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WAREHOUSES  IN  FOREIGN  COUNTRIES.

COAL.
Regulations  providing  for  the  warehousing  of  coal  imported  into  Canada*.
Sec.  18.  The  yards,  sheds  or  other  buildings  in  which  importers  of  coal,  for
the  purposes  of  sale,  desire  to  store  the  same  for  the  purpose  of  sale,  may  be
accepted  as  warehouses,  and  coal  may  be  entered  for  warehouse  and  stored
therein  without  payment  of  duty  in  the  same  manner  and  under  like  conditions
for  ex-warehousing  for  consumption,  removal,  or  exportation,  as  is  provided  by
law  for  the  warehousing  of  any  other  goods,  except  as  hereinafter  provided.
Sec.  19.  The  importer  of  coal,  desiring  to  warehouse  the  same,  as  above  provided, ­
  shall  make  due  entry  of  the  same  for  warehouse,  giving  full  particulars,
as  required  by  the  established  form  of  such  entries,  and  shall  also  give  bonds
for  double  the  amount  of  the  duty  accruing  upon  the  same,  according  to  the
terms  of  the  tariff  then  in  force,  such  bonds  to  be  duly  executed  by  himself  as
principal  and  two  persons  of  good  standing  acceptable  to  the  collector  or  the
minister  of  customs,  as  sureties,  and  conditioned  for  the  due  payment  of  duty
or  export  of  the  whole  quantity  so  warehoused  prior  to  the  1st  day  of  May
then  next  ensuing.
Sec.  20.  The  proprietor  of  coal  so  warehoused  shall  make  due  entry  once  a
week  "of  the  quantity  removed,  sold,  or  exported,  and  the  whole  quantity  warehoused ­
  must  be  so  entered  prior  to  the  1st  day  of  May  then  next  ensuing  the
date  of  the  warehousing,  as  aforesaid,  subject  to  all  penalties,  fines  and  forfeitures ­
  provided  by  “  the  customs  act  ”  for  frauds  connected  with  warehousing
and  warehoused  goods.
December  22,  1SS1.

BRITISH  COLUMBIA.
VANCOUVER.

(From  United  States  Consul  Dudley,  Vancouver,  British  Columbia.)
It  is  not  easy  to  secure  particulars  about  warehouses  in  this  consular
district.  There  seem,  however,  to  be  sufficient  accommodations  for
all  the  trade  of  this  port.  The  Canadian  Pacific  Railroad  Company
and  Messrs.  Evans,  Coleman  &  Evans  of  this  city  have  general  warehouses ­
  for  storage  here.  The  following  is  an  extract  of  a  letter
received  by  me  from  the  general  freight  agent  of  the  railway  company, ­
  which  has  the  largest  warehouses  here  :
This  company  has  no  storage  warehouses  proper,  but  we  have  five  transfer
warehouses,  each  measuring  250  feet  by  00  feet  ;  through  these  sheds  are  transferred ­
  all  the  steamboat  freight  handled  in  connection  with  our  rail  and  steamship ­
  line.  Our  route  is  much  used  by  Americans  and  we  handle  large  quantities ­
  of  freight  to  and  from  the  States.  Under  our  contract  with  the  United
States  Government  for  carrying  interstate  freight,  we  are  not  allowed  to  store
it  for  any  length  of  time  in  our  warehouse;  all  interstate  freight  in  transit
must  be  forwarded  from  Vancouver  as  soon  as  means  of  transportation  are
available.  All  shippers  are  treated  exactly  alike.
L.  Edwin  Dudley,  Consul.
Vancouver,  British  Columbia,  July  1901^.

VICTORIA.
(From  United  States  Consul  Smith,  Victoria,  British  Columbia.)
The  warehouses  in  Victoria  for  storage  of  merchandise  in  transit  or
in  bond  are  of  various  sizes  and  cost  from  $500  to  $3,000.  Severa’