232 Bar 313 1 GIP, venunsanes MBL Vessels sntered 103 239 536 FOREIGN TRADE ZONES Ships entered and cleared Tons Vessels cleared Yaar .112,722 , 196, 469 2, 892, 538 816, 005 598 355 D, 060 D, 246 "515 DO ees TB naman inne E. | ar Vessels entered 1, 977 2,354 2, 841 108 Tons 755, 343 1, 252, 389 1, 581, 937 i 720. 005 Vessels cleared 1, 969 2, 357 2, 888 2 904 1 Including Porto Baross now Yugoslavian, 2 No figures available, Although the port of Fiume is still far from attaining maximum prosperity, it has made marked progress in the last few years in the reconsignment traffic, fostered by many steamship companies con- necting the port with regular services to all ports of Italy, northern Europe, Tripoli, Morocco, Spain, the Levant, Egypt, and the Far East. Commodities are carried with through bills of lading to any destination. The Fiume mercantile marine received good support in the steady growth of Fiume before the war. The following companies were established: The Adria, with a capital of 10,000,000 crowns and 32 vessels of 71,747 gross register tons; the Atlantica, with 6,000,000 crowns and 11 vessels of 43,784 gross register tons; the Levante, with 6,000,000 crowns and 12 vessels of 42,169 tons; the Oriente, with 3,500,000 crowns and 5 vessels of 10,625 tons, and the Ungaro-Croata, with 2,000,000 crowns and 46 vessels of 16,453 tons. The total of the merchant fleet registered at Fiume amounted to 106 vessels of 184,778 gross register tons on a capital investment of 27,500,000 Hungarian crowns, or $5,236,000 pre-war values. Since the war there have necessarily been many changes, but the large interest which the countries of the hinterland have in the port of Fiume is again revealed in the increasing number of Italian and foreign navigation companies calling regularly there. The Adria Co., which alone has a capital of 30,000,000 lire and & total tonnage of 36,368 gross register tons, is increasing its fleet with two 2,900-ton motor vessels and the construction of additional motor-driven tonnage is contemplated. A new Hungarian steam navigation company has recently been established with four steamers, which will fly the Hungarian flag and shall have Fiume as their port of registry. Statistics on the growth of commerce and shipping in the free zone.— Reference is made to the chapter relative to the influences of the [ree zone in the development of foreign trade and the merchant marine- It is regretted that the above-mentioned figures, issued by the Fiume Chamber of Commerce and Industry in a pamphlet on the port of Fiume, which is inclosed herewith, do not correspond with the