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housing them, may do so, subject to certain conditions. Warehouse 
receipts and expenditures for 1903 were: Receipts, £572 3s. 9d. 
($2,784.55) : expenditures in salaries, £370 ($1,800.60). All mer 
chants or others having business with the warehouses are accorded 
equal privileges, regardless of nationality. 
There are no regular facilities for the removal of goods to and 
from warehouses. One shilling (24 cents) per day is paid for such 
service. 
John T. Williams, Consul. 
Sierra Leone, West Africa, September i, 190J¡.. 
ZANZIBAR. 
(From United States Consul Mitchell, Zanzibar.) 
It is impossible to give dimensions of warehouses in Zanzibar, 
as they form part of the custom-house, and are not always used for 
the same purpose. They are owned by the customs authorities and 
conducted by them. Transit and unreclaimed goods are stored in 
them, also local produce, such as cloves, chillies, and copra, the 
property of the Government. A tariff of charges is inclosed. 0 All 
classes of goods are stored, except those barred by insurance com 
panies and perishable commodities. Kerosene oil is stored in sepa 
rate warehouses. Most of the kerosene in cases is imported by 
American firms. They also import large quantities of American 
unbleached cotton. 
It is impossible to state the length of time goods remain in bond, 
there being no limit to the length of time a merchant is allowed to 
leave his goods in transit. All nationalities receive like treatment. 
Goods are discharged in lighters brought alongside the sea wall off 
the custom-house and discharged by four steam cranes. A fee is 
charged by the customs officials covering wharfage, cranage, and 
warehouse rent for a given period. Shipping agents have a landing 
charge for the use of their lighters. 
All public warehouses being the property of the Government, the 
customs officials have absolute control over them, and all reasonable 
care is taken to insure the safety of goods stored therein. 
Mason Mitchell, Consul. 
Zanzibar, July 19, 1904- 
o On file in the Bureau of Statistics, Department tit Commerce and Labor.