JAPAN: YOKOHAMA. 
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FUCHAU. 
(From United States Consul Gracey, Fuchau, China.) 
T have made inquiries regarding warehouses for storage of mer 
chandise in transit or in bond, and find that there are no such ware 
houses situated at the ports within this consular district. I am 
informed by the commissioner of customs at this port that there is 
such a warehouse in Shanghai, where the China Merchants’ Steam 
Navigation Company’s god owns are so used, but that these are the 
only buildings in China where goods can be stored in transit or in 
bond. 
Samuel L. Gracey, Consul. 
Fuchau, China, Avgust 4, 1004. 
JAPAN. 
YOKOHAMA. 
(From United States Consul-General Bellows, Yokohama, Japan.) 
The customs warehouse at Yokohama consists of five brick build 
ings, which together cover an area of 25,236 square feet. Their orig 
inal cost was $32,600. The warehouse was built in 1880-1883 by the 
Government, and is still owned and operated by the Government. 
Resident agents and branch firms of most foreign shippers and 
large Japanese importers usually take delivery of imported goods im 
mediately upon their arrival, and the Yokohama customs warehouse 
has not been used to its full capacity for some years. The warehouse 
stands by the customs landing place, adjoining the main customs 
office. 
The scale of charges for storage is as follows: Per month per cubic 
foot: Precious articles, one-half per cent ad valorem; silk and silk 
goods, 3 to 6 cents; drugs and explosives, 6 to 10 cents; other articles, 
one-half to 2 cents. 
All the receipts are credited to the national treasury, which defrays 
all expenditures, and the officers in charge are not permitted to state 
what these amount to. 
Cotton and woolen goods, sugar, bicycles, liquors, and provisions 
are the chief classes of goods stored. Almost all the American im 
porters and exporters own godowns, and therefore make little use of 
the customs warehouse. All nationalities are treated alike. 
Goods usually remain in bond about a month. They are not per 
mitted to remain in bond longer than eighteen months. If not re 
moved after due notice at the end of that period the goods are sold 
at auction by order of the customs authorities. 
Every modern facility for storing and removing the goods is pro 
vided. Lifting machines stand in front of the landing place near the 
inspection office, and this is connected with the warehouse by rail. 
The customs authorities detail officers to supervise the labor of the 
coolies, who are specially selected for work in the warehouse. 
There is one private bonded warehouse at Kanagawa, but informa-