AUSTRALIA! BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND. 
199 
Rates for storage adopted by the Association of Bonded Warehouses at Mel 
bourne—Continued. 
Goods. 
Nails, etc., per 112 pounds 
Rope, per 112 pounds 
China crates, casks 
Boots: 
Cases 
Trunks 
Leather, cases 
Strawboards 
Paper, under 20 feet 
Fancy goods 
Pianos: 
Grand 
Upright 
Organs 
Silks 
Gloves (kid) 
Varnish, cases 
Cement 
Bales twine, under 20 feet 
Axle arms, each 
Axle arms, cases 
Bicycles, per ton of 40 cubic feet 
Other case goods, per ton of 40 cubic feet 
Importers’ 
rates (mini 
mum). 
Rent 
per 
week. 
Deliv 
ery. 
Marked rates 
(maximum). 
Rent 
per 
week. 
Deliv 
ery. 
Cents. 
Cents. 
4 
6 
36 
18 
8 
24 
12 
12 
24 
73 
36 
36 
24 
24 
6 
3 
12 
2 
24 
36 
24 
Cents. 
1 
1 
12 
8 
2 
8 
4 
4 
8 
• 36 
12 
12 
16 
16 
2 
1 
8 
6 ä 
12 
8 
Cents. 
8 
12 
73 
36 
12 
36 
24 
24 
36 
121 
73 
73 
48 
48 
12 
8 
48 
4 
36 
73 
48 
These rates are subject to alteration at any time by the association. 
Other charges are as follows : 
Wines and spirits—gauging for delivery, hogsheads, 2-1 cents ; quarter casks, 
18 cents; octaves, 12 cents; gauging for sale, hogsheads or quarter casks, 24 
cents ; octaves, 18 cents ; sampling, 24 cents ; repacking or rebonding hogsheads, 
quarter casks, or octaves, GO cents ; rebonding cases, 4 cents. 
Beer—sampling, 6 cents. 
Cigars and cigarettes—repacking, 60 cents ; inspection, 24 cents ; reweigli- 
ing, 60 cents. 
Unmanufactured tobacco—repacking, 60 cents; inspection, 24 cents; sam 
pling, 24 cents; reweighing, 24 cents. 
Drapery—repacking, 60 cents. 
Hops—repacking or sampling cases, 36 cents; repacking or sampling bales, 
half bales, and packets, 24 cents. 
Currants—weighing, 2 cents per case or half case. 
BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND. 
(From United States Consular Ayent Weatherill, ltrisbane, Queensland.) 
There are twelve bonded warehouses in this district, ranging in 
capacity from 2,000 to 8,000 tons (measurement) each, and in cost 
from $40,000 to $50,000, according to size and material. The names 
of owners and the rates charged for storage are shown in the ac 
companying schedules.® Patrons pay for insurance and cartage 
from bond. Charges for service rendered by the bond keeper in 
clude the expense of cartage to the warehouse from wharf, etc., 
and all handling, stowing, etc., in the warehouse. 
Receipts fluctuate, according to quantity of goods stored, to such 
an extent that an estimate would possibly mislead. Expenditure 
consists of salary of customs locker, $973.80 per annum, and the 
wages of men employed by bond keeper, each about $9.73 per week. 
a On file in the Bureau of Statistics, Department of Commerce and Labor.