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Articles  stored  in  the  stairways,  corridors,  and  alleys  will  pay  but
three-fourths  of  the  foregoing  rates.
A  full  month’s  rental  is  charged,  even  though  the  goods  should  replain
  no  longer  than  a  day.  At  the  expiration  of  a  month  the  succeeding ­
  charges  are  by  periods  of  fifteen  days.  At  the  end  of  the  year
all  goods  in  storage  are  held  to  pay  the  charges  up  to  the  end  of
December,  even  though  they  still  continue  on  deposit.  This  is  for  the
purpose  of  aiding  the  management  in  its  statement  of  accounts,
(foods  can  not  be  withdrawn  from  deposit  till  all  storage  charges
have  been  paid.
For  articles  not  named  in  the  present  tariff  the  charges  will  be
according  to  weight  and  quality,  and  charges  on  similar  articles.  The
managing  committee  of  the  Deposito  Franco  will  decide  in  case  of
controversy  arising  as  to  articles  not  previously  contemplated  and
provided  for.
OTHER  DETAILS.
The  statement  of  receipts  and  expenditures  is  not  furnished.
Much  the  same  classes  of  goods  are  stored  as  in  the  Magazzini
Generali.
Americans  do  not  use  these  warehouses  very  much,  either  directly
or  indirectly.  The  products  of  South  America,  on  the  other  hand,
are  very  largely  represented.  All  nationalities  are  treated  exactly
alike.
As  a  rough  estimate,  I  should  say  that  goods  remain  in  storage  an
average  of  three  or  four  months.
The  transfer  of  goods  from  boat  to  warehouse,  etc.,  is  a  matter  in
charge  of  a  different  company,  this  depository  concerning  itself  only
with  the  storage.  The  facilities  for  such  transfer  are  excellent,  and
(he  costs  will  not  vary  greatly  from  those  given  for  the  Magazzini
Generali.
The  custody  and  movement  of  the  goods  deposited  are  entirely  free
from  customs  formalities.  They  must,  however,  be  stored  in  such  a
Way  as  allow  the  customs  officers  to  recognize  easily  their  character
«ml  quality.
THE  DOCKS  COMMERCIAL  WAREHOUSES.
BUILDINGS  AND  MANAGEMENT.
There  are  seven  different  quartier!,  or  precincts,  containing
Warehouses  of  several  stories;  the  precints  are  separated  by  roadways,
which  are  well  equipped  with  railway  tracks  connecting  with  a
freight  station  close  by.  There  is  a  covered  area  of  401,2(58  square
feet,  besides  59,807  square  feet  more  in  platforms.  The  total  storage
capacity  is  (50,000  tons.  The  establishment  is  located  at  and  makes
Part  (if  the  ancient  navy  dockyards  of  Genoa,  which  were  taken  over
>>y  the  municipality  about  fifteen  years  ago,  and  have  been  reconstructed ­
  into  the  present  modern  and  efficient  commercial  emporium.
File  cost  of  the  whole  was  about  6,000,000  lires,  or  $1.158,000,  which
includes  also  the  rail  tracks,  hydraulic  appliances,  etc.,  and  the  improvement ­
  of  the  water  basin.  The  complete  plan  is  shown  on  page
43  of  a  pamphlet  transmitted  herewith.®

0  Ou  üle  in  the  Bureau  of  Statistics,  Department  of  Commerce  and  Labor.