Further Report On The Free Port Of Copenhagen

14 DENMARK. ligriter are not included in the above. As a general rule, such work will be carried out by the company at the following rates :— In Lighters. In Ships. Ore. Ore. Loose grain Per tönde 2 3 Grain in sacks .. Per sack 3 4 (12) Ships or lighters that cannot receive goods as quickly as the company are ready to deliver them, must be prepared to give way to other ships or lighters. (13) For work required to be done out of the regular working hours (6 A.M. to 7 P.M. on week days) charges are 50 per cent, higher than the above rates. (14) Ships arriving under average are discharged according to special agreement. (15) In the absence of other arrangements the company’s charges must be paid by the person who appears in the company’s books as owner of the goods. The duty on goods which are to be introduced within the custom’s boundary may be settled by payment to the company at the same time as the latter’s account. (16) The company will only undertake under written agree- ment, the responsibility of the loading or unloading of ships and lighters within a given time. (17) Expenses incident on customs’ examination of goods must be paid to the company as per account. (18) For work not included in the above tables payment is calculated according to the expense to which the company is put with the addition of 20 per cent. (19) In charges for the preservation of goods is included one treatment by suction for the removal of dust, &c., which can only however, take place on demand. (20) Choice of the method of preservation (moving by elevator or hand) is left to the company. (21) Suction of grain cannot take place during discharge unless the sanction of responsible parties is actually produced to the satisfaction of the company, when notice will be given to the inspector of weighing.