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the goods. No warrant will be issued until the stop for freight (if any) has 
|>eeu removed, or a deposit equal to the amount claimed on account of such stop 
ls made with the Docks Company, nor until the landing and other charges are 
Paid, except a “ prime warrant,” which carries landing as well as other charges. 
Certain charges are made for these warrants, and the contents of one warrant 
toay be divided into others for smaller quantities, at the will of the holder. If 
More than one warrant should he required for a pile of goods in bulk, the goods 
wull be unpiled and repiled in accordance with the contents of each warrant, 
an d charges made for all operations consequent thereon must be paid before 
new warrants can be issued. 
In the evènt of warrants being lost, they must be advertised in such public 
newspapers as may be directed by the Docks Company, and seven days must 
elapse subsequently to the advertisement, and the Docks Company be indemni 
fied, before any delivery can be effected, but whenever the delivery of the goods 
* s pressing the parties may obtain it immediately upon depositing the estimated 
Va lue. Under no circumstances will duplicate warrants be issued. 
Forms of authority to sign orders, etc., for merchants or brokers may be 
obtained at the general olfice. dock house. Brokers possessing general authori 
ses in writing from merchants to inspect or sample goods must produce them 
:° r the purpose of being recorded. The inspection or samplings of goods will 
take place upon orders signed by the owners ; but when warrants have been 
issued the numbers of the warrants must be stated on the orders. 
Fbe customary marking for sale of all goods will be proceeded with Immedi 
ately on their being landed, unless notice to the contrary be given by the owner 
0l ' consignor. Goods withdrawn from a sale after being shown will be subject to 
an extra charge on being shown again. 
As regards merchandise, other than wines and spirits, the Docks Company 
*ill not be answerable for any losses or deficiencies which may be due to natural 
pauses or to vermin, and they will not be answerable for any losses or deficien 
tes on goods of any description (including wines and spirits) unless the extent 
af such losses or deficiencies is agreed prior to the removal of the goods from 
the premises of the Docks Company. 
Empty casks, mats, and packages of every description not removed within 
mi'ee months from the date of the landing account of the goods shall become 
the property of the Docks Company. 
No person not being a servant of the Docks Company Is permitted to be em 
ployed in any work or labor to be performed within the dock premises or town 
Warehouses, whether on ship, vessel, lighter, jetty, quay, or shore, without the 
Previous permission of the superintendent or other qualified officer, with the 
following exceptions: 
(o) Persons employed by shipowners in discharging cargo; (b) stevedores 
aiul their men employed in stowing cargoes for export; (c) lightermen and car- 
hien delivering or receiving goods and lightermen navigating their craft ; (d) 
bien employed in removing, mooring, or rigging vessels. The Docks Company 
fakes no responsibility with respect to goods delivered overside. 
lient on merchandise commences on the day the import ship breaks bulk, 
in the case of goods by craft or by land from the receipt of the first por 
f>°n of the goods. When the charge is by weight, it is levied on the gross 
Weight. A week’s rent is charged for a fraction of a week. When the rent is 
reckoned from the first landing, the first day is counted as a day, but when the 
rent is from or after the final day of landing or weighing, the final day is not 
counted as a day. 
No allowance will be made by the company in respect of any payment made 
i y merchants or others to shipowners under the London clause in the American 
mils of lading, or bills of lading containing the Havre clause, or any other 
clauses in bills of lading which entitle shipowners to land goods at the expense 
of the consignees. 
BRISTOL. 
(From United. States Cônsul Lathrop, Bristol, England.) 
The docks of Bristol, which have a very extended quay line, are 
°W T hed by the city, and are governed by a committee of the elected city 
council. It is believed that these conditions are unique, and that