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FROM PORTO RICO: 



Provided American steamers are emploj'cd, per 100 pounds. 



From all ports to Porto Rico to New York and New Orleans 40c 



To Boston 46c 



5,000 bags of 312 lbs. each or equivalent to be loaded per working day, and 8,000 bags of 



312 lbs. or equivalent per day discharging. All freights quoted on gross landed weight. 



FROM SANTO DOMINGO: 



Per 100 pounds 



Santo Domingo City and San Pedro de Macoris 51c 



Ocoa, Azua and Palenque to New York 53c 



Yonkers — 2c. per 100 lbs. additional. 

 Boston — 6c. per 100 lbs. additional. 



Line steamers operating on regular schedule between New York and New Orleans shall 

 only be ordered to discharge at New York or New Orleans, 4,000 Santo Domingo bags per 

 day loading and 7,500 bags per day discharging. 



Licenses. — Import licenses, when required for importations of sugar, shall be procured by 

 merchants before steamer is ready to discharge, otherwise time lost to count as lay days. 



Charier Party. — That uniform Charter Party and Bill-of-Lading shall be employed in 

 Cuban and Santo Dominican trades. 



Demurrage and Despatch — Cuba and Santo Domingo. — Demurrage in loading and dis- 

 charging on full cargo lots of sugar shall be charged and paid on the basis of Forty-eight cents 

 (48c.) per gross registered tonnage of vessel per day and that Despatch Money shall be paid, if 

 earned, at the rate of sixteen cents (16c.) per gross registered tonnage of vessel per day, to the 

 party or parties responsible for the despatch. 



On mail steamers and on steamers operating on scheduled saiUngs, Despatch Money, if 

 earned, shall be allowed at the rate of ten cents (10c.) per ton of cargo carried, per day; no 

 demurrage shall be charged, but steamers reserve the right to sail without cargo, the shipper 

 or shippers being liable for dead freight, if cargo is not tendered in time to enable ship to load 

 and sail on schedule. 



The cargo or cargoes shall be received and delivered alongside of the vessel, where she can 

 load and discharge always salely afloat, and proceed and return always safely afloat, within 

 reach of her tackles; and lighterage, and also extra lighterage, if any, shall be at the risk and 

 expense of the cargo. The Steamship Company shall have the privilege of discharging into 

 lighters at the risk of cargo owners, in which case it is mutually understood and agreed that 

 each lighter shall be discharged within five (5) days after lighter is loaded. For each and every 

 day's detention of lighter or lighters, demurrage shall be paid at the current rate of the port 

 for each lighter so detained. 



Refinery Delivery. — These rates shall apply only for one Refinery Delivery at any Port . 



Delivery of sugars at Yonkers with the additional hazards and expense, shall be two cents 

 (2c.) per 100 lbs. extra on the entire cargo. 



Assignment of Steamers — The assignment of steamers shall be left to the judgment of 

 the Transportation Committee rather than to the judgment of shippers or receivers for the 

 sake of efficient operation. 



Charges for Loading and Discharging — Any advance in cost of loading and of discharging 

 over the present rates, or any change in conditions in loading and discharing, causing extra 

 expenses to the steamer, shall be proportionately reflected by advance in rates. 



[Explanatory Note. — This is offered to cover the possibility of an advance in Stevedoring 

 rates and also to take care of any conditions which may arise as a consequence of detention of 

 steamer or for any other reason.] 



Insurance — All insurance on sugar shall be paid by the cargo. 



Discharge of Line steamers — Line steamers operating on regular schedule shall only be 

 ordered to discharge at lines' regular discharging port. 



