FREE PORT OF TRIESTE 
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Administration.—The commercial organization of the port is 
exercised by the Magazzini Generali under whose independent adminis- 
tration all loading, unloading, and warehousing operations are effected. 
The concern begins its functions from the moment the goods are 
lifted out of the vessel’s hold or the railroad truck until delivery or 
forwarding by rail or sea respectively, including insurance of the 
goods stored awaiting disposal. The maritime control is exercised 
by the harbor master’s office, and the railroad movements are con- 
trolled jointly by the Magazzini Generali and the State railroads. 
Operations in Trieste consist entirely of direct loading and unloading 
alongside the quays and piers to the exclusion of lighterage excepting 
& few transshipment parcels and coal lighterage for bunkering pur- 
poses. The bonded warehouses are managed by a board representing 
the Government, the municipality, the chambers of commerce of 
Trieste, Udine, and Pola, 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 communication 
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 Magazzini Generali, the 
harbor office, and the railroad administration. The guarding of the 
vast plant is carried out by 500 private guards, and by a large number 
of customs officers and police executives. Customs and police guards 
are paid by the Government but a special tariff comprised in the han- 
dling charges provides for the cost of such surveillance.’ 
The administrative staff comprises’ 142 persons, 905 laborers and 
foremen, 357 of which are employed by the construction and mechani- 
cal section. 
The annual cost of the administration amounts to approximately 
31,000.000 lire ($1.550.000), which is covered as follows: 
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$250, 000 
25, 000 
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295, 000 
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