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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  dockyards ­
  for  the  storage  of  grain  and  flour,  which  generally  come  consigned ­
  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  exclusively ­
  for  the  storage  of  their  own  liquors.  The  fourth  is  a  comparatively ­
  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.