AUSTRALIA!  BRISBANE,  QUEENSLAND.

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Rates  for  storage  adopted  by  the  Association  of  Bonded  Warehouses  at  Melbourne—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  (minimum). ­


Rent
per
week.

Delivery. ­


Marked  rates
(maximum).

Rent
per
week.

Delivery. ­


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  ;  reweigliing,
  60  cents.
Unmanufactured  tobacco—repacking,  60  cents;  inspection,  24  cents;  sampling, ­
  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  accompanying ­
  schedules.®  Patrons  pay  for  insurance  and  cartage
from  bond.  Charges  for  service  rendered  by  the  bond  keeper  include ­
  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.