FREE PORT OF TRIESTE 255 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: Government grant. o.oo... ooo... Rn mm ——————————————— Railroad contribution. ~..._._.__._.____._..." mmm m——————— Jovernment Works Department... o.oo. remeemnca——— Rents of warehouses to private concerns_...____.. _. ee emma Iicome from overations cr Ota) cee eee eee _ Lire 5.000 000 “0, 000 J, , Loin, 00 0 BY). ONC 21. 000. 000 Equivalent in United States AIITeney $250, 000 25, 000 25, 000 295, 000 1, 025. 000 1, 660, 000