FOREIGN TRADE ZONES 
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Sulina, Rumania. —The policing of the river is under the jurisdic- 
tion of the “European Commission of the Danube,” consisting of 
delegates from each of the seven contracting powers—Austria, 
England, France, Prussia, Russia, Sardinia, and Turkey. Rumania 
polices the town and controls the customhouse and pays the cost of 
upkeep of 130 frontier guards, while the European commission pays 
for the expenditure incurred on all works carried out on the river 
which are defrayed by taxes charged to steamers. 
Genoa.—The free port of Genoa is managed for the central govern- 
ment by a local chamber of commerce incorporated with the ““Con- 
ziglic dell’Economia Provinciale.”” Every two years a managing 
board of five members is elected from among the members of the 
chamber, and anyone may be reelected upon the expiration of his 
term of office. The board serves without salary. The enforcement 
of regulations and general management of the zone is carried out 
through a salaried director. 
Fiume.—The administration of all activities of the free port is 
under the immediate direction of a government commissioner, while 
certain phases of operation and administration are delegated to the 
railroad, harbor master, and the customs. 
Leghorn.—The operation and control of the free port are maintained 
by the Leghorn Commune under the supervision of an officer appointed 
by the mayor. 
Trieste.—The commercial organization of the port is exercised by 
the Magazzini Generali, under whose independent administration all 
loading, unloading, and warehousing operations are effected. The 
bonded warehouses are managed by a board representing the Govern- 
ment, the municipality, the chambers of commerce of Trieste, Udine, 
and Pala; the railroads, the office of public works, the Shipowners 
Federation, the committee of Trieste forwarding agents, and the 
Harbor Workers Association. They are controlled and operated 
by various departments dealing with the import and export sections 
of the traffic, and with the rail and sea communications, respectively. 
The main section deals with the technical management, construction 
and repair work, the latter being carried out by the office of public 
works under surveillance of the bonded warehouses, the harbor 
office and the Railroad Administration. The maritime control of 
the free port is exercised by the harbor master’s office, and the rail- 
road movements are controlled jointly by the Magazzini Generali 
and the State railroads 
GUARDING THE FREE PORT 
It is the practice in Europe to surround the free zone on the land 
side with a toll fence to prevent goods from entering customs terri- 
tory without payment of duties. A convenient number of entrances