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warehouses  are  located  in  blocks,  and  consist  really  of  suites  of  rooms.
Generally,  however,  they  are  in  separate  buildings,  used  wholly  as
warehouses.  The  warehouses  are  in  all  cases  owned  by  private  individuals ­
  or  firms  who  pay  the  Canadian  customs  a  license  fee  of  $40
per  annum  for  each  warehouse.  These  firms  charge  their  own  rates
for  storage,  and  the  business  is  conducted  wholly  by  the  owners.
The  patron  deals  directly  with  the  owner  of  warehouse.  There  are
two  separate  locks  to  each  warehouse,  the  key  of  one  lock  remaining
in  possession  of  owner;  the  other  key  is  kept  by  the  customs  “  locker.”
who  must  always  be  present  when  the  warehouse  is  opened  and  goods
removed.  Duties  due  on  goods  in  bond  must  be  paid  at  time  of
removal.
Charges  for  storage  are  generally  50  cents  per  ton  per  month,  but
owners  sometimes  make  discounts  to  large  or  regular  patrons.
The  customs  authorities  have  nothing  to  do  with  receipts  and  expenditures ­
  of  the  service.  The  customs  locker,  who  is  paid  by  the
Dominion  government,  sees  that  the  warehouse  is  safe  and  can  not
be  opened  or  goods  removed  unless  he  is  present  and  unlocks  the
door,  but  charges  no  fee  for  the  service.
The  goods  in  bond  are  mostly  liquors  and  other  goods  on  which  a
high  rate  of  duty  is  imposed.  Frequently,  however,  wholesale  dealers ­
  in  teas,  dry  goods,  cloths,  etc.,  use  warehouses  for  a  few  weeks  or
months.  Goods  are  not  allowed  to  remain  in  bond  over  two  years,
except  liquors,  which  may  remain  five  years.
Occasionally  Americans  avail  themselves  of  these  warehouses.  In
&  number  of  instances  Americans  who  have  kept  goods  in  bond  in
San  Francisco  as  long  as  the  law  allowed  have  brought  them  to  Victoria, ­
  kept  them  here  in  bond  two  years,  and  then  taken  them  back
to  San  Francisco.  This  is  not  done  very  frequently,  however.
All  nationalities  are  treated  exactly  as  are  residents  of  Canada.
Most  of  the  warehouses  are  on  or  adjacent  to  wharves,  and  the  cost
of  removal  of  goods  to  or  from  boat  and  warehouse  is  nominal.
The  cusoms  locker  keeps  careful  record  of  all  goods  placed  in
Warehouses  in  a  book  kept  specially  for  that  purpose;  and  all  goods
removed  from  warehouses  are  also  carefully  noted  therein,  with  the
(fate.  Care  is  taken  that  warehouses  arc  properly  secured.  Goods
not  claimed  in  thirty  days  after  removal  from  warehouse  are  escheated ­
  to  the  government.  All  customs  regulations  in  regard  to
bonded  warehouses  are  the  same  here  as  in  all  other  ports  of  the
Dominion  of  Canada.
Abraham  E.  Smith,  Consul.

NEW  BRUNSWICK.
ST.  JOHN.
(From  United  States  Consul  Myers,  St.  John,  New  Brunswick.)

The  customs  department  of  Canada  recognizes  several  classes  of
Warehouses,  two  of  which  may  be  used  for  storage  of  goods  in  transit
°r  landing  here  to  be  afterwards  returned  or  forwarded.