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the  buildings  as  well  as  a  lock  by  the  proprietor  of  the  warehouse,
therefore  no  admission  is  possible  except  when  a  customs  officer  is
present.
A  copy  of  the  revenue  act  of  Bermuda  of  1898  is  herewith  inclosed.® ­

W.  Maxwell  Greene,  Consul.
Hamilton,  Bermuda,  June  22,1904-CURAÇAO.



(From  United  states  Consul  Cheney,  Curaçao,  West  Indies.)
There  is  no  general  warehouse  here.  Goods  in  bond  are  stored
wherever  space  can  be  found.  Space  can  always  be  obtained  at  a
reasonable  and  usually  at  a  very  low  rate  near  the  wharf.  Lighterage, ­
  when  required,  and  all  labor  in  handling  are  very  cheap.  A
Government  officer  attends  the  storage,  retains  the  key,  and  attends
again  the  removal.  lie  is  paid  2  florins  (80  cents)  a  day—the  only
Government  charge.  Goods  can  remain  fourteen  days,  and  an  extension ­
  of  three  months  is  allowed  for  20  florins  ($8.04),  regardless  of
bulk  or  value.  After  that  duties  must  be  paid.
There  is  always  considerable  merchandise  in  bond—mainly  dividivi, ­
  coffee,  hides,  and  various  woods.  Americans  rarely  put 1  goods
thus  in  bond.  All  nationalities  are  treated  exactly  alike.  Handling
is  nearly  all  paid  by  the  piece,  and  the  laborer  earns  from  1  to  2
florins  a  day—rarely  more.  Generally  he  gets  an  American  cent  a
package  for  ordinary  packages.
Officials  exercise  no  care  other  than  to  retain  the  key  of  the  storage
rooms.
Elias  II.  Cheney,  Consul.
Curaçao,  West  Indies,  July  19,  1904.

JAMAICA.

(From  United  (Hates  Vice-Consul  Orrett,  Kingston,  Jamaica.)
The  warehouses  at  the  different  ports  of  this  island  vary  from  100
to  300  feet  long.  Some  are  built  of  wood,  others  of  brick;  they  are
roofed  with  iron  sheets  or  shingles.  The  cost  of  the  warehouses
varies,  according  to  their  size,  from  $1,000  up.  Warehouses  are
owned  by  private  individuals  as  well  as  by  the  Government,
Dutiable  goods  brought  bv  the  several  steamship  lines  from  United
States  and  Great  Britain  are  stored  in  warehouses  for  two  weeks,
free  of  wharfage;  if  the  goods  are  not  then  passed  through  the  customs ­
  they  are  either  stored  in  bonded  warehouses  on  the  wharf  at
which  landed,  or  taken  to  the  government  warehouses,  where  wharfage
is  charged,  and  detained  there  until  the  duty  is  paid.  All  wharfage
o  On  file  in  the  Bureau  of  Statistics.  Department  of  Commerce  and  Labor.
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