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D.  For  storage  in  the  open  one-half  the  rates  A  to  C  will  be  charged.
The  officials  in  this  case  assume  no  responsibility  whatever.
E.  Commenced  months  and  parts  of  100  kilograms  are  calculated
as  full  months  and  full  100  kilograms.
F.  Charges  are  based  on  articles  packed  in  the  customary  manner
and  of  customary  weight.  For  deviations  from  the  general  custom
the  storage  fee  is  set  by  the  authorities.
Pieces  of  more  than  1,500  kilograms  (3,305  pounds)  or  pieces  liable
to  catch  fire  will  be  refused.  The  authorities  have  the  right  to  stipulate ­
  what  merchandise  shall  be  accepted  for  storage.
G.  In  special  cases  the  authorities  have  the  right  to  make  special
rates.
III.  A.  Additional  fees  per  100  kilograms  (220.40  pounds)  are:
(1)  for  handling  during  storing,  0.7  cent;  (2)  for  handling  when
taken  out,  0.7  cent  (the  fees  given  in  1  and  2  will  be  increased  1  pfennig ­
  (0.238  cent)  for  merchandise  in  small  packages,  or  if  in  pieces  of
less  than  20  kilograms  (44  pounds),  or  for  loose  articles,  excepting
oil  cakes)  ;  (3)  for  transferring  from  shed  to  warehouse,  or  vice
yorsa,  with  the  use  of  a  crane,  0.5  cent;  (4)  for  raising  or  lowering
in  the  warehouse  from  one  floor  to  the  other,  each  way,  0.5  cent;  (5)
for  unloading  or  loading  merchandise  coming  or  going  by  rail,
(a)  including  weighing,  1.4  cents,  and  (b)  without  weighing,  0.7
cent  ;  (G)  for  weighing  merchandise,  except  as  mentioned  under  5,
1.2  cents;  (7)  for  getting  together  certain  marks  and  numbers  from  a
pile  of  merchandise,  1.2  cents;  (8)  for  filling  or  emptying  sacks,  (a)
m  connection  with  other  services,  0.5  cent,  and  (b)  otherwise,  1.2  cents.
B.  In  warerooms  rented  as  a  whole,  as  many  as  four  incandescent ­
  lights  will  be  put  in  at  the  expense  of  the  renter.  Light  will  be
furnished  at  the  rate  of  5  pfennigs  (1.2  cents)  for  two  lights,  and  10
pfennigs  (2.4  cents)  for  four  lights.  The  electric  meter  for  determining ­
  the  amount  of  light  used  will  be  rented  for  2  marks  (47.0  cents)
per  year  extra.
The  above  tariff  of  fees  refers  to  the  renting  of  storerooms  and  the
handling  of  merchandise  for  storage.  The  ordinary  ship,  port,  and
city  dues,  the  use  of  the  railways  in  the  free  harbor,  cranes,  city
laborers,  etc.,  are  all  extra,  and  embodied  in  the  freight  charges.
RECEIPTS  ANI)  EXPENDITURES.
The  receipts  from  the  warehouse,  sheds,  and  rented  open  space
and  all  other  sources  connected  with  the  storing  of  merchandise,
amounted  to  47,300  marks  ($11,257)  in  1903.  It  is  impossible  to
secure  information  as  to  the  expenditures  for  such  services,  for  the
1'cason  that  the  expense  account  of  the  free  harbor  covers  all  services
and  outlays  of  every  nature  and  kind,  and  does  not  itemize  expenses
for  merchandise  in  bond  or  for  ships  and  merchandise  cleared,  but
embodies  both  lines  under  one  head.  In  round  figures  the  total  receipts ­
  from  the  free  harbor  were  $50,000  less  than  the  expenditures
during  1903.
GOODS  STORED.
Hog  products,  dried  fruits,  oleomargarine,  and  cotton  oil  are  the
Principal  articles  of  American  origin  stored  in  the  free  harbor;  the
length  of  time  that  these  articles  remain  in  bond  is  regulated  by  the