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further provisions, terms, etc., I refer to the inclosed copy of the
complete articles of the Hamburger Freihafen-Lagerhaus-Gesell-
schaft,“ as well as to the report on the free harbor of Hamburg pre
pared by my predecessor, Consul Robertson, and transmitted to the
Department of State on November 27, 1895.*
WAREHOUSES IN THE FREE HARBOR.
^ent for the storing and manipulating of merchandise, etc., to
165,085 square meters (197,442 square yards). The approximate
original cost of the warehouses was about $5,000,000.
The Hamburger Freihafen-Lagerhaus-Gesellschaft not only leases
entire buildings, floors, and rooms to private firms and persons, but
also operates itself a number of warehouses and sheds for the storing
of merchandise, etc. A detailed account of service can be seen from
the inclosed copy of the regulations and tariff of the company,“ con
taining all regulations, specified tariff of charges for storing, weigh-
delivering, etc., of goods, and further particulars, thus giving a
clear picture of the manner in which the services are performed. The
approximate annual receipts on account of services amount to
*•>00,000 and the expenditures to $250,000. Full particulars are
shown by the inclosed report of the company for the year 1903, c con
taining, among other information, balance sheets, giving all receipts,
<ls ?pts, expenditures, and liabilities.
, Most of the firms which have rented storage room or entire build-
ln gs from the corporation operate such storage entirely on their own
account and under self-management, without control on the part of
the company. Besides, several buildings and floors are let to so-called
. Vuartiersleute," whose business consists in storing and manipulat-
weighing, sampling, etc.—merchandise for merchants whose
Prices are located in the city proper and who do not operate ware
houses of their own in the free harbor.
In addition to the warehouses of the Hamburger Freihafen-Lager-
aus-Gesellscliaft there are several other warehouses in the free har-
i 0 ? conducted by private firms, who are the proprietors of such
hildings. Whereas the warehouses owned by the Freihafen-
agerhaus-Gesellsdiaft are exclusively modern structures equipped
mh all necessary appliances for lifting, warehousing, and unhous-
n g of merchandise, both by land and water, the privately owned
arehouses are generally old buildings on the south bank of the
j v ' v .er Elbe, which are almost exclusively used for the storing of
H ilk goods which do not require special care and attention, and con-
wl! /! n in the ümeau °f Statistics, Department of Commerce and Labor,
& Tni nia ^ consulted by parties interested.
8 valuable report was printed in Consular Report No. 185, for February,
Inin’ 4 >ai ’ es 137 to 194. It gives a history of the port and its relations to the
for i ria ' postoms Union, a description of the natural and artificial facilities
ti Addling trade, cost of the works, charges for service, etc., the port regula-
c s, and the extent of the trade.
Uu file in the Bureau of Statistics, Department of Commerce and Labor.
