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house,  for  which  it  pays  a  license  of  $20  per  annum  to  the  customhouse. ­

Sugar  and  molasses  are  the  goods  chiefly  stored,  and  can  remain  in
bond  for  one  year.  The  bonded  warehouses  cost  from  $500  to  $000
each,  and  are  about  25  feet  long  and  18  feet  wide.  There  are  six  such
warehouses  in  this  district.
Almas  F.  Dickson,  Consul.
Gaseé,  Quebec,  June  15,1901¡..

QUEBEC.
(From  United  Stales  Consul  Henry,  Quebec,  Quebec.)
There  are  two  public  bonded  warehouses  in  this  city,  one  owned  by
D.  Rattray  &  Sons,  which  cost  about  $10,000,  and  one  conducted  by  the
harbor  commissioners  that  cost  about  $5,000.  I  can  not  obtain  the
dimensions  of  either,  but  they  are  large  enough  to  accommodate  all
who  send  goods  here  in  bond.  There  are  several  private  bonded  warehouses ­
  run  by  firms  for  their  own  use.
The  storage  charges  on  goods  bonded  is  about  14  cents  per  square
foot  per  month.  Further  charges  are  made  for  customs  entries,  carting, ­
  and  shipping.  All  alcoholic  preparations  in  barrels  and  bottles,
crockery,  furs,  teas,  sugar,  jewelry,  hardware,  and  other  manufactured ­
  goods  are  stored  here.  Goods  remain  in  bond  as  a  rule  from  one
to  six  months.  Americans  make  very  little  use  of  these  warehouses,
though  all  nationalities  are  treated  alike  by  the  administrators.
As  there  are  railway  connections  on  one  side  and  steamboat  docks
on  the  other,  the  cost  of  transporting  goods  from  boats  to  warehouses
is  very  light.
The  customs  officials  exercise  supervision  over  the  warehouses  and
control  the  keys.
Wm.  W.  Henry,  Consul.
Quebec,  Quebec,  June  9,1904.

THREE  RIVERS.
(From  United  States  Vice-Consul  Braman,  Three  Rivers,  Quebec.)
There  are  no  warehouses  at  this  port  owned  by  the  government
in  which  merchandise  can  be  stored  in  bond.  The  only  articles  held
in  bond  here  are  liquors,  and  they  are  put  in  rooms  owned  by  private
parties  and  sealed  by  a  government  inspector.  There  is  a  well-built
storage  shed  at  this  port  owned  by  the  harbor  commissioners  (size
220  by  GO  by  15  feet,  cost,  $7,000)  which  is  used  to  store  wood  pulp
that  is  shipped  from  this  port  to  Europe.  The  cost  of  storage  in  this
shed  is  10  cents'  per  ton.  As  this  shed  is  only  about  200  feet  from  the
wharf  the  shipping  can  be  done  at  a  small  cost.  There  is  a  narrowgauge
  track  that  runs  from  shed  to  side  of  ocean  steamer.  This
storehouse  is  not  used  at  all  by  Americans,  though  all  nationalities
Would  be  treated  alike  by  the  administrators.  Goods  in  transit  could
he  stored  in  this  shed.  This  is  the  only  port  in  this  dictrict  where  an
°cean  steamer  can  load  at  a  wharf.
W.  W.  Braman,  Vice-Consul.
Three  Rivers,  Quebec,  July  11,190If.