PREFACE 
Tu1s book on Port Economics, written at the invitation 
of the publishers in order to meet the needs of candidates 
preparing for the examinations of the Institute of Transport, 
is intended as an introductory textbook. It is expressly 
designed as such, and for that reason deals only with 
primary and fundamental principles. The student who 
desires to pursue his researches will find more advanced 
treatment of different phases of the subject in the following 
volumes previously written by the author— 
Port Administration and Operation * 
Cargo Handling at Ports 
and, as regards the constructional side of port work— 
The Principles and Practice of Dock Engineering. 
The Principles and Practice of Harbour Engineering 2 
The Dock and Harbour Engineer's Reference Book.2 
Literature on the subject of port operation is not very 
plentiful, and is mostly to be found in detached articles 
and papers. 
Useful and up-to-date information from various quarters 
is published in The Dock and Harbour Authority, which is 
a monthly Journal devoted to port affairs throughout the 
world. 
The author has pleasure in calling attention to the 
following additional sources of information, mainly from 
the American point of view : 
Ports and Terminal F acilities, and Port Development, 
1 Both books published by Chapman & Hall, Ltd., London. 
American Agents : John Wiley & Co., New York. 
2 All these books published by Chas. Griffin & Co., Ltd., London. 
American Agents: The J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia. 
re ished at 17-19 Harcourt Street, Marylebone, London, W.