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WAREHOUSES  IN  FOREIGN  COUNTRIES.

tion.“  I  supply  herewith  a  scale  of  charges  of  eleven  selected  classes
of  goods,  reduced  to  American  currency.  These  charges  are  per  ton
of  1,000  kilograms  (2,204.6  pounds)  per  month.  The  bills  for  storage ­
  are  rendered  for  periods  of  fifteen  days—that  is  to  say,  goods  in
storage  less  than  sixteen  days  are  charged  one-half  the  tariff  per
month.  When  the  storage  period  exceeds  fifteen  days,  the  full  month
is  charged  for.
Charges  of  Marseille  bonded  warehouses  per  metric  ion  (2,20J/.6  pounds)  per
month.

The  financial  report  of  the  company  sets  forth  the  receipts  and  expenditures ­
  without  specifying  the  share  of  the  storage  department,
properly  speaking.  The  following  is  the  last  financial  statement  submitted ­
  to  the  shareholders  :

The  yearly  general  expenses  are  as  follows:  Loan  of  1860.  $123,281;
loan  of  1871,  $62,519;  interest  on  money  belonging  to  pension  fund,

The  report  of  the  company  for  1903  shows  that  126,027  tons  of  merchandise ­
  went  into  storage,  the  following  being  the  principal  items:
Alcohol,  12,306;  colonial  sugar,  10.812;  local  sugar,  7.651;  refined
sugar,  4,231;  tobacco,  1,099;  cereals,  47,586;  oleaginous  seeds,  9,687;
dry  vegetables  8,140;  cocoa,  574;  drugs,  859;  pepper,  294;  tea,  412;
“On  file  In  Ihe  Bureau  of  Statistics,  Department  of  Commerce  and  Labor,
where  it  may  be  consulted  by  parties  interested.

Articles.

Alcohol.

Cents.  Cents.  Cents.  Cents.  Cents.
38  19  29  77  29

Cents.  Cents.  Cents.

ILS.  SKILLS.
10  17  17
10  15  16
10  16  16
10  14  14
10  15  14
12  19  19
10  14  14
10  14  14

Arachides,  shelled,  in  sacks.
Copra,  in  sacks
Cotton  (pressed)
Cotton  seed,  in  sacks

10  10  19  58  28
12  10  19  67  28
19  15  28  57  28

8  10  19  57  28

Sheetings
Hemp  (pressed)
Flour

67  28  38  96  38

19  15  28  57  28

8  15  28  57  28
8  10  28  57  28

Dry  beans
Condensed  milk

57  28  38  96  38

12  19  19
12  18  18

14  14

Wool,  unwashed

24  28  38  77  38

RECEIPTS  AND  EXPENDITURES,

Financial  statement  of  Marseille  bonded  warehouses.

Receipts  and  expenses.

1902.

1903.

Receipts
Operating  expenses.

$1,525,703  $1,793,763
1,061,963  1,225,182

463,740  568,581

$14,713;  city  of  Marseille,  $19,300;  total,  $219,763,

STORAGE  OF  GOODS,