PORT ECONOMICS 
warehouses and sheds were constructed during the war 
which were never used or, at any rate, have ceased to be 
used, and a large number of these are still either empty or 
only partly utilized. Unfortunately, questions of payment 
and rent arise, and there is competition with ports and 
depots overseas, where the desire, perhaps not unnatur- 
ally, prevails to retain storage until the goods are actually 
sold and despatched. Still, the matter is of sufficiently 
vital importance to call for very serious and attentive 
consideration. 
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