114

WAREHOUSES  IN  FOREIGN  COUNTRIES.

(for  drawback);  lemon  juice,  tea;  coffee,  roasted  (for  drawback);
cocoa,  cocoa  paste;  chicory,  roasted  and  ground;  tobacco  (for  drawback), ­
  tobacco,  negro  head;  tobacco,  roll;  cigars;  raisins,  currants,
figs,  prunes,  plums,  sugar,  molasses,  condensed  milk,  preserves  (marmalade, ­
  etc.),  American  canned  meats,  and  lard.  These  stores  are
also  used  largely  for  canned  meats  imported  from  America,  and  occasional ­
  cargoes  of  grain  arrive  from  America,  but  on  arrival  here  they
are  generally  the  property  of  the  English  receiver.  American  ships
can  draw  from  these  warehouses  for  their  supplies  free  of  duty.  All
nationalities  are  treated  alike,  without  distinction  of  any  kind.
I  can  not  state  the  length  of  time  goods  generally  remain  in  bond-In
  transit  sheds  goods  are  left  only  two  or  three  days  and  in  warehouses ­
  from  one  week  to  twelve  months.  Goods  may  remain  in  bond
until  unfit  for  use,  when  the  customs  officers  may  order  them  to  be
destroyed,  in  which  case  the  merchant  is  not  called  upon  to  pay  duty-The
  rate  book  previously  referred  to  tells  the  facilities  foy  and  the
cost  of  the  removal  of  the  goods  from  boat  to  warehouse,  and  vice
'versa!
The,Customs  officials  are  stationed  on  the  premises,  and  the  bonding
business;is  conducted  under  their  supervision.  They  are  required  to
see  finit  the  regulations  are  carried  out  and  keep  records  of  the
gooefs  as  they  come  into  the  warehouse,  and  issue  permits  as  they  are
delivered  out.
H.  Nixon,  Vice  and  Deputy  Consul.
Newcastle-on-Tyne,  England,  August  31,190

NOTTINGHAM.
(From  United  States  Consul  Maliin,  Nottingham,  England.)
There  is  but  one  bonded  warehouse  in  this  district,  so  far  as  I  can
learn,  that  of  the  Midland  Railway  Company,  in  this  city.  The  of#'
cial  of  the  company  in  charge  prefers  not  to  attempt  giving  any  fig'
ures  as  to  dimensions  and  original  cost  of  the  warehouse,  it  being
part  of  a  building  used  for  other  purposes  also.
The  warehouse  is  used  chiefly  for  the  storage  of  wines  and  spiritsand
  occasionally  of  tea  and  tobacco.  The  following  is  the  officia»
scale  of  charges  per  week:  Wines  and  spirits,  per  pipe  or  puncheon,
3d.  (6  cents)  ;  per  hogshead,  2d.  (4  cents)  ;  per  barrel,  l^d.  (3  cents)  j
per  quarter  cask,  Id.  (2  cents)  ;  per  case.  1  dozen,  jd.  (one-half  cent)  í
per  case,  3  dozen,  4d.  (1  cent).  Part  of  a  week  will  be  charged  as  a
week.
Merchants  or  traders  storing  wines  and  spirits  in  this  warehouse
may  have  the  use  of  the  vat  for  blending  purposes,  etc.,  at  the  charge,
including  labor,  of  Id.  (2  cents)  per  gallon.
Labor  is  charged  for  at  the  rate  of  Is.  6d.  (36  cents)  per  ton;  this
includes  taking  in  the  goods,  weighing  when  necessary,  and  deliver
ing  out  again  to  the  vehicle.  This  charge  will  not,  however,  be  mad 0
upon  goods  which  have  previously  arrived  by  the  Midland  Railway?
and  are  reconsigned  for  further  conveyance  over  the  company’s  lines-Cartage
  of  goods  from  the  bonded  warehouse  will  be  2s.  (48  cents)
per  ton  to  any  place  within  the  ordinary  limits  of  delivery,  except  oß