FRANCE!  CALAIS.

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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  pertaining ­
  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  respective ­
  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  oomiHercv.
  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