ITALY: GENOA. 
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GENOA. 
(From United States Consul Bishop, Genoa, Italy.) 
There are in Genoa three large warehouse enterprises, called the 
" Magäzzini Generali Genovesi ” (Genoese general warehouses), the 
“Deposito Franco di Genova ” (customs-free warehouse of Genoa), 
and the “Emporio Commerciale della Dársena” (dock commercial 
warehouse). At the first-mentioned warehouse goods are subjected to 
custom-house registration and oversight from their arrival; at the sec 
ond, the customs takes no cognizance of goods till they are actually 
delivered into the country, the warehouse being meanwhile a free zone 
where they can be manipulated; at the third, there is in the differ 
ent departments a mixture of both these plans. 1 will answer the 
questions in order with respect to each establishment, and also trans 
mit a number of printed pamphlets.® 
MAGAZZINI GENERALI GENOVESI. 
BUILDINGS AND MANAGEMENT. 
The various buildings and their dimensions are: One warehouse, 
length 1,020 feet, width 00 feet, having four floors with 36 compart 
ments connected by fireproof iron doors ; total floor area nearly 350,000 
square feet net; one warehouse, ground floor only, of 2,000 square 
feet; one warehouse, ground floor only, 1,800 square feet. The origi 
nal cost, including cranes and machinery, was $1,500,000. These 
structures are owned and conducted by the Customs and Bonded 
Warehouses Company (Limited), of London, under a concession from 
the Italian Government dated June 28, 1898. 
SERVICES RENDERED. 
The services performed include the berthing of ships for discharg 
ing or loading, reception of goods for temporary deposit in transit, 
collection and distribution of merchandise throughout the country, 
depositing of goods in warehouses for subsequent sale or disposal in 
gross or detail, and obtaining loans or advances against collateral 
security issued by the company in the form of warrants or deposit 
certificates; also the discharging and loading of vessels, landing and 
shipping of goods, loading and unloading of railway wagons and 
carts, transit of goods, and storage in bond or free warehouses of all 
kinds of merchandise, comprising such commercial operations as may 
be required, as weighing, preparing for sale, guaging, bulking, or 
repacking. The company deals only with foreign merchandise. 
CHARGES. 
The printed copy® of the tariff of charges shows the maximum 
amount that may be charged. In practice, however, lower tariffs are 
applied, according to the exigencies of business. Some idea of the 
actual charges in vogue may be gathered from the following 
examples: 
0 On file in the Bureau of Statistics, Department of Commerce and Labor.