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WAREHOUSES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 
A large portion of the American goods imported are stored in this 
warehouse. No discrimination is made by the administrators of the 
warehouse between the different countries. 
Henry Bordewich, Consul-General. 
Christiania, Norway, August 15,190If.. 
GOTTENBORG, SWEDEN. 
(From United States Consul Bergh, Gottcnborg, Sweden.) 
Here in Gottenborg are no proper warehouse buildings for storing 
merchandise in transit or in bond. There are only sheds or rooms in 
the custom-house building for temporary storage of merchandise until 
it can be cleared at the custom-house. The merchants who have goods 
on hand for which they do not desire to pay the import duty imme 
diately own or rent cellars or warehouse rooms in any part of the city, 
and such warehouse rooms become bonded (after application and 
inspection) by the fact that the customs officials hold the key to 
one of the locks of the door (which must have two, the merchant 
holding the key to the other). The customs officers may also put a 
seal on the door if it is considered necessary. 
Whenever the merchant desires to take out, clear at the custom 
house, or dispose of any part of the bonded goods, or (itpon special 
permission) to repack the goods, or handle them in any way, a cus 
toms officer must be present and make a record of what is done, so 
that there will be no confusing change of marks or the like. Accord 
ing to law the customs authorities have a lien on the goods until the 
import duty or other dues are paid. 
Spirituous liquors, alcohol, potatoes or other root crops, and explo 
sive goods may not be stored in bond. In transit warehouse spiritu 
ous liquors or explosive goods may not be stored, nor may potatoes or 
any other root crops unless intended for reexport. Only piece goods—- 
that is, merchandise arriving boxed or wrapped up, or uncovered 
goods in pieces or bundles—may be stored in transit warehouses. 
For merchandise under bond there are charged “ bond dues ’ 
amounting to 1 per cent of the import duty. The customs dues for 
goods in transit warehouses are' for the first three months TO öre 
(about 19 cents) per each 100 kilograms (220.46 pounds), and for 
each succeeding period of three months 35 öre (about 9 cents) per 100 
kilograms. Further relations between the merchant and the cus 
toms officials as to time for paying the dues, security, transport under 
bond, etc., are minutely specified in the customs regulations in para 
graphs too lengthy to be quoted here. 
All handling or transportation of the goods must be done by the 
owner or at his expense. When goods to be cleared are handled, 
weighed, repacked, etc., inside the custom-house by the customs 
warehousemen, the merchant must pay them for the work. 
A private company (Göteborgs Magasinsaktiebolag) has severa 
warehouse rooms for the purpose of storing goods for merchants, and 
the company also furnishes loans on goods stored in its warehouses- 
This company charges a rent varying from 75 öre (20 cents) to 6 öre 
(1.6 cents) a month per 100 kilograms for lots of at least 5,000 kilo s