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TI io San José warehouses are owned by Señorita Maria cle las
Mercedes de Ajuria y Mimar, Condesa de Casa Moré i deceased), and
are managed by her executor and general manager, Señor Jorge de
Ajuria. The Regia warehouses belong to the United Railways Company
(Limited), of Habana.
It is generally understood that the service is convenient and satisfactory
to the patrons. The warehouses have a regular scale of
charges. The schedule of charges of the San José is annexed hereto.®
The receipts and expenditures are not available.
All kinds of goods are stored except those of a perishable nature
and explosives. Sugar is the principal merchandise stored. It is
estimated that about 15 per cent of the goods stored are American.
No discrimination whatever is made with respect to nationality of
the depositors. Goods remain on an average from one to two months,
but may remain one vear, according to article 193 of the customs regulations.
When goods are removed by boat, launch, or lighter to the
warehouses the charges for service are according to their regular
schedules.
The general inspector of the port exercises watchful care and
supervision over the bonded warehouses as over all other places
within the customs jurisdiction. The entry and dispatch of merchandise
is authorized by the custom-house in all cases, and to carry out
such regulations an oilicer is stationed at each warehouse.
Joseph A. Springer, Vice Consul-General.
Habana, Cuba, August 9,190If.
BAHAMAS.
(From United States Consul Potter, Nassau, Hallamos.)
The government owns two warehouses here for the storage of merchandise,
the principal one of which is about 70 feet square. One
warehouse is also owned by a private firm. I have been unable
to learn the cost of any. Storage charges are in general based upon
the amount of space occupied, though they vary considerably for different
articles. 0 The receipts and expenditures on account of service
are not published. Almost all classes of goods may be stored in these
warehouses, and goods may remain any length of time up to four
years. No distinctions are made on account of nationality, and
Americans sometimes use the warehouses.
Julian Potter, Consul.
Nassau, Bahamas, July 22,190\.
BARBADOS.
(From United States Consul Wilber,. ¡turbados, West Indies.)
The average dimensions of bonded warehouses in this island are 45
by 05 feet, and the original cost of such a building would be about
« On file in the Bureau of Statistics, Department of Commerce and Labor.
6 Tariff of storage charges included in the dispatch is on file in the Bureau
of Statistics, Department of Commerce and Labor.
