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move and shift the goods, if this is necessary to a satisfactory inspec 
tion, without charge up to one-half of the whole number of parcels 
and upon agreed terms for the excess. 
If merchandise requires sorting, washing, folding, baling, or pack 
ing the owner may employ persons for these services, and is provided 
with space for carrying on the work. The dock company, in this case, 
transports the merchandise to the space selected, weighs it, and returns 
it finally to its place upon terms clearly specified, based upon the gen 
eral tari if for transporting the goods from ship to warehouse or vice 
versa. 
The area devoted to the manipulation of merchandise is not charged 
for during forty-eight hours; that is to say, the storage charge runs 
as though the goods were in the original storage chamber, or if the 
operations require more than forty-eight hours, a tariff per parcel and 
per day ranging from 1 to 3 cents, and, in the case of bulky merchan 
dise, of 4 cents per ton, is applied. 
The company guarantees delivery of goods intrusted to its care 
and insured under the special insurance tariff, and reinsures itself. 
The company is not responsible for damage and loss (1) to mer 
chandise which, not intended for storage, is not removed from the 
wharf and sheds during the day of its inspection by the customs 
authorities, or during the day when it is put into proper condition 
for storage if it belongs to a class not inspected by the customs 
authorities; (2) to merchandise leaving the warehouses and not 
removed from the courts or sheds during the day of its examination 
by the custom-house authorities or of its preparation for final re 
moval. Nevertheless, in the case of exposed merchandise the com 
pany assumes responsibility during twenty-four hours at a tariff of 
fi cents per ton of 1,000 kilograms. 
Goods can not be transferred from one storage room to another 
without notice to the company. 
Merchandise intended to be offered for sale at auction, after verifi 
cation by the custom-house authorities, is lodged in the auction sales 
department. The tariff for thus lodging and lotting is equal to one- 
balf the tariff for putting goods into ordinary storage. 
Visits to merchandise are forbidden without authorization of the 
proprietors. If desired, the company supplies a receipt which is a 
negotiable commercial instrument. The ordinary receipt mentions 
the number and date of arrival of the goods, the name of the owner 
a nd of the ship upon which imported, the marks, numbers, class of 
packages, and nature of goods. 
Merchandise put into storage can not be withdrawn without deliv 
ery of a discharge detached from the receipt. Upon demand the 
company loads merchandise withdrawn for local consumption upon 
trucks for 5 cents per ton without regard to the nature of the goods. 
Upon demand the company undertakes to clear goods at the cus- 
join-house, and to perform every operation necessary in order to 
finally deliver the goods wherever the consignee may desire them. 
CHARGES. 
The tariff of charges will be found in a printed pamphlet accom- 
panying this report, being too lengthy and complicated for transia-