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Switzerland, and at Basel, Switzerland, there are warehouses where 
goods coming from the south can be stored, while goods coming 
from the north have passed the large warehouses of Cologne and 
Frankfort, so it is probable that on account of these advantages in 
the cities to the north and south of Freiburg the need of storehouses 
in this city has not up to the present time been felt. 
As Freiburg is becoming an important railway center and a new 
and extensive freight depot is now in process of erection, there can be 
no doubt that in the near future a large warehouse will have to be 
constructed to satisfy the ever-increasing demands for better facili 
ties and accommodations. 
E. Theophilus Liefeld, Consul. 
Frieburg, Germany, October 1If, 190If. 
MAGDEBURG. 
(From United States Vice-Consul Breuer, Magdeburg, Germany.) 
The seaport of Magdeburg is Hamburg, and the bulk of foreign 
(transoceanic) trade of this consular district is transacted there. It 
inay, however, be of some interest to receive some information about 
the warehouses at this inland port. Magdeburg forms, so to speak, 
a n intermediate port, by means of the Elbe River, between Dresden 
a nd the southeast of Germany on the one side and Hamburg and the 
seaboard on the other. 
There are three principal warehouses in this city built for storage, 
!, t a nominal rental, of merchandise in transit or in bond, namely, the 
Städtisches Hafen- und Lagerhaus (municipal), capacity 20,000 tons; 
the Elblagerhaus (stock company), capacity 30,000 to 40,000 tons; 
a nd Albert Liiddecke & Co. (private enterprise), capacity 3,000 
tons. They are built in generous dimensions and with all modern 
improvements, and are conducted in a most practical and systematic 
. . 
There is not much difference between these warehouses in the scale 
°f charges. Detailed information as to classes of goods, management, 
("barges, time, etc., is given in the pamphlet inclosed. 0 All store, in 
bond or in transit, all kinds of goods, particularly beet sugar, raw and 
Wined, cereals, fertilizers, chemicals, oils, lard, etc., partly of Ameri 
can origin. t 
There is no preferential treatment as to nationalities, but so far 
American firms have not been availing themselves to a great extent 
?f these warehouses, inasmuch as their business is"almost exclusively 
Hi the hands of commission agents in Hamburg. 
Goods in bond are under the joint lock and control of the custom 
house officials and the warehouse owners. 
I take this opportunity to invite attention to a most interesting 
frook in German, called “ Das Deutsche Lagerhausgeschäft und La- 
gerhausrecht,” by Dr. Otto Goldberg, published in Zittau, Germany, 
' v hich can be procured through this office. 
John B. Breuer, Vice-Consul. 
Magdeburg, Germany, August 31, 190.If. 
0 On file In the Bureau of Statistics, Department of Commerce and Labor.