Needless to say, these safely reached the consignee in Ireland.
On one occasion Michael wrote me he had a good consignee for "woollen goods.
For instance, the edition for the week ending December 31st was packed in hampers provided by Mr. Garton, who advised me to send the lot as dried fish, and found a reliableconsignee for them in Ireland.
To collect payment, the shipper attaches to the order bill of lading a draft for the amount of the goods and the freight, and through his bank and the bank of the consignee the amount is collected.
Like the straight bill it states the name of the consignee or the person for whom the goods are intended and his address, but the consignee cannot get possession of the goods until he has paid for them.
The consignee then gets possession of the order bill of lading, which entitles him to possession of the goods.
Detroit, he means that he will see that the goods get into the railroad company's hands at Detroit, but that the consignee pays the freight from Detroit to the destination.
When the goods arrive at their destination, the consignee is notified and is sent a freight bill showing the freight charges.
Within the rules of prize jurisdiction the consignee on whose account and at whose expense the goods were shipped is considered the owner of such goods during the voyage.
In the prize court the delay caused by all such questions as between consignor and consignee would have been almost endless.
But in any case as a rule the title of the absolute owner prevails in a prize court over the interests of a lien holder, whatever the equities between consignor and consignee may be.
In the case of the produce bills, a London banker will accept the bills in order that they may be more easily marketable than if they were drawn direct on the actual consignee of the cotton, tobacco or wheat.
The delays and procrastinations of the officers of the customs are exceedingly injurious both to the consignee and to the vessel: a studied dilatoriness pervades all their proceedings.
Our consignee in this place was an Armenian merchant, who presented a great contrast in outward appearance to Mynheer Von Donk.
Sidy, the interpreter, was fortunately on shore, so that we had no trouble about him, and the captain knew that he could easily pay him through the consignee of the ship.
At the termination of the voyage, he must deliver the goods to the consigneeor his agents.
He will have a cargo of West Indian sugar on board--destination Amsterdam, consignee Mynheer van Smeer--everything perfectly straight and square.
Cargo of West India sugar, destination Amsterdam, consignee some Mynheer over there.
The presumption, in the absence of proof, is, that the consigneeis the agent of the shipper.
Why say that the goods belonged to "subjects of the King of Italy," when the consignee was the real owner?
If his consignee is in Santos, he generally deposits the bill of lading with a bank and draws a draft, usually payable after thirty days, against the consignee.
When the consignee accepts the draft, he receives the bill of lading, and is then permitted to put the coffee in a warehouse.
On doing so he found that he was ordered to make the best of his way to Singapore, to land the opium he had on board, and deliver the unopened letter to his consignee there, by whose instructions he would be subsequently governed.
Moreover every consignee of a ship was his own 'post office' for all letters brought out by her, and he delivered them to suit his own convenience.
The bank sends forward the bill of exchange to its correspondent bank in the place where the consignee lives and the wheat is to be delivered with instructions to deliver it when the bill is paid.
Again, in theory there would seem to be little reason why the cost of collecting the express fee from the consignee on delivery should be distributed among the express fees on packages which are prepaid.
Collects fee from consignee at destination free at destination at a fee.
Nail it up securely, stencil your name and post office, and the name of the consignee upon it, and ship as promptly, and by the most direct route possible.
Notify the consignee promptly of the shipment in order that he may know it is on the way, and have a chance to provide for its reception and disposal.
Rule 83, General Instruction to Agents, clearly states that agents shall collect from consignee all costs of provender, etc.
Can't collect fifty cents for two dago pigs consigneehas left town address unknown what shall I do?
It is only on the arrival of the ship at the place described as the place of delivery that the obligation of the consignee of the goods to take delivery commences.
When an indorsement has once been made by the shipper or consignee writing his name and nothing more on the back of the bill of lading, the rights in and under it may be transferred from hand to hand by mere delivery.
The lien may be waived, and is lost by delivery of the goods, or by any dealing with the consignee which is inconsistent with a right of the shipowner to retain possession of the goods until payment has been made.
The shipper or consigneeis not responsible for any delay which occurs before the ship has arrived at the place of delivery described in the bill of lading.
The cargo of the Parks consisted of white pine lumber which she had taken on board at New York, and she was bound to Montevideo, or Buenos Ayres, as the consignee might elect.
He drove a bargain with the consignee for the station, and right glad did the cunning merchant seem to get so tight a youth to take charge of the 'Caroline.
These arrangements occupied another hour of time, and then the consignee left the vessel, perfectly satisfied with the prudent and frugal manner in which he had discharged his duty towards his principal.
Her consignee is reluctant to intrust her to the officer next in rank; but sail she must.
It was a notice, that the consignee should not have overlooked, when Nicholas Nichols met with the hurt, as the anchor was leaving the bottom I never knew an accident happen at such a time and no evil come of it.
A special rule is provided for the case of the enemy consignee of goods on board an enemy vessel becoming bankrupt while the goods are in transitu.
This intention becomes apparent on considering either the destination of the vessel carrying the articles concerned, or the consignee of the articles.
The consignee is told to file a claim, which then makes its weary round through the circumlocution office where clerks are called investigators.
On many roads, not only is the agent not allowed to pay for this spoiled box, but is expected to require the indignant consignee to pay the freight on all six boxes before removing the other five.
Goods which are of unusual size or weight, or for the loading and unloading of which special arrangements have to be made, must always be loaded and unloaded by consignor or consignee at their own cost and risk.
Goods, which at the request of sender orconsignee have to be weighed in addition to, and irrespective of the weighing by the railway company for the purpose of calculating the carriage, are subjected to a charge of 10 cents.
The forwarding agents charge the consignor or consignee of the goods sums over and above the tolls or rates paid to the companies.
For advising the consignee of the arrival of his goods a charge of 1d.
The loading or unloading of packages weighing over 5 tons must be performed by the sender or consignee respectively, and at their own risk and expense at stations which are not provided with hoisting gear.
The granting of special conditions to any particular sender or consignee is therefore legally inadmissible.
Full truck loads may be loaded or unloaded by sender and consignee respectively at their option, risk and expense; in which case a reduction is made in the terminal charges of 30 cents.
If they are subsequently foundConsignee is entitled to take delivery on returning to the Railway three-fourths of the indemnity paid to him.
No one has a use for odd gloves, and these oddments accordingly in each case realised the merest trifle; but the purchaser—who was of course the consignee himself—netted a very considerable profit over the transaction.
Being at the time dutiable articles, and the consignee refusing to pay the duty, the two cases were confiscated and their contents in due course sold at auction.
This done, the consignee must sign a receipt for the goods delivered, and the affair is closed.
Now before the consignee can get the bill of lading, which authorizes him to receive the goods, he must pay the draft.
When the consignee gets this bill of lading, it is a voucher to the freight agent, where the goods are to be delivered, as to the ownership.
To the bill of lading he attaches a draft for the sum involved, but this, instead of being forwarded to the consignee by mail, is sent to him through a bank for collection.
A BILL AND A DRAFT Before wholesale houses or manufacturers ship goods, they are either paid for or they have a business understanding with the consignee as to when and how the payment is to be made.
The agent at the place of delivery makes out an "expense bill," which is an itemized statement of the freight charges, and must be paid by the consigneebefore delivery.
They handed the goods to the consignee and brought back the receipt.
Two clear lists shall be prepared on forms provided for the purpose, one to be receipted and returned to Red Cross Depot by the consignee and duplicate to be filed in Office.
When a straight consignment bill of lading is issued the goods must be delivered to the consigneeor to the person to whom he may order them delivered.
Acting upon this principle, the shipper declares in the bill of lading that the goods shall be delivered unto the consignee or his assigns.
