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houses are a source of income, and its accounts are balanced every 
year by a profit varying from 20.000 to 40.000 francs ($3,800 to 
$7,720). Its receipts vary from 000,000 to 1,000,000 francs ($173,700 
to $193,000) a year, and its cash on hand is about 400.000 francs 
($77,200). 
No Americans make use of the warehouses of Bordeaux. All 
nationalities are treated alike. 
The length of time goods remain in the warehouses depends entirely 
upon circumstances. Coffee, cocoa, and spirits usually remain longer 
than other goods on account of the high duty levied on them. They 
are usually left in the warehouse until sold. Other goods do not as 
a rule remain long in bond. 
The transportation of goods from boat to warehouse and vice versa 
is done on very reasonable terms. The average cost of cartage is 2 
francs ($0,386) per ton of 1.000 kilograms (2,204.6 pounds). 
The customs officials have offices in each of the warehouses owned 
t*y the Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce, where everything pertain 
ing to the customs is regulated. The premises are guarded day and 
night by custom-house men without any charge to the chamber of 
commerce. 
Of the warehouses belonging to private parties little need be said, 
as they are of small importance. They have to pay the customs 
officials for the time employed in the care and supervision of the 
bonded goods stored therein. 
A urn ON W. Tourgée, Consul. 
Bordeaux, France, July 25, 1904. 
CALAIS. 
(From United States Consul Milner, Calais, France.) 
There are at Calais five bonded warehouses located near the harbor. 
They cover a total surface of 334,097 square feet, and cost $203,445. 
Three warehouses, named Hangars Fournier, Crespin, and Paul 
Devot, are built of iron and bricks. The Hangar de la Loire is of 
wood and brick, and is used for storing fodder. The fifth one is 
built of cement and iron, especially for sugar storage. Their respec 
tive dimensions, areas, and costs are as follows: 
Statistics of Calais bonded warehouses. 
Name. 
Hangar Fournier ... 
fiangar Crespin 
Hangar Paul Devot. 
<le la Loire . 
«ugar warehouse ... 
Length. 
Yards. 
860 
175* 
93 
121 
Width. 
Yards 
1 
Surface. 
So. ft. 
137,035 
34,409 
08,817 
36,668 
50,677 
Cost. 
Dollars. 
113,226 
58,072 
31,052 
12,545 
48,250 
I líese warehouses are owned arid conducted by the chamber of oom- 
iHercv. Their management left a profit of $9,204 in 1903, the receipts 
fining $17,750 and the expenditures $8,492. They are of great value