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the  goods.  No  warrant  will  be  issued  until  the  stop  for  freight  (if  any)  has
|>eeu  removed,  or  a  deposit  equal  to  the  amount  claimed  on  account  of  such  stop
ls  made  with  the  Docks  Company,  nor  until  the  landing  and  other  charges  are
Paid,  except  a  “  prime  warrant,”  which  carries  landing  as  well  as  other  charges.
Certain  charges  are  made  for  these  warrants,  and  the  contents  of  one  warrant
toay  be  divided  into  others  for  smaller  quantities,  at  the  will  of  the  holder.  If
More  than  one  warrant  should  he  required  for  a  pile  of  goods  in  bulk,  the  goods
wull  be  unpiled  and  repiled  in  accordance  with  the  contents  of  each  warrant,
an d  charges  made  for  all  operations  consequent  thereon  must  be  paid  before
new  warrants  can  be  issued.
In  the  evènt  of  warrants  being  lost,  they  must  be  advertised  in  such  public
newspapers  as  may  be  directed  by  the  Docks  Company,  and  seven  days  must
elapse  subsequently  to  the  advertisement,  and  the  Docks  Company  be  indemnified, ­
  before  any  delivery  can  be  effected,  but  whenever  the  delivery  of  the  goods
* s  pressing  the  parties  may  obtain  it  immediately  upon  depositing  the  estimated
Va lue.  Under  no  circumstances  will  duplicate  warrants  be  issued.
Forms  of  authority  to  sign  orders,  etc.,  for  merchants  or  brokers  may  be
obtained  at  the  general  olfice.  dock  house.  Brokers  possessing  general  authorises ­
  in  writing  from  merchants  to  inspect  or  sample  goods  must  produce  them
:° r  the  purpose  of  being  recorded.  The  inspection  or  samplings  of  goods  will
take  place  upon  orders  signed  by  the  owners  ;  but  when  warrants  have  been
issued  the  numbers  of  the  warrants  must  be  stated  on  the  orders.
Fbe  customary  marking  for  sale  of  all  goods  will  be  proceeded  with  Immediately ­
  on  their  being  landed,  unless  notice  to  the  contrary  be  given  by  the  owner
0l '  consignor.  Goods  withdrawn  from  a  sale  after  being  shown  will  be  subject  to
an  extra  charge  on  being  shown  again.
As  regards  merchandise,  other  than  wines  and  spirits,  the  Docks  Company
*ill  not  be  answerable  for  any  losses  or  deficiencies  which  may  be  due  to  natural
pauses  or  to  vermin,  and  they  will  not  be  answerable  for  any  losses  or  deficientes ­
  on  goods  of  any  description  (including  wines  and  spirits)  unless  the  extent
af  such  losses  or  deficiencies  is  agreed  prior  to  the  removal  of  the  goods  from
the  premises  of  the  Docks  Company.
Empty  casks,  mats,  and  packages  of  every  description  not  removed  within
mi'ee  months  from  the  date  of  the  landing  account  of  the  goods  shall  become
the  property  of  the  Docks  Company.
No  person  not  being  a  servant  of  the  Docks  Company  Is  permitted  to  be  employed ­
  in  any  work  or  labor  to  be  performed  within  the  dock  premises  or  town
Warehouses,  whether  on  ship,  vessel,  lighter,  jetty,  quay,  or  shore,  without  the
Previous  permission  of  the  superintendent  or  other  qualified  officer,  with  the
following  exceptions:
(o)  Persons  employed  by  shipowners  in  discharging  cargo;  (b)  stevedores
aiul  their  men  employed  in  stowing  cargoes  for  export;  (c)  lightermen  and  carhien
  delivering  or  receiving  goods  and  lightermen  navigating  their  craft  ;  (d)
bien  employed  in  removing,  mooring,  or  rigging  vessels.  The  Docks  Company
fakes  no  responsibility  with  respect  to  goods  delivered  overside.
lient  on  merchandise  commences  on  the  day  the  import  ship  breaks  bulk,
in  the  case  of  goods  by  craft  or  by  land  from  the  receipt  of  the  first  por
f>°n  of  the  goods.  When  the  charge  is  by  weight,  it  is  levied  on  the  gross
Weight.  A  week’s  rent  is  charged  for  a  fraction  of  a  week.  When  the  rent  is
reckoned  from  the  first  landing,  the  first  day  is  counted  as  a  day,  but  when  the
rent  is  from  or  after  the  final  day  of  landing  or  weighing,  the  final  day  is  not
counted  as  a  day.
No  allowance  will  be  made  by  the  company  in  respect  of  any  payment  made
i  y  merchants  or  others  to  shipowners  under  the  London  clause  in  the  American
mils  of  lading,  or  bills  of  lading  containing  the  Havre  clause,  or  any  other
clauses  in  bills  of  lading  which  entitle  shipowners  to  land  goods  at  the  expense
of  the  consignees.

BRISTOL.
(From  United.  States  Cônsul  Lathrop,  Bristol,  England.)
The  docks  of  Bristol,  which  have  a  very  extended  quay  line,  are
°W T hed  by  the  city,  and  are  governed  by  a  committee  of  the  elected  city
council.  It  is  believed  that  these  conditions  are  unique,  and  that