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WAREHOUSES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 
The receipts vary considerably, and I have been unable to obtain 
even an approximate estimate. The expenditures, including taxes, 
gas, water, etc., amount to about 10,000 pesetas ($1,429) per annum. 
The goods chiefly stored are cereals and flour. It is difficult to 
state to what extent American firms or others make use of the ware 
houses, as nearly all foreign firms have their representatives in this 
city and the goods are stored in the name of the agent. No distinc 
tions whatever are made by the administrators of the warehouses 
between different nationalities. 
The only warehouses enjoying the privilege of storing goods in 
bond are those known as the “ Crédito y Docks de Barcelona.” 
The removal of goods from boat to warehouse or vice versa is 
effected in carts at a cost of 12 pesetas ($1.78) per 10,000 kilos 
(22,040 pounds), or roughly, 18 cents per ton. 
IT. Henderson Rider, Vice-Consul-General. 
Barcelona, Spain, November 9,1904-. 
SWEDEN AND NORWAY. 
CHRISTIANIA, NORWAY. 
(From United States Consul-General Bordewich, Christiania, Norway.) 
The Christiania bonded warehouse was completed in March, 1903. 
It is a solid stone structure, eight stories high, having a ground space 
of 1,080 square meters (1,292 square yards). Sufficient adjacent 
ground, with sheds and river front, is attached to the premises. The 
original cost of the building was $188,000; it is owned and conducted 
by a stock company with $400,000 capital. The Christiania free 
warehouse, as it is commonly termed, serves as a substitute for a free 
port, and it serves its purpose well. The custom-house officers have 
supervision over the management of the institution ; they determine 
rates of charges for rent of space and act as arbitrators between the 
public and the management. The warehouse company is compelled 
to furnish and maintain on the premises, for use of the custom-house 
officers, all necessary weights and measures, also to furnish and main 
tain suitable offices for their use in the building, to have telephones 
placed in such offices, and to reimburse the custom-house for all ex 
penditures caused by the establishment. 
Arriving uncleared merchandise is, on application, moved by the 
warehouse company under custom-house control from ship or depot 
to the warehouse. The merchandise is stored without payment of 
duty and may be withdrawn at any time, in whole or in part, and the 
duty paid on the day of removal to the custom-house officers located 
in the building. Domestic merchandise on which drawback is 
allowed, as well as domestic or customs cleared merchandise which 
may be wanted for admixtures with goods stored at the warehouse 
may, with certain restrictions, also be admitted, but all combustibles, 
explosives, and other objectionable goods are excluded. Goods in 
transit may also be stored at the warehouse. No stored goods can be