104 FOREIGN TRADE ZONES

Art. 25. The wharfage dues in the free port will be the same as those paid at
all public wharves in Copenhagen. They will be collected by the company
under the control of the harbor board and deposited in the treasury of the
company.
The wharfage dues paid by vessels anchoring near the customhouse territory
on the east side of the eastern mole in the southern basin will not be paid to
the company. The secretary of the interior will establish rules for the division
between the company and the harbor board of the wharfage dues paid by vessels
which during their stay in the port of Copenhagen may have used either the
wharves of the free port or any other public wharves within the port of
Copenhagen.
ART. 26. Vessels to which an anchoring place may have been assigned in the
customhouse district on the eastern flank, in front of the storehouses constructed
by the company or in front of the passageways beneath the elevated road, will
be obliged, unless they are discharging articles for the construction of the free
port or loading similar articles, to vacate their places in favor of those vessels
which come to load or unload articles for or from the construction of the free port.
No cargo can be placed on that part of the dock situated between the wharf
wall and storerooms or passages of the company that would obstruct the traffic
of the moving cranes constructed by the free-port company. It is also prohibited
 to place such articles on the wharf in such a manner as to impede the:
traffic alongside of the wall. "a
No articles to be loaded or unloaded ean stay on the wharf longer than sunset
of the day following that on which they were placed there for loading or were
unloaded, unless there be no room for them in the warehouses of the company.
Arr. 27. The free-port company is not required to contribute in any way to
the expenses occasioned for custom surveillance within the free port, whether
such surveillance be by land or by sea. The Government will maintain, without
any expense to the port company, an office for the liquidation of customs duties
in the customhouse pbuilding located within the territory of the free port; this
building, however, will be constructed by the port company. Should either the
company or any private party demand any special surveillance of their interests,
 such service will be paid by the interested party according to the general
rule covering such cases.
Art. 28. The lands situated to the north and the south within the limits
of the free zone and which in the port project have been set aside for steam
winches may in the meanwhile be utilized by the company; they must, however,
be available at any time to be used as originally intended and must be returned
in the same condition in which the company received them.
ART. 29. The yearly net proceeds of the free port will be apportioned as:
follows: } ;
First, 5 per cent of the surplus will be set aside in such securities as the secretary
 of the interior may determine to constitute the reserve and improvement
fund; that is to say, to cover extraordinary expenses and for the renewal of
equipment or major repairs which may become necessary, etc., and which, in
accordance with article 15 of this charter, should be made at the expense of
the company. This fund may only be used during the period of the charter and
with the approval of the secretary.
Second, of the remaining surplus the port company and the harbor board
will each receive one-half until the share of the port company. represents 4 per
cent on the capital invested in construction work during the year for which
the account refers to. Any remaining surplus will be divided in the proportion
of 4:1 between the harbor board and the company until the harbor board, in
the same manner and for the same vear, has received 4 per cent on its capital