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WAREHOUSES  IN  FOREIGN  COUNTRIES.

Two  men  could  work  a  bonded  warehouse  of  the  average  capacity  of
5,000  tons.
The  classes  of  goods  stored  comprise  wines  and  spirits,  beer,  tobacco, ­
  cigars,  tinned  fish,  barbed  wire,  preserved  fruits,  etc.  Spirits
remain  in  bond  a  considerable  time,  but  it  is  hardly  possible  to  state
with  any  certainty  how  long  any  goods  remain  as  a  rule.  All  goods
stored  for  three  years  have  to  be  rewarehoused  or  sold.  American
firms  make  very  little  use  of  the  bonded  warehouses  in  this  district.
All  nationalities  are  treated  exactly  alike  by  the  administrators  of
the  warehouses.  Goods  are  removed  to  and  from  bonds  by  drays
and  lorries.  The  service  is  ample  and  satisfactory.  Prices  range
from  36  to  60  cents  per  ton,  ships’  weight  or  measurement,  as  the  case
may  be.
Each  bonded  warehouse  is  under  the  personal  supervision  of  a
customs  officer  during  official  hours.  The  owners  are  under  substantial ­
  security  to  the  department.  There  are  two  locks  of  different
pattern  for  each  bond,  the  key  of  one  being  held  by  the  bond  proprietor ­
  and  that  of  the  other  by  the  department.
W.  J.  Weatherill,  Consular  Agent.
Brisbane,  Queensland,  July  0#,  1901^.

NEWCASTLE,  NEW  SOUTH  WALES.
(From  United  States  Consul  Goding,  Newcastle,  New  South  Wales.)
There  are  nine  bonded  warehouses  at  Newcastle,  owned  by  as
many  different  firms;  the  total  capacity  is  about  13,500  tons.  In
these  warehouses  the  patrons’  goods  are  protected  for  him.  The
proprietor  furnishes  all  labor  and  space  required  for  receiving,
stacking,  repacking,  and  delivering  the  goods,  and  all  implements
necessary  for  examination,  marking,  weighing,  coopering,  etc.  The
proprietor  also  pays  a  license  fee  to  the  Federal  Government,  varying ­
  from  $75  to  $750  per  annum,  according  to  the  size  of  the  warehouse ­
  and  the  time  occupied  in  supervision  by  a  customs  official.
The  rent  and  charges  payable  on  goods  stored  in  government-owned
warehouses  are  as  follows:
Warehouse  charges  at  Neiccastlc,  New  South  Wales.

Article.

Receipt
and
delivery.

Rent  per
week.

Other  charges  (cents).

Liquids,  in  bulk,  per  package:
84  gallons  or  over
45  to  84  gallons
30  to  45  gallons
20  to  30  gallons
Under  20  gallons.
Liquids,  in  bottles  or  tins:
Spirits,  kerosene,  oils,  gasoline,  disinfectants, ­
  etc.—
5  gallons  and  upward
3  to  5  gallons
Under  3  gallons
Tobacco,  per  hundredweight  or  part.  _.
Cigars,  cigarettes,  and  snuff,  per  package ­
  of—
90  pounds  and  over
40  to  90  pounds
Under  40  pounds

Cents.
35
24
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12
8

6
4
2
12

12
78
12

Cents.
12  Repacking,  90;  regauging,  35.
5  Repacking,  48;  regauging,  24.
3  Repacking,  35;  regauging,  18.
2  Repacking,  24;  regauging,  18.
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4

Examination,  4.

4
3
2

Examination,  24;  reweighing,  12.