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WAREHOUSES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 
not one of general distribution. The only docks here are owned and 
operated by the London and Southwestern Railway, and are 
equipped with all modern dock appliances known to the shipping 
world. That company maintains shore warehouses inside the dock 
yards for the storage of grain and flour, which generally come con 
signed to the company. It also maintains bonded stores for wines 
and spirits only, which are in the charge of the customs. 
The International Cold Storage Company, also a railway-company 
concern, has a very extensive and complete plant in Ehe dock section 
with deep-water frontage, making it possible for anything afloat in 
commerce to discharge alongside. This department will handle meat 
products, fish, game, poultry, and fruits. An illustrated pamphlet 
regarding it is sent herewith.' 1 
The company is prepared to slaughter and care for the product of 
600 cattle a day, which capacity can be largely increased. The net 
cold-storage capacity is about 2,000,000 cubic feet, sufficient for the 
care of 4,800 quarters of beef and 155,000 mutton carcases, with* 
1,300,000 cubic feet of miscellaneous space for butter, fish, game, eggs, 
fruit, etc. 
Slaughtering has not yet commenced, but arrangements are being 
made for the direct importation of American and Canadian cattle, 
official authorization for the same having been granted. 
Albert W. Swalm, Consul. 
Southampton, England, August 18, 1901/.. 
SCOTLAND. 
DUNDEE. 
(From United States Consul Higgins, Dundee, Scotland.) 
There is practically no importation of dutiable goods at this port. 
A considerable quantity of sugar is imported, but not warehoused, 
the goods being examined on the quay, the duty paid, and the goods 
removed the same day. Occasional small shipments of tea are 
brought by the jute-carrying vessels. The tea, if duty is not paid 
on it at once, is deposited in one of the four bonded warehouses iu 
this port. Of these four warehouses three are owned or occupied by 
private concerns engaged in the spirit trade, who use them exclu 
sively for the storage of their own liquors. The fourth is a compara 
tively small affair, also privately occupied. It is used for general 
purposes, but the amount of merchandise passing through it is by n° 
means important. 
The owners or lessees are under bond to the Government for the 
safekeeping of the goods entering the warehouses, which are under 
the surveillance of the customs officials. In three, two examining 
officers and one assistant are stationed, and in the fourth are four 
examining officers and two assistants; one surveyor supervising the 
whole, immediately under the collector of customs, who also makes 
periodical visits. 
John C. Higgins, Consul. 
Dundee, Scotland, July 29, 1901^. 
a On file in the Bureau of Statistics, Department of Commerce and Labor.