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FOREIGN TRADE ZONES

The warehouses, some 40 in number exclusive of the two grain
silos, have a total floor space of approximately 200,000 square meters.
The silos have a capacity of 11,000 metric tons each. One building,
having a floor space of 8,000 square meters, is devoted to office purposes
 and in addition a number of private concerns own their own
buildings erected on ground leased from the corporation. The number
 of these is around 100. The personnel connected with concerns
operating in the free port numbers around 600.
The tracks of the national Danish railway lines run into the free
port and freight may be shipped to or delivered from any part of the
continent, including Sweden, which is reached by a ferry linking to
Malmo, on the opposite side of the Oresund (Sound), and all domestic
points are reached by either the national or private lines. The ferry
also carries passenger trains uniting Stockholm with western and
central Europe through Hamburg and Berlin.
The free port has its own electric power plant, whick supplies power
for cranes and light. In addition, a number of incidental conveniences,
 such as banking, postal and telegraph facilities, are offered
patrons.
ddmainistration.—The corporation exercises the powers granted
under its charter through a board of directors consisting of seven
members and operations are directed by a general manager assisted
by a chief engineer.
The general regulations governing operations are set forth in the
rules for the administration of the free port promulgated by the
Ministry of Public Works under date of October 19, 1894, * * #:
The customs authorities exercise control over the exits from and
entrances to the free port both by land and water, and as the area
is inclosed by a high iron fence on the land side no necessity exists
for regular patrol service during the day. The gates are closed to
traffic at night time but a vigilant watch is maintained both on the
water and land sides to prevent smuggling during the night. The
free port itself maintains a night watch service consisting of eight
men, but this service has to do with the security of goods within the
free port and protection against fire rather than with the prevention
of smuggling operations, although it naturally cooperates with the
customs authorities in the respect last named.
Operations permitted and prohibited in the free port.—General limitations
 as to permissible operations within the free port are set forth
in article 19 of the concession,® but these were actually established
by a law bearing the same date as the original enabling act. Under
the article stated the establishment of power factories for the manufacture
 of artificial manures, or margarine, is forbidden, as are also
the printing of books, newspapers or music, and bookbinding, without
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