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WAREHOUSES  IN  FOREIGN  COUNTRIES.

payment  of  import  duty,  they  must  be  so  declared  at  the  time  of  their
arrival.  Goods  once  declared  for  importation  can  not  be  transshipped ­
  to  a  foreign  port  without  the  payment  of  duty,  and  no  rebate
is  allowed  on  reexported  goods  on  which  duty  has  been  paid.
The  customs  regulations  provide  that  at  ports  where  there  are  no
customs  warehouses,  if  goods  for  importation  or  exportation  are  not
removed  within  seventy-two  hours  after  their  arrival  at  the  customs
sheds,  the  customs  authorities  may  arrange  for  their  storage  in  private ­
  warehouses  at  the  risk  and  expense  of  the  parties  concerned.
Under  this  provision  arrangements  have  been  made  with  Messrs.
Samuel  Samuel  &  Co.  for  such  storage  in  their  warehouses  at  the
ports  of  Tamsui  and  Killing.  This  company  has  four  brick  warehouses ­
  at  the  first-named  port,  in  which  can  be  stored  about  2,000  tons
of  cargo  at  one  time.  When  goods  are  placed  in  these  warehouses  by
the  customs  authorities  they  take  possession  of  the  keys.  At  these
ports  the  cost  of  removing  goods  from  ship  to  warehouses,  and  vice
versa,  varies  with  different  classes  of  goods  from  35  cents  for  ordinary ­
  goods  to  $1.20  United  States  currency  per  ton  for  machinery
and  heavy  pieces.  The  bar  at  the  mouth  of  the  Tamsui  River  will
not  permit  vessels  of  deeper  draft  than  13  feet  to  enter  the  harbor.
There  are  limited  pier  accommodations  at  that  port.  At  Kilung  a
temporary  pier  has  been  constructed  for  the  accommodation  of  vessels ­
  of  not  more  than  4,000  gross  tons.  When  these  piers  are  used
the  cost  of  removal  is  reduced  to  from  10  to  40  cents  United  States
currency  per  ton.
At  the  port  of  Anping,  in  addition  to  their  sheds,  the  customs  have
two  storing  rooms  with  a  capacity  of  075  tons  each.  As  the  anchorage ­
  at  that  port  is  about  2£  miles  from  the  shore  the  cost  of  removing
goods  from  ship  to  storing  room,  and  vice  versa,  is  increased  to  from
00  cents  to  $1.75  United  States  currency  per  ton.
There  is  one  customs  storing  room  at  the  port  of  Takao  with  a
capacity  of  450  tons.  The  anchorage  is  about  1  mile  from  shore  and
the  cost  of  removal  is  from  55  cents  to  $1.50  United  States  currency
per  ton.
At  all  the  ports  goods  are  removed  by  lighters  and  cooly  labor.
The  charge  per  day  for  storage,  whether  in  the  customs  rooms  or
in  private  warehouses,  is  computed  on  the  following  scale  in  United
States  currency:  Packed  goods,  1£  cents  per  cubic  foot;  unpacked
goods,  1|  cents  per  cubic  foot  or  133  pounds;  explosives,  24  cents  per
cubic  foot  or  133  pounds;  precious  goods,  0.001  ad  valorem.
All  nations  are  treated  exactly  alike  in  the  storage  of  goods  by  the
customs  authorities.  Americans  do  not  make  use  of  these  storage
facilities  to  any  great  extent.
Fred  D.  Fisher,  Consul.
Tamsui,  Formosa,  Avgust  00,190J t .

JAVA.
(From,  United  States  Consul  Rairden,  Batavia,  Java.)
The  Government  warehouses  at  Tandjong  Priok  (Batavia  new
harbor)  are  from  400  to  600  feet  long  and  about  60  feet  broad.  These
warehouses  extend  the  entire  length  of  the  quay—about  3,000  feet.