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rate from those of the custom-houses, but the receipts from such ware 
houses at Piraeus are estimated at nearly half of the income from the 
customs at that port. 
The classes of goods chiefly stored are groceries, dry goods, hats 
and caps, leather, cloth, tobacco, cotton, and nearly every kind of 
merchandise imported, except cereals, which are stored in private 
warehouses. Goods can remain in bond but two years. As a rule 
they remain not longer than four months. 
Americans seldom use the storage warehouses, a small quantity of 
machine oil having been the only commodity stored by them in Piraeus 
of late years. All nationalities are treated alike. 
All merchandise, with the exception of cereals, are unloaded by 
lighter directly from the vessels to the warehouses. The cost is about 
10 drachmas (about $1.40) per ton. Cereals are unloaded at the 
dock, and cost 2 to 2.50 drachmas ($0.29 to $0.36) per 1,000 okas 
(2,821.85 pounds). 
Officers of the customs service are on guard at the warehouses day 
and night, and are supposed to see that the warehouses are kept clean 
and in repair. 
Daniel E. McGinley, Consul. 
Athens, Greece, October 7,190!>. 
ITALY. 
ROME. 
(From United States Consul-General De Castro, Rome, Italy.) 
The dimensions of the warehouses in Italy differ much according to 
the importance of the port of entry, and their costs can not be stated. 
They are part of the custom-house buildings and are under the control 
and management of the .custom-house authorities. Goods may be 
entered in transit or in bond. Duty need not be paid until the goods 
are withdrawn; while they are in a customs warehouse a tax of 1 
centime (0.193 cent) per day and per parcel, box, or bag of 100 kilos 
(220.46 pounds) or less is charged. In custom-houses having no 
Warehouses a tax of 2 centimes (0.386 cent) per day and per 100 kilos 
or less is charged for custody. Any fraction of 100 kilos is calculated 
as 100 kilos. 
The revenue of the Borne warehouse is about 7,000 lire ($1,351) per 
year. No records are kept here of the revenue of other warehouses, 
as the receipts are turned into the treasury in bulk and not itemized. 
All sorts of goods not of a perishable nature, such as drugs, coffee, 
sugar, dry goods, and raw material, are stored. When goods arrive 
they may remain in the custom-house free of charge for a period of 
two weeks, which may be extended for another two weeks. All appli 
cations must be made on stamped paper, costing 12 cents. At the 
expiration of the term the goods are removed into the warehouse, and 
may lie there for twelve months. Warrants or receipts are delivered 
so as to enable the owner of the goods to dispose of a part of them 
or all. As fast as the goods are withdrawn the duty is collected. 
All nationalities are treated alike by the administration. There is 
Ro kind of discrimination exercised.