COMMERCE IN MAIZE GRAIN 5S7 



"In view of the accumulation of maize at the Point, Dur- CHAP. 

 ban, and the failure of consignees to effect prompt clearance, XIL 

 it is hereby notified that on and after date the Department 

 holds itself free to call upon consignees to take delivery of any 

 consignments within thirty-six hours of arrival, and that failing 

 such delivery being effected, the maize will be off-loaded in the 

 open when shed-accommodation is not available, and will re- 

 main at the entire risk of consignees, Government taking no 

 responsibility in regard to them either as to their safety, or as 

 to any damage which they may incur from wet, or from any 

 other cause whatever. Owners are reminded that export 

 maize is conveyed and handled solely at the risk of the owner, 

 and the Department undertakes no liability in connection 

 therewith either during transit, or at any other time. Previous 

 notices as to free storage are modified accordingly." 



With reference to the wharf storage charges at Durban, 

 Messrs. W. Cotts & Co. pointed out in 1908 that: — 



In London no storage is charged for the first three weeks ; 

 then the average rent is 3d. per ton per week ; in Hamburg 

 the charge is 10 pfennig (id.) per ton per day after five days; 

 in Antwerp about -jd. per square metre per day, but with ex- 

 port goods these charges are rarely enforced if there is any 

 just reason for delay. 



It should be noted, however, that conditions at the above- 

 named ports are not comparable with those in South Africa, 

 where storage room is more limited, paying traffic is much 

 less, and the ports are struggling to cover expenses. 



542. Construction and Capacity of Elevator Warehouses. — 

 One of the latest erected Canadian elevator warehouses, at 

 Windmill Wharf, Montreal, is 238 feet long x 84 feet wide, 

 and built entirely of non-combustible material. The structure, 

 bins, bin-bottoms, etc., are of steel, roof of tile, and floors of 

 concrete. It has ten elevator legs, equipped with cups 20 x 7 

 inches. Five of the legs are used for receiving grain and all 

 ten can be used for discharging. The total elevating capacity 

 is 100,000 bushels per hour. The grain is weighed in ten 

 hopper-scales, each holding 2,000 bushels (about 560 muids). 

 Two belt-conveyors in the cupola distribute the grain length- 

 wise through the building, through trolley spouts on the dis- 

 tributing floor. There is also an extensive belt-conveyor 



