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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.

Portuguese. ­


Milreis.
0.20
.18
.27
.05
.33
.54

United
States.

$0.216
.194
.292
.5
.356
.583

Each  subsequent
month.

Portuguese. ­


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  nationalities ­
  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  booklet ­
  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  necessity ­
  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  permitted ­
  only  when  the  owner  or  his  agent  is  accompanied  by  a  duly  authorized ­
  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  safeguarding ­
  its  contents.  The  service  is  very  unsatisfactory  and  expensive ­
  to  the  patrons,  nothing  being  permitted  without  due  authority  and
the  presence  of  the  guard.  Subject  to  the  ordinary  regulations,  small

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