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month begun is charged as a full month. For storage of goods under 
1 kilogram (2.2 pounds) in weight, the highest rate of 6 crowns or 
$1.28 per week is charged, without regard to kind. In all cases the 
week begun is rated as full. Rent for special rooms per annum 
ranges per room from $40 to $100. The fee for placing insurance on 
$40 value and less of the insured goods amounts to 2 cents per month. 
For $40 transportation insurance by railway within the monarchy the 
fee likewise amounts to 2 cents. 
Handling charges are as follows, per 220.40 pounds: For unloading 
from railway car, f cent ; for storing away packed goods, excepting 
voluminous packages, 14 cents; for storing away unpacked goods, 2 
cents; for taking out of storage, excepting voluminous packages, 1^ 
cents; for taking unpacked goods out of storage, 2 cents; for weigh 
ing, f cent. These rates are charged in full for lots under 220.40 
pounds in weight. The rates for storing away and taking out of 
storage voluminous packages, such as furniture, machines, tools, etc., 
are computed according to amount of time and labor required. For 
packing parcels, from 7 to 14 cents, according to size, is charged. 
For hooping of a barrel, 10 cents. For other manipulation of goods, 
10 cents per man per hour, 40 cents per man per half day, or 80 cents 
per man for a whole day. For piece goods per 220.46 pounds, the 
expressage fees, including work of loading, are 4 cents; for carloads, 
per car, including loading, $1.40. 
For custom-house declaration of dutiable goods the charge per car 
load is 40 cents. For attending to custom-house regulations on colo 
nial goods the charges are: For from 10 to 100 kilos (1 kilo = 2.2046 
pounds), 4 crown (10.2 cents) ; for from 100 to 600 kilos, 00 heller 
(18.27 cents) ; for over 600 kilos, 12 heiler (2.436 cents) per 100 kilos. 
For manufactured goods in general the charges are: Under 100 kilos, 
1 crown (20.3 cents) ; 100 to 250 kilos, 1.6 crowns (32.48 cents) ; 250 
to 500 kilos, 2 crowns (40.6 cents) ; over 500 kilograms, at the rate of 
\ crown (10.15 cents) per 100 kilos. For fancy goods, per 100 kilos, 
is charged 1.6 crowns (32.5 cents), and for cotton and woolen goods 
the rate is 20 heller (4.06 cents). 
Storage rent and fees for refrigerating must be paid in advance 
unconditionally. For storage by the year payment must be made a 
half year in advance; by the half or quarter year, a quarter in ad 
vance. The price, with a maximum strain of 1,760 to 2,200 pounds 
on the square meter (1.106 square yards), ranges, for a space of from 
25 to 300 square meters, from $13 to $16 annually, $8 to $10 semiannu 
ally, $5 to $7 per quarter year; for space up to 1Ò0 square meters, from 
80 cents to $1.10 per week, and for space of 25 square meters, from 16 
to 20 cents per day. In weight the price per week for 220 pounds is 
from 30 to 36 cents. For storing away and taking out of storage, 
including weighing of goods, 4 cents for 220 pounds. 
STORAGE AND HANDLING OF GOODS. 
The classes of goods stored chiefly are: Cereals, champagne, coffee, 
colonial goods, cotton, dextrine, fats, flour, grain products, honey, 
leather, manufactured goods, mother-of-pearl, oils, rice, skins, spirits, 
starch, sugar, wines, wool, and yarns. In the refrigerators are stored 
beer, bulbs, butter, caviare, eggs, figs, fish, flowers, fruit, game, meat, 
milk, plants, and vegetables. As a rule wares may remain in bond so