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goods—i. e., goods that are allowed to enter this country without the 
payment of customs duties. A small portion of the block situated 
°n the north side of No. .8 dock is certified for the storage of dutiable 
traffic under bond. Rates for storage at the Manchester docks on the 
principal commodities imported from North America are shown on 
the list inclosed. 0 Charges, including one month’s storage, vary from 
36 cents to $1.22 per ton. Rent is from to 12 cents per ton per 
Week. 
Figures of receipts and expenditures on account of service can not 
he ascertained. 
All sorts of goods are stored—tobacco, glucose, sugar, tea, rum, 
wines and spirits, etc. A large portion of the import trade to Man 
chester consists of traffic from America, and in specifying the princi 
pal American dutiable articles imported I would include tobacco in 
berces, glucose, and grape sugar. All nationalities are treated ex 
actly alike as regards storage and charges. 
. With the exception of tobacco dealers, I find it is the rule for 
^porters to pay duty on dutiable goods at time of import. This is 
u °t done, however, with tobacco, which is imported in the closing 
months of the year and remains in store for perhaps twelve months. 
Goods are removed by steam crane from steamer to the store by 
Fail alongside the docks, and also by wagons ; merchandise is reshipped 
111 the same manner. 
Wm. Harrison Bradley, Consul. 
Manchester, England, September 13,1901^. 
NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. 
(From United States Vico and Deputy Consul Eixon, Netccastle-on-Tyne, England.) 
Bonded warehouses in this city are owned and managed by pri- 
v ate firms. A merchant can either have a bonded warehouse of his 
°Wn, or he can take part in a general bond with other merchants who 
have goods stored. The dimensions and original cost of ware 
houses can not be given. Some warehouses are owned by capitalists 
mid leased to public warehousemen, and they are conducted under 
bie supervision of the customs officers. Both the merchants and the 
customs officers have separate keys, so that one can not enter without 
bie other. 
.The inclosed rate book 6 shows the various charges in connection 
' Vl th goods in the Hartlepool ports, either warehoused by the North 
eastern Railway Company, which owns bonds, or passing over the 
h°ek quays and not using the warehouses in any way. No charges 
a J e made by the customs authorities, who provide their officers free 
°f charge. 
Fhe principal classes of goods stored are: Spirits—rum, brandy, 
Boueva, whisky, gin, other spirits not sweetened, British spirits not 
sweetened, foreign spirits not sweetened; wine; beer, foreign; beer 
0 On file in the Bureau of Statistics. Circulars regarding the special customs 
emulations are also on file. 
On file In the Bureau of Statistics, Department of Commerce and Labor. 
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