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WAREHOUSES  IN  FOREIGN  COUNTRIES.

lower,  being  at  Livingston  equivalent  to  15  cents  gold  per  100  pounds,
and  at  Puerto  Barrios,  10  cents  gold  per  100  pounds.  At  Puerto
Barrios  there  is  a  pier.
Goods  are  under  the  vigilance  of  customs  officers  from  alongside  of
the  ship  until  they  are  returned  thereto.  Bobbery,  however,  is
frequent.
William  Owen,
Vice  and  Deputy  G  omul-General.
Guatemala  City,  Guatemala,  August  8,  1904.

NICARAGUA.
MANAGUA.
(From  United  'States  Vice-Consul  Wallace,  Managua,  Nicaragua.)
The  warehouse  at  this  place  is  not  a  regular  bonded  warehouse,
but  in  exceptional.  cases  it  renders  services  as  such  a  warehouse.  It
is  owned  by  the  Government  and  is  about  900  feet  long  by  30  feet
wide.  All  kinds  of  goods  may  be  stored  there.  The  charges  are  2
centavos  (0.80  cent)  per  100  kilograms  (220.40  pounds)  for  the  first
two  months;  for  the  third  month,  3  centavos  (1.29  cents);  for  the
fourth  month  and  for  subsequent  months,  0  centavos  (2.58  cents).
The  receipts  and  expenditures  are  not  known.  Goods  remain  in
storage  for  a  short  time  only,  being  generally  removed  within  two
months.  Americans  use  the  warehouses  to  a  very  small  extent.  No
distinctions  are  made  on  account  of  nationality.
Corinto  is  well  situated,  and  the  facilities  for  discharge  from
steamer  are  good.  The  warehouse  stands  on  the  water’s  edge,  and  to
it  goods  are  conveyed  from  ship  by  lighters  at  a  charge  of  about  $1.20
gold  per  ton.
Arthur  O.  Wallace,  Vice-Consul.
Managua,  Nicaragua,  July  15,1904.
WEST  INDIES.
CUBA.
HABANA.
(From  United  States  Vice  and  Deputy  Consul-General  Springer,  TTabana,  Cuba.)
The  two  principal  warehouses  of  this  port  are  those  known  as
Almacenes  de  Depósito  de  San  José  and  Almacenes  de  Regia.  The
San  José  warehouse  covers  a  surface  of  16,848  square  feet  and  lias  a
capacity  of  28,000  barrels,  which  can  be  increased  if  required.  These
warehouses  are  also  known  as  “No.  6.”  They  are  insured  at  a  valuation ­
  of  $400,000,  but  their  estimated  value  is  nearly  $3,000,000.  The
Regia  warehouses  cover  a  surface  of  20,930  square  meters  (23,440
square  yards).  The  part  used  for  storage  measures  about  117  meters
(384  feet)  long  by  27  meters  (89  feet)  in  width.  The  original  cost
is  not  stated.