76 , WAREHOUSES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
This establishment is owned and constructed by the city of Genoa.
A printed pamphlet containing the regulations and tariff, and a
smaller one, in English, containing the regulations for the stationing
of vessels in the docks, are transmitted herewith. 0
SERVICES RENDERED.
The specialty of the institution is the storage of salted meats and
fish, cheese, butter, canned goods, and other preserved alimentary
products, which articles are excluded in general from the warehouses
already described. It receives also much wine, in bottles only, and
spirits in all forms. It has three departments, the largest of which
is a free-deposit section; another is a custom-house section. This
second free-deposit section is similar in plan to the large Deposito
Franco, already described, but is under different management and
rules. To be established it had to receive the consent of the chamber
of commerce, which authorized in it the storage only of certain merchandise.
Private depositories and offices can bo conveniently rented
by the year.
The charges are rather minutely classified in seventeen main
sections.
The full tariff is given in pamphlet transmitted.®
A large, refrigerating plant under Italian management, the
“ Magazzini Frigoriferi Genovesi,” is also within the precincts.
This is a new enterprise here, and is attracting much interest and
favorable comment.
Indirectly Americans use these warehouses to a large extent, that
is to say, all the American lard and bacon imported into Genoa in
great quantities is received in these warehouses. A great quantity of
American staves also arrives.
An average of two months is the length of time goods remain
stored, though of course many pass through almost at once.
All nationalities are treated alike, except so far as the “ most
favored nation ” clause interferes. For instance, French and Spanish
salted fish are admitted to the free deposit section, while the
Portuguese product, which does not enjoy the benefit of the clause,
is excluded.
The establishment is equipped with numerous electric and handpower
cranes and with eight or more electric-power lifts. The transport
of goods is done by a special porterage company. The cost
might average about 40 cents per ton, from vessel lying in the dock
to the warehouses.
All the operations taking place here are subject to the regulations
of the national and city customs departments.
William II. Bishop, Consul.
Genoa, Italy, July 9,190If.
LEGHORN.
(From United States Consul Smith, Leghorn, Italy.)
In the custom-house, owned and conducted by the State, two large
rooms, with a floor space of about 900 square yards, are set aside for
a On file in the Bureau of Statistics, Department of Commerce and Labor.
