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imported into the free port may not be consumed or used within the 
zone unless the ordinary duty has been paid. 
Danzig—Goods may be unloaded from vessels and stored in 
warehouses without customs formalities, and may be repacked as 
long as this involves no industrial operation. . A special set of books 
must be maintained by the importers covering such transactions. 
Sorting, repacking, and reshipment are allowed in the free port. 
Special customs regulations permit the withdrawal of imported mate- 
rials from the free port for local manufacture and thereafter for 
reexport. No merchandising or shipbuilding are provided for in the 
free port. Various importers store goods in the warehouses of the 
tree harbor pending sale, when they are cleared of customs duties and 
entered. Failing such sale, they are sometimes returned to the 
sender, in which case no customs formalities are required. 
Hamburg and Cuxhaven.—Operations which would be legal within 
the customs area are legal if carried on within the free zone, except 
that warehouse quarters which are rented may not be used for pur- 
poses other than those specified in the contract, nor may third parties 
use the quarters rented without permission. Forwarders, quartermen, 
warehousemeén, etc., may warehouse goods for the account of other 
firms, and shipping companies may warehouse goods for their own 
account, or when delivered to them for shipment. In rented ware- 
houses only the ordinary commercial treatment of goods may take 
place; any further treatment or refining of goods can be done with 
special permission only. Unpacking or repacking of goods to save 
customs duties when imported into Germany or to prepare them for 
smuggling purposes is forbidden. Personal use and consumption of 
goods in the free port, free of duty, is prohibited, with some excep- 
tions. It is forbidden to retail or peddle goods or buy goods from 
ship crews in the free zone. All ship chandlers desiring to do business 
must first obtain permission from the president of the Freihafen 
Lagerhaus Gesellschaft, and goods may be sold for equipping ocean 
vessels only against & written order of the shipowner. Orders from 
shipowners for spirits and tobacco must be on special forms prescribed 
by the harbor officials. In order to prevent customs and tax viola- 
tions those who rent quarters in the free zone for the purpose of 
manufacturing spirits or perfumery must provide a room in which 
their workers may be personally searched by the customs officials. 
Bremen and Bremerhaven.—All usual operations in connection with 
port traffic are permitted in the free zones. The arrangement of 
goods and samples for inspection by possible buyers is permitted in 
spaces rented by the exhibitor. In connection with the retail trade, 
the prohibitions made by the Bremen authorities applying to the 
free harbor are as follows: 
1. Tt is prohibited to offer goods of all kinds for sale on land or on board vessels 
without orders in advance. The retail sale of foodstuffs may be permitted by the