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WAREHOUSES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 
From the storage charges there is a discount of 10 per cent for all 
merchandise of which the storage in the bonded warehouses is obliga 
tory, and a discount of 25 per cent for merchandise which by law can 
be stored in a private warehouse (entrepôt fictif) under the surveil 
lance of the customs officials. 
For goods which have been released from the custom-house by pay 
ment of the duties, or for goods on which there is no duty, the storage 
charges are given in the right-hand column of the foregoing table. 
When the goods are handled without weighing, for collecting the 
charges, part of the goods will be weighed to ascertain the general 
average weight. The charges for repacking and recoopering are fixed 
per package. No charge can be less than 1 franc (19.3 cents) for han 
dling cargo and weighing; 0.5 franc (9.65 cents) for handling cargo 
without weighing; 0.5 franc (9.65 cents) for recoopering or repacking. 
If the merchandise is received in bulk, when the rate in the tariff 
is fixed per package, the charges are increased 25 per cent. 
Charges of all kinds are paid in cash after each operation is fin 
ished. To avoid delays, however, the company will open running 
accounts with merchants, provided the latter will deposit with the 
company a sum of money sufficient to guarantee the charges. State 
ments will be sent to the offices of the merchants after each operation, 
and the accounts are settled monthly. 
Charges for unloading and delivery on the quays are paid by the 
captain of the vessel, or by the consignee, and when there is no con 
signee, by the ship’s broker. All other charges are paid by the 
owners of the merchandise. Storage charges commence the day the 
first package is received. Merchandise stored for less than fifteen 
days will pay for half a month, beyond fifteen days and up to thirty 
days, for a whole month. 
A transfer of ownership of stored merchandise may be made upon 
the written order,of the grantor, indorsed by the grantee. In case 
of a transfer the former owner is held responsible for the storage 
charges until the expiration of the half month in which the transfer 
of ownership was made. The transfer charges, when the merchan 
dise is not displaced, are 20 centimes (3.86 cents) per 1,000 kilograms 
(2,204.6 pounds) ; but in no case can the charges exceed 5 francs 
(96| cents) or be less than 1 franc (19.3 cents). These charges are 
paid by the grantor. When merchandise is damaged, after an official 
report of its condition has been made by the custom-house officials, it 
is transferred at the expense of the consignee to a special warehouse 
where public sales are made. 
Stored merchandise intended for shipment in sealed or unsealed 
cars may be loaded in the yards of the company and sent to the freight 
station of the Western Railway over (be connecting lines of railway of 
the port of Havre at a cost of 1 franc (19.3 cents) per metric ton 
(2,204.6 pounds), or from the freight station to the company's store 
houses at the same rate. In the precincts of the bonded warehouses 
are 6^ miles of tracks belonging to the company. 
If the owner of stored merchandise refuses to pay the storage or 
other charges, the company holds the goods until (lie claims are liqui 
dated. In case of dispute as to the amount of charges the owner may 
withdraw his goods by depositing a sum equal to the amount in 
question.