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WAREHOUSES  IN  FOREIGN  COUNTRIES.

houses  till  it.  is  taken  out.  It  guarantees  that  its  workmen  and
employees  will  be  acceptable  to  the  custom-house  authorities.  It  is
responsible  for  the  care  and  preservation  of  goods  warehoused,  except
the  damage  and  waste  arising  from  their  inherent  nature  or  condition.
Thje  company  can  not  be  held  responsible  for  damage  or  waste  of
goods  which,  (1)  not  intended  for  warehousing,  are  not  taken  away
from  the  quays  the  day  of  their  verification  or  inspection  by  the  customs ­
  officials;  (2)  having  been  withdrawn  from  the  warehouse,  have
not  been  removed  from  the  uncovered  courtyards  the  day  of  their
verification  or  inspection  by  the  custom-house.  In  case  the  inspection
of  merchandise  (except  wood  or  metals)  by  the  custom-house  officials
is  finished  just  before  the  closing  of  the  gates,  so  that  it  is  impossible
to  take  away  the  goods,  the  company  will  assume  charge  for  the  night
only,  at  a  tariff  of  3  centimes  (0.579  cent)  per  100  kilograms  (220.46
pounds).  Merchandise  can  not  be  shifted  in  the  warehouses  without
permission  of  the  owners.
The  company  will  receive  for  storage  goods  which  have  been  landed
elsewhere  than  in  its  docks,  or  goods  which  have  been  stored  in  private
warehouses.  A  notice  must  be  sent  to  the  company  forty-eight  hours
before  the  merchandise  is  delivered.  It  must  give  the  name  and  flag
of  the  vessel  in  which  the  goods  were  imported,  the  number  of  packages, ­
  their  value,  and,  as  near  as  possible,  the  weight  of  the  merchandise. ­
  The  company  will  not  be  responsible  for  the  quantities  declared
nor  for  the  weights  of  the  goods  which  have  not  been  weighed  and
escorted  by  the  custom-house  officials.  The  company  will,  at  the
expense  of  the  owner  of  the  goods,  repack  packages  which  are  not  in
proper  condition  to  be  received  at  the  warehouse.
The  different  services  which  the  company  will  perform  in  connection ­
  with  the  reception  and  discharge  of  merchandise  are  grouped  in
several  classes  to  conform  with  the  official  tariff.  They  consist  in
breaking  out  cargo  from  the  holds  of  vessels,  discharging,  transporting ­
  from  the  quays  to  the  covered  courts  or  warehouses,  and  storing,
weighing,  sorting  the  packages  according  to  their  origin  and  marks,  or
classifying  them  according  to  the  customs  tariff,  separating  damaged
goods,  furnishing  detailed  lists  of  weights  to  those  concerned,  in  case
of  an  arbitration  arranging  the  goods  for  the  arbitrators,  rebaling,
repacking,  and  recoopering  packages,  supplying  the  material  for  and
ballasting  ships,  loading  and  storing  cargoes,  and  carting,  delivery,
and  lighterage  of  goods.
In  addition,  the  company  will  attend  to  all  the  formalities  required
by  the  custom-house  and  octroi  officials  in  connection  with  merchandise ­
  to  be  stored  in  or  shipped  from  the  bonded  warehouses,  and  will
settle  questions  of  freight  and  other  matters  which  may  arise  between
the  captains  of  vessels  and  consignees.
'  CHARGES.
The  charges  for  all  the  above  services  are  made  according  to  a  fixed
tariff  approved  by  ministerial  decree  The  charges,  except  those  for
repacking  and  recoopering,  are  per  100  kilograms  (220.40  pounds)-per
  hectoliter  (2.84  bushels  or  20.42  gallons),  per  number,  or  per
1,000  francs  ($193)  of  value,  without  fractions,  and  calculated  upon