who export grain to Europe by this route. The height of this elevator is 75 feet; width, 85 feet; length, 225 feet; capacity, 1,200,000 bushels; and original cost, $200,000. The elevator is owned and conducted by a Chicago grain firm which uses it exclusively. The use of the elevator makes possible the shipment of grain by this route without the delay and expense which would be incurred if the grain were transferred directly from vessel to cars.

Grain is removed from vessel to elevator by means of what is known as a "ships leg." Inside this leg is an endless chain to which are attached small buckets at close intervals. In loading on cars the grain descends from elevators by means of a spout to the interior of the car. The cost of both transfers is less than one-half cent per bushel.

Services of both American and Canadian customs officials are required. The duty of the American official is to break the seals on vessels previous to unloading and to seal cars after transshipment. The Canadian official attends to the enforcement of Canadian marine regulations and allows no grain to leave unless properly sealed.

For the purpose of facilitating foreign trade the Grand Trunk Railway has a small bonded wareroom in freight sheds at points where a collector of customs or deputy is located. There are such rooms at Orillia, Midland, North Bay, and Sudbury, in this district. There is no storage or other charge in connection with these, and they answer all purposes admirably. The privileges are extended to all exporters without regard to nationality.

ORILLIA, ONTARIO, July 11, 1904.

E. A. WAKEFIELD, Consul.

TORONTO.

(From United States Consul Gunsaulus, Toronto, Ontario.)

There are in Toronto no warehouses established exclusively for the storage of merchandise in bond. The owners of warehouses, either public or private, may, by the payment of an annual fee of $40, have one or more rooms set apart for the storage of goods in bond. There are at present five public warehouses and 22 private firms having rooms for the storage of bonded goods.

The surveyor of customs is the principal customs officer in charge of the bonded warehouses. Under him are officers called lockers whose duties are to see that goods sent to the bonded warehouse are properly locked into the rooms set apart for that purpose, and also when goods are taken from bond, upon an entry being passed for that purpose and a warrant issued by the surveyor, the locker allows the proper amount of goods to be removed from warehouse.

The charges for storage in bond are the same as those for ordinary storage, and vary widely, according to the character of the goods, the size of the packages, and the length of time they remain in storage. For ordinary goods in small packages or boxes about 1 by 2 by 3 feet the charge is 3 cents per month or part thereof. For dry goods in larger cases 15 to 30 cents per month per case, depending on the size of cases. Whisky is stored at the rate of 2 cents per month per case.

Goods in great variety are stored in bond, such as dry goods, groceries, etc., but the principal articles are spirits, such as alcohol, whisky, etc., and tobacco. Goods may remain in bonded warehouses for two years, but as a rule they are removed in about six months. At present Americans make use of the bonded warehouses to a very large extent. All nationalities are treated alike by administrators of warehouses. The facilities for the removal of goods from wharf or freight sheds to warehouses and vice versa are very good. Several large cartage companies are in business as agents for the railway companies. The owners of warehouses also have their own drays for hauling goods as occasion requires. The cost of hauling goods from wharves and freight sheds is from 1 to 2 cents per 100 pounds. Beyond locking goods in the bonded rooms and delivering them from warehouse as required, the customs officials do not exercise any supervision over the warehouses. Stock is taken of their contents about once every three months under the direction of the customs officials. E. N. GUNSAULUS, Consul.

TORONTO, ONTARIO, July 26, 1904.

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.

CHARLOTTETOWN.

(From United States Consul Vail, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.)

The general bonded warehouse at this port is estimated to be 34 by 60 feet; it is privately owned and rented to the Dominion government. Goods go in without the payment of duties, under the regular warehouse entries, and are taken out as required for home consumption, for removing to other parts, or for exportation.

The appraiser's warehouse for unclaimed goods is also privately owned and rented by the government. Goods stored in this warehouse are held until entered or otherwise disposed of.

Storage charges are 3 cents per barrel, bulk. Goods stored consist mainly of liquors and dry goods. Americans make use of this warehouse to a small extent, and all nationalities are treated exactly alike. Goods are removed from boat to warehouses and vice versa by drays at an expense of 25 cents per load.

DELMAR J. VAIL, Consul. CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, June 16, 1904.

QUEBEC.

MONTREAL.

(From United States Consul-General Edwards, Montreal, Quebec.)

There are no government bonded warehouses in Canada. Any firm or person may make application for the privilege of establishing warehouses, and a permit may be issued to the proprietor of the build

ing or a lessor. A copy of the government regulations governing these bonded warehouses is transmitted herewith.a

There is no special scale of charges for storage, but the average of such charges is about as follows: Dry goods, 25 cents per package for the first month, and 20 cents per package for each succeeding month; oils, 6 and 4 cents per barrel, or 4 and 3 cents for half barrels; tobacco, 10 and 7 cents on small bales, 15 and 10 cents on large bales; tea, 2 and 1 cent per package; pickles, 7 and 5 cents per case; rope, 15 and 10 cents per coil; cheese, 3 cents per package; molasses, 12 and 10 cents per barrel; and sirups, 6 and 5 cents per case. The receipts and expenditures on account of services depend largely upon the staff employed in the warehouses.

All persons are treated exactly alike by the administrators of warehouses. Americans use them to a small extent, chiefly for the storage of tobacco.

All classes of goods may be warehoused. According to the regulations, goods may not remain in bond for a longer period than two years, but this does not seem to be insisted on; it has been known that goods have remained in bond for a period of fifteen years. The collector of customs at the port of Montreal, however, at the beginning of each calendar year, prepares a list of all articles in bond for five years and over, and advertises them for sale at public auction to the highest bidder.

Goods are usually removed from boat or rail to warehouses and vice versa by teams, which are ample for the demand. The two principal railways in Canada, the Grand Trunk and the Canadian Pacific, have, in connection with the removal of goods, a cartage company, which does the greater part of the cartage from the railways and boats. The cost of removing from boat would be about 60 cents per ton of 2,000 pounds, and from rail 24 cents per 100 pounds for carload lots, and 2 cents for less than carload lots.

The bonded warehouses are under the care and supervision of a customs officer, who is in attendance when goods are received or delivered from the warehouse. During his absence the bonded warehouses are locked and the keys are retained by the customs officer in charge. He, of course, receives his salary from the government, but for service after hours before 8 a. m., or after 6 p. m.-the owners of the goods in the warehouse must pay to him a fee of 50 cents for the first hour and 25 cents for each succeeding hour.

A. W. EDWARDS, Consul-General.

MONTREAL, QUEBEC, September 26, 1904.

GASPÉ.

(From United States Consul Dickson, Gaspé, Quebec.)

The collector of customs of this port (Gaspé) informs me that there are no warehouses for the storage of merchandise in transit in this port or consular district, as there is no merchandise of any kind passing through this district in transit. Bonded warehouses are used here only for local purposes, each large firm having its own ware

a On file in Bureau of Statistics, Department of Commerce and Labor. The principal rules are printed above under dispatch from Ottawa.

house, for which it pays a license of $20 per annum to the customhouse.

Sugar and molasses are the goods chiefly stored, and can remain in bond for one year. The bonded warehouses cost from $500 to $600 each, and are about 25 feet long and 18 feet wide. There are six such warehouses in this district.

GASPÉ, QUEBEC, June 15, 1904.

ALMAS F. DICKSON, Consul.

QUEBEC.

(From United States Consul Henry, Quebec, Quebec.)

There are two public bonded warehouses in this city, one owned by D. Rattray & Sons, which cost about $10,000, and one conducted by the harbor commissioners that cost about $5,000. I can not obtain the dimensions of either, but they are large enough to accommodate all who send goods here in bond. There are several private bonded warehouses run by firms for their own use.

The storage charges on goods bonded is about 13 cents per square foot per month. Further charges are made for customs entries, carting, and shipping. All alcoholic preparations in barrels and bottles, crockery, furs, teas, sugar, jewelry, hardware, and other manufactured goods are stored here. Goods remain in bond as a rule from one to six months. Americans make very little use of these warehouses, though all nationalities are treated alike by the administrators.

As there are railway connections on one side and steamboat docks on the other, the cost of transporting goods from boats to warehouses is very light.

The customs officials exercise supervision over the warehouses and control the keys.

QUEBEC, QUEBEC, June 9, 1904.

WM. W. HENRY, Consul.

THREE RIVERS.

(From United States Vice-Consul Braman, Three Rivers, Quebec.)

There are no warehouses at this port owned by the government in which merchandise can be stored in bond. The only articles held in bond here are liquors, and they are put in rooms owned by private parties and sealed by a government inspector. There is a well-built storage shed at this port owned by the harbor commissioners (size 220 by 60 by 15 feet, cost, $7,000) which is used to store wood pulp that is shipped from this port to Europe. The cost of storage in this shed is 10 cents per ton. As this shed is only about 200 feet from the wharf the shipping can be done at a small cost. There is a narrowgauge track that runs from shed to side of ocean steamer. This storehouse is not used at all by Americans, though all nationalities would be treated alike by the administrators. Goods in transit could be stored in this shed. This is the only port in this dictrict where an ocean steamer can load at a wharf.

W. W. BRAMAN, Vice-Consul.

THREE RIVERS, QUEBEC, July 11, 1904.

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NEWFOUNDLAND.

ST. JOHNS.

(From United States Consul Cornelius, St. Johns, Newfoundland.)

In Newfoundland the facilities for the storage, at a nominal rental, of merchandise in transit or in bond, are very complete and simple. The agents of steamship lines can have their wharves and sheds declared by official proclamation to be sufferance warehouses by paying an annual fee of $120 to $240, according to the area embraced. Goods can be landed from shipboard into these sheds and held there indefinitely until permits are issued for their removal either on payment of duty, for transfer into bonded warehouses, or for transportation elsewhere. Any importer can have a suitable store along the water front recognized by the customs department as a bonded warehouse, provided the proper officer approves of it. Government locks and seals are then affixed to its doors and windows, and it is only opened by a customs locker, who allows only such goods to be removed from it as a bonded warehouse permit specifies. Goods may not be bonded for a longer period than two years, but after the expiration of that term they can be rebonded for a similar period of time. The bonded warehouses are open only during custom-house hours-from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m.-and no fees are exacted from owners or lessees of such warehouses for any service performed by customs officers for them. For the convenience of small importers the customs department maintains a special bonded warehouse, known as the King's warehouse, in which space can be secured as desired.

For transshipment of goods in bond all that is necessary is a permit allowing the goods to be removed, and the party who applies for this becomes liable for the duty, it becoming a first lien on his estate. When the goods are landed at their destination and pay duty there, the collector of customs certifies to the necessary papers to release the first party from his obligation under his bond.

Charges for the removal of goods from boat or train to warehouse and vice versa are merely the truckman's rates and a nominal fee for the permit.

GEORGE O. CORNELIUS, Consul.

ST. JOHNS, NEWFOUNDLAND, August 29, 1904.

MEXICO.

MEXICO CITY.

(From United States Consul-General Parsons, Mexico City, Mexico.)`

I inclose herewith a report on warehouses for the storage of merchandise in transit or in bond, written by Edward M. Conley, formerly vice and deputy consul-general in this office. The delay in transmitting this report is explained in the report itself. The law governing bonded warehouses in Mexico went into effect July 1 last, and since that time only has there been a bonded warehouse in this country. It was therefore necessary to hold the report pending the