FREE PORT OF STETTIN 203 U [ncoming vessels | Outgoing vessels Countries 8 3 | 1: 8 sT ns 08 120 351 323 510 45 {0 2 03 72 0 » 0 65 02 Le 174 i av? ~ } 5] 18 53 125 in ne Number | Cubic 4 ' Cubic Number Pg El rrr emer osname Jenmark JIT i soreness fAnlang_ TITTY rrssnsseonany Tolland. 77721 ITTIITIITT LL onset ngland. _.__. En ION cviiis siimimmmnmmmmmen i. J “editorrancan countries. .......... Sm sigium____ TT wm we © wigs oo atyia.__ 17, orem ee I danzig TTT Trees Sstonfa "TT TTI Tre i S DOR rons s mmm sain SE omy dite... III PeLlCE meena ooo IRR Portugal |- 07 - 20land 842 502 217 179 225 212 53 103 (22 oe , 091, 689 404, 559 476, 099 432) 216 365, 689 237, 397 235, 324 192, 334 84,774 77,222 *8, 931 9, 972 85, 965 64, 543 23, 521 19, 542 12°84] 896 893 267 . 19, 12 0 1, 200, 242 537, 105 554, 959 234, 445 347,171 169,019 91, 246 83, 401 207. 287 31 z ; "777130, 636 523, 950 87, 344 25, 665 563 49,944 170, 583 710,176 4,513, 736 979, 968 5. 403. 704 16 7 Total ee L Tota) German ports.......... 2 Grand total __.. Simm: ! Cargo-carrying capacity. Manufacturing in the free zone.—Manufacturing is not permitted Nn the free zone of the port of Stettin and furthermore there is neither shipbuilding nor ship repair carried on in the free zone. Stettin Was once the center of a very considerable shipbuilding industry, the famous Vulcan Shipbuilding Co. having been established there bout 70 years ago. Since the concentration of shipbuilding on the Elbe during the past two or three years, Stettin is no longer active Nn this industry, especially since the scrapping of the Vulcan Co.'s Yards last year. Influence of frez port on the development of foreign trade.— With ‘espect to the influence of Stettin’s free zone on the development of foreign trade, in response to a request to comment on this subject, he Prussian Ministry of Trade and Commerce, under whose juris- diction free port matters fall, replied: “Since the opening of the Stettin free zone that city’s shipping has developed in a very high degree. Whether, however, this development may be ascribed to ‘he existence of a froe port or economic influences in general, can not %¢ determined.” The writer is of the opinion, however, that the *Stablishment of the free zone at Stettin has not played the réle in he development of that port as has been the case at Hamburg or Bremen, especially at Hamburg, where manufacturing within the free Port is permitted. The influence of the Stettin free zone on the German merchant Marine is likewise not believed to have been of considerable importance. Statistics covering commerce and shipping ia the free zone.—Separate tatistics for the free-zone area are not compiled by the Stettin port *thorities, but are combined for the entire port. for which statistics