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stored in the open air, 3f cents. (B) Storage charges for goods from 
abroad, which are not subject to duty but are unloaded in bond and 
hept to be reloaded intact and reshipped, 44 cents; beer, distilled 
liquors, vinegar, wines, etc., in covered space, 64 cents. (Cl Rent for 
inclosed space per square meter per annum, $2.73. (D) Crane and 
elevator charges: For the use of (1) cranes, for each 100 kilograms 
(220.46 pounds), I4 cents; (2) steam cranes, for each 100 kilograms 
(220.46 pounds), 5 cents; (3) hand crane, for each 100 kilograms 
(220.46 pounds), 1£ cents; (4) portable crane, per day, $5.71; per 
hour, 71 cents; (5) elevator charge, per 100 kilograms, cents. 
I e ) Weighing charges, when goods are weighed at request of the 
owner, per 100 kilograms, 24 cents. 
1' ire insurance on goods in bond is provided when desired at a cost 
per month of 66 pfennigs per 1,000 marks, equal to 15.7 cents per $238, 
or 66§ cents per $1,000. 
The schedule of charges made for the services of laborers, coopers, 
rnd porters employed in unloading, opening, repacking, storing, and 
reloading merchandise at the custom-houses in Berlin, as arranged 
an d specified under authority of the general law, is exceedingly long 
md complicated, and descends into minute details which would be 
hardly comprehensible under the American system of labor in Gov 
ernment offices. The more important provisions of these regulations, 
J „ ri so far as they specify the charges made to owners of merchandise 
r°r handling, weighing, opening, and reloading, are as follows, the 
rate being in all cases per double centner of 100 kilograms, equal to 
220.46 pounds avoirdupois: 
(I) For unloading from boats or railway cars—(A) Dutiable mer 
chandise, with or without opening of packages, cases, or sacks—(a) 
^hout weighing, 14 cents; (b) with weighing in bulk, 3f cents; 
\y) dutiable liquids in casks—(a) wine, liquors, beer, vinegar, and 
j other beverages, (1) without weighing, 1 cent; (2) with weighing 
n hulk, 2j cents; (h) oils, sirup, and similar in bulk, 2\ cents; (C) 
Merchandise free of duty, without weighing, 4 cent. 
■,.(11) Unloading or loading wagons with dutiable or free merchan 
te, or loading the same on boats or cars, without weighing or coop- 
wage,3cent. 
(Hi) For cooperage—(1) For opening or boring into and closing 
casks containing liquids or butter, grease, lard, tallow, honey, etc., 
ach, l-| cents; (2) for driving hoops and putting into repair casks 
j a ) containing native spirits or beer, each, I4 cents; (b) containing 
°reign spirits, beer, wine, etc., casks weighing 440 pounds or less, 5 
_ e nts; weighing 440 to 660 pounds, 74 cents; weighing more than 660 
Pounds, 10 cents; (c) containing oil, sirup, lard, grease, tallow, etc., 
to 220 pounds, 44 cents; weighing 440 to 880 pounds, 5 cents; 
oighing more than 880 pounds, 74 cents; (3) for opening and closing 
j outside cask or covering, according to weight, 24 to 5 cents; (4) 
tin Pining and closing a cask containing dry merchandise whereby 
c e head is removed, 5 to 6 cents; (5) for opening and closing large 
„ Ses containing machinery and weighing more than 550 pounds, 
^cording to size of cases and difficulty of work, 5 to 12 cents; (6) 
e\- F , C0Ver ing cases with jute, canvas, or other textile material, for 
*p| ,v square meter of such material used, 124 cents. 
•fo ho.full text of the elaborate code of regulations from which the 
icgoing is translated is not printed and is contained only in a