establishments on the left bank of the Maas at Rotterdam are contained in the publication “ Le Port de Rotterdam,” by H. A. van Yssclstevn. These establishments include— (a) One brick warehouse (area 7,400 square meters—8,850 square yards) and three wooden sheds (total area 9,000 square meters— 10,764 square yards) under the direct management of the free entre pôt (free public warehouse) and situated on the entrepôt harbor. This warehouse is divided into five parts, each part bearing the name of one of the five continents. It consists of a basement and three floors over it. The merchandise can be hoisted to the several floors not only by the exterior hydraulic cranes, but also by one windlass of a capacity of 1.000 kilograms (2,204.6 pounds) and three of a capacity each of 500 kilograms (1,102.3 pounds). (b) Twelve wooden and four brick and sheet-iron sheds under the direct management of the community’s commercial establishments, situated on the Spoorweghaven (railroad harbor), the Rhine Harbor, and the Katendrecht Harbor; total area 27,242 square meters (32,511 square yards). (c) A considerable number of wooden, iron, and brick sheds be-

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