FREE PORT OF TRIESTE 25% in length. The latter serves to prevent the wearing out of the slings and the former to lessen the oscillations of the hook. The following table indicates the average daily discharge within the free zone: Articles from ship’s hold Ore pyrites, bauxite, coal, etc., in bulk into open rail- way trucks. Ore in bulk into closed trucks, phosphates, sulphur, ete. Grain in bulk into closed railway trucks _._.._.._...__.. ge in bags into sheds (man lifting) coffee, rice, seeds, ete. Valo goods into sheds (man lifting), figs, quebracho, etc. DP ODACCO- oo oo cence emma Various goods into warehouses with hand trucks. ___... Grain in bulk from automatic weighing machines into railway trucks or sheds, including bagging. Ou ___ oo Number of oper- ations ner hour 25 25 22 18-21 18-20 18-20 18-20 18-20 1 18-20 Weight of each lift Quintals 8-10 5-6 8 10-13 12-14 7-8 mR £9 5-8 Average weight per hatch ner day Tons 160-200 100-120 140 180-200 200-220 100-120 100-120 140-150 00-100 Means utilized in the discharge Wooden buckets. Do. Bucketsand bins, Rope slings. Chain nets. Do. Rope slings, chains. Buckets or bins. Baskets. LOADING AND UNLOADING WITHIN CUSTOM PORT Nature of cargo Corals, oilseeds, excepting ground nuts and oats in ulk. Cement. .ocueeevvanc-. [OF:7:) Coffee...._.. Coke... Cotton: American and Indian... .. pr Bgyptian. oo eee Ground BUS. oon from, old, broken up, light packed, or loose_._......_.. ron: [0] 1 Blo mamas Dats, in bulk __. Petroleum ®._____.___...... . Phosphates...co.o_... Lumber: a a ee Sawn logs. -. # Poles. comma. wh BRR Hard timber... EE SN RRR DAVOS. gs wae we ws RS RAH mr Soft timber, full Jogs. «o.oo ooo. Hard timber, full logs. «oon. 0B. oc eee meen Sugar... emma m———— Sulphur. o.oo... mm ——— Sulphur... ____ Packing Unit of quantity Baskets. ___....... Tons... ..__....._. PUES. ecsnn wasnt Frwmmsas sons BARS onsen wwe Doyen ang Dcimmwmommps (sewn Iemmnamih aes alk CLIT 3AES.... 4 tre tm er me 3ulk_.. 5 —_. Bales... ....._.. cme. BABS emcees Bales... _........ woe n@O LL. BONE. cos crisis do... __..___. Heavy packed. _. Jaskets_.._..___. 30S. coca. | :: TR 2088S. eeamcaone- IR ee ies si mms sas l10e emt mm mmm mn pmen=Oe ceflOn adr BIR sarin Ton. —— Cubic meters... ean lO. — TONY. ii sd iiiimbiimn ee e000 Jubic meters... cen O POT ecm vee” Vem mer wor Wm I « _ Bags. vores aii gO ser ss srs Bulk. cen nn 38S eee, Daily quantity per hatch 1 30 130 150 100 125 160 75 B50 300 70 30 70 125 60 80 100 2, 500 110 30 70 : 160 160 100 i154. 1 General cargo and asphalt, tar and other resinous substances in bulk, as fast as ship can deliver. Ores and minerals, vessels with 4 hatches: 140, maximum 700 tons; more than 4 hatches, 150, maximum 700 tons. ? At San Sabbas oil port. Reconsignment trade.—The inclosed statistics give the figures of the recomsignment trade in the principal commodities for the year 1927, indicating the sources and countries of destination.