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WAREHOUSES  IN  FOREIGN  COUNTRIES.

ing  or  a  lessor.  A  copy  of  the  government  regulations  governing
these  bonded  warehouses  is  transmitted  herewith.“
There  is  no  special  scale  of  charges  for  storage,  but  the  average  of
such  charges  is  about  as  follows  :  Dry  goods,  25  cents  per  package  for
the  first  month,  and  20  cents  per  package  for  each  succeeding  month;
oils,  6  and  4  cents  per  barrel,  or  4  and  3  cents  for  half  barrels  ;  tobacco,
10  and  7  cents  on  small  bales,  15  and  10  cents  on  large  bales  ;  tea,  2  and
1  cent  per  package:  pickles,  7  and  5  cents  per  case;  rope,  15  and  10
cents  per  coil;  cheese,  3  cents  per  package;  molasses,  12  and  10  cents
per  barrel;  and  sirups,  6  and  5  cents  per  case.  The  receipts  and  expenditures ­
  on  account  of  services  depend  largely  upon  the  staff
employed  in  the  warehouses.
All  persons  are  treated  exactly  alike  by  the  administrators  of  warehouses. ­
  Americans  use  them  to  a  small  extent,  chiefly  for  the  storage
of  tobacco.
All  classes  of  goods  may  be  warehoused.  According  to  the  regulations, ­
  goods  may  not  remain  in  bond  for  a  longer  period  than  two
years,  but  this  does  not  seem  to  be  insisted  on;  it  has  been  known  that
goods  have  remained  in  bond  for  a  period  of  fifteen  years.  The  collector ­
  of  customs  at  the  port  of  Montreal,  however,  at  the  beginning
of  each  calendar  year,  prepares  a  list  of  all  articles  in  bond  for  five
years  and  over,  and  advertises  them  for  sale  at  public  auction  to  the
highest  bidder.
Goods  are  usually  removed  from  boat  or  rail  to  warehouses  and  vice
versa  by  teams,  which  are  ample  for  the  demand.  The  two  principal
railways  in  Canada,  the  Grand  Trunk  and  the  Canadian  Pacific,
have,  in  connection  with  the  removal  of  goods,  a  cartage  company,
which  does  the  greater  part  of  the  cartage  from  the  railways  and
boats.  The  cost  of  removing  from  boat  would  be  about  60  cents  per
ton  of  2,000  pounds,  and  from  rail  2£  cents  per  100  pounds  for  carload ­
  lots,  and  2{-  cents  for  less  than  carload  lots.
The  bonded  warehouses  are  under  the  care  and  supervision  of  a
customs  officer,  who  is  in  attendance  when  goods  are  received  or  delivered ­
  from  the  warehouse.  During  his  absence  the  bonded  warehouses ­
  are  locked  and  the  keys  are  retained  by  the  customs  officer  in
charge.  He,  of  course,  receives  his  salary  from  the  government,  but
for  service  after  hours—before  8  a.  m.,  or  after  C  p.  m.—the  owners
of  the  goods  in  the  warehouse  must  pay  to  him  a  fee  of  50  cents  for
the  first  hour  and  25  cents  for  each  succeeding  hour.
A.  W.  Edwards,  Consul-General.
Montreal,  Quebec,  September  86,1901¡..

GASPÉ.
(From  United  States  Consul  DicJcson,  Gaspó,  Quebec.)
The  collector  of  customs  of  this  port  (Gaspé)  informs  me  that  there
are  no  warehouses  for  the  storage  of  merchandise  in  transit  in  this
port  or  consular  district,  as  there  is  no  merchandise  of  any  kind
passing  through  this  district  in  transit.  Bonded  warehouses  are  used
here  only  for  local  purposes,  each  large  firm  having  its  own  wareo
  On  file  in  Bureau  of  Statistics,  Department  of  Commerce  and  Labor.  The
principal  rules  are  printed  above  under  dispatch  from  Ottawa.