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them from the railway transfer of the free port without cost. Transport
 operations within the area of the free port are performed by the
free-port company in accordance with a tariff fixed by the local
zovernment board. The receipt and delivery of goods and counsignment
 and the payment of freight takes place in the free port in the
Office of the State railways.
As previously stated, the quayage consists of 684 meters (2,244 feet)
with a water depth of 30 feet.
Railway tracks—In all, 7,100 meters of railway tracks have been
aid down in the free-port area. The railway equipment of the
ree port also includes a weighing machine of “Stathmos’” make for
a maximum load of 50 tons and having a bridge length of 8 meters.
This machine is located on the main track and the weighing is performed
 as the wagons pass slowly across the bridge, thus reducing
switching and shunting expenses to a minimum.
Warehouse of the free port—The free-port warehouse is built of
lerro-concrete and bricks, and has a basement and three floors.
This building is 120 meters in length and has a width of 34.8 meters
on the ground floor. The floor area under roof is about 16,000
Square meters (172,222 square feet). On the side facing the sea there
are broad exterior platforms within the operating radius of the wharf
tranes. The warehouse is divided into three sections by means of
"Wo transverse fire-proof walls. On the side facing the shore there
are six freight elevators of 2 tons’ capacity, built in fire-proof shafts.
The pavement of the ground floor lies 1.12'meters above the upper
Surface of the rails, thus on a level with the bottom of the railway
Wagons. The maximum load on the ground floor is 2,250 kilos per
Square meter and 1,800 kilos on the other two floors.
Warehouse for customs clearance in the free port—Customs clearance
 of bulk goods usually takes place where the goods are discharged
or loaded. General merchandise and goods which must be unpacked,
on the other hand, are cleared in the customs warehouse situated at
the main entrance of the port. This warehouse has a length of 54
Meters and a width of 13.8 meters and has two clearing rooms, one of
Which may be heated in cold weather. This building also contains
rooms for the staff of the customs warehouse employed at the free
Port and another room in which goods, having passed the customs,
May be stored pending payment of the duty assessed.
A large section of the building has been fitted with storerooms for
the freight service of the Swedish State railways. Goods can thus
be handed over direct from the customs clearing warehouse to the
tailway for transport.
Administration building.—The administration building is situated
at the main entrance, and has on the ground floor accommodations for:
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