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... ..__....._. 
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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 
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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.