PORTUGAL: AZORES. 
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works are shown in the inclosed booklet.® The following table shows 
the storage charges for goods stowed in sheds or warehouses: 
Warehouse charges in Lisbon. 
Kind of goods. 
Goods in bigs, per ton 
Goods in bulk, per cubic meter 
Goods in cases, per ton 
Valuable articles, i>er milreis ($1.08 United States). 
Petroleum, per ton 
Gangerous goods, per ton 
First month. 
Portu 
guese. 
Milreis. 
0.20 
.18 
.27 
.05 
.33 
.54 
United 
States. 
$0.216 
.194 
.292 
.5 
.356 
.583 
Each subsequent 
month. 
Portu 
guese. 
Milreis. 
0.18 
.15 
.22 
.05 
.25 
.35 
United 
States. 
$0.194 
.162 
.238 
.5 
.270 
.378 
Information as to the receipts and expenditures on account of 
service is not furnished by the liarbor-works board. 
Merchandise of all kinds is stored pending dispatch to destination, 
especially colonial products and coal. There is no fixed time for 
£oods to remain in bond. No reliable data can be furnished as to 
the extent Americans make use of these warehouses. All nationali 
ties are treated exactly alike. 
The cost of removal of goods from boat to warehouse and vice 
versa, in the case of vessels anchored in the river, depends upon 
distance of anchorage from quays, but if they come alongside a saving 
°f 40 per cent can be effected in the matter of lighterage. The book 
let above referred to gives details of quay sides and depth of water. 
The warehouses where the goods are stored are under the care of 
Messrs. Hersent & Co. The bonded warehouses are under the care of 
die customs officials. 
R. H. Kinchant, 
Vice and Deputy Consul. 
Lisbon, Portugal, August 13, 
AZORES. 
(From. United States Consul Pickerill, St. Michaels, Azores.) 
. As this is not a regular transshipping port, we seldom have neces 
sity for warehouses for the storage of merchandise in transit or in 
bond. Occasionally, because of accidents or wrecks, it is necessary to 
store goods, and for that purpose the Government permits their being 
placed in properly sealed private warehouses, access to which is per 
mitted only when the owner or his agent is accompanied by a duly au 
thorized person. As the service is limited, there has been no necessity 
to erect special warehouses; the authorities, therefore, permit the use 
of any building that possesses sufficient strength and means for safe 
guarding its contents. The service is very unsatisfactory and expen 
sive to the patrons, nothing being permitted without due authority and 
the presence of the guard. Subject to the ordinary regulations, small 
On üle in the Bureau of Statistics, Department of Commerce and Labor.