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WAREHOUSES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 
to the sheds alongside are from 6d. (12 cents) to 8d. (16 cents) per 
ton. Of course all goods entering the port, whether in transit or in 
bond or going immediately into consumption, pay the inward dock 
rates, which range from 2d. (4 cents) per ton on coal to Is. 6d. (36 
cents) on fresh fish and also on furniture and other bulky articles 
light in weight. Taking all classes of merchandise, the average of 
these shore dues or dock rates is about 8d. (16 cents) per ton. Goods 
entering the port for reshipment to another port pay only the inward 
dock rates. Thus, if a cargo of cotton from America is landed for 
reshipment to a Russian port it may remain ten days or two weeks 
in the shed and then be reshipped, paying only the inward dock rates. 
The same rule applies to transit goods in bond. 
The commissioners for the harbor and docks of Leith are a trust, 
constituted by act of Parliament and vested by Parliament with the 
whole property and revenues of the harbor and docks. The members 
are appointed by the town council of Edinburgh, the town council 
of Leith, the Edinburgh Merchant Company, and other public or 
quasi-public bodies. They receive nothing for their services and 
incur no personal responsibility for any official acts. As a body they 
are like a private corporation, receiving no public support of any 
kind, and dependent altogether on the revenues from shipping* 
Unlike a private corporation, however, the commissioners are not 
liable for any damage to goods or loss of goods in the dock sheds by 
fire or theft. But they are responsible to the owner of merchandise 
damaged by water coming through a defective roof, if the bad con 
dition of the roof resulted from their negligence. They emplov no 
one to take care of goods in the sheds. The consignee is supposed to 
look after his own merchandise. Customs officers have entire charge 
of the sections of the sheds in which dutiable goods are temporarily 
stored. 
Merchandise remaining in the dock sheds after the owner has been 
notified to remove it is assessed as a penalty (not for storage) Is. (24 
cents) per ton per day. 
All nationalities are treated exactly alike by the dock commission 
ers and by private warehouse men. Practically no American goods 
go into bond at Leith, for either short or long periods. Almost with 
out exception they are non dutiable and as a rule are delivered to 
customers from the dock sheds. 
For storage in warehouses owned by companies or firms remunera 
tive rates are charged. For example, the Leith Dock Warehouse 
Company (having bonded warehouses) makes the following charges 
per week on goods: Whiskies, wines, etc., in bulk, butts, pipes (90 to 
120 gallons), 2d. (4 cents); hogsheads (50 to GO gallons), Id. (2 
cents) ; quarter casks (about 30 gallons), Id. (2 cents). These rates 
are subject to discount up to about 25 per cent on large parcels* 
Whiskies, wines, etc., in cases, one-fourth penny (one-half cent) pe( 
case. Tea in boxes (about 20 pounds), one-fourth penny (one-hau 
cent) per bo%; in larger packages (40 to 100 pounds), one-half penny 
(1 cent) per package. Other goods (coffee, etc.), about lOd. (2d 
cents) per ton. 
Rufus Fleming, Consul- 
Edinburgh, Scotland, -July 9, 1904.