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(Enclosure G)
CUSTOMS DUTIES COLLECTED AT THE PORT OF EMDEN FROM 1890 TO 1927
The following customs duties were collected at the port of Emden during the
folowing years:
—— —

ADPril, 1890 to 1891.
Lori, 1891 to 1892.7.
April, 1892 to 1803 10
ADril, 1893 to 18041.
ADril; 1894 to 1895. 1.
Abril, 1805 to 1896. 27
Abril, 1896 to 1807720"
Abril, 1807 to 1808...
Abril, 1898 to 1809...
ADril, 1899 to 1900...
ADril, 1900 to 1901...
April, 1901 to 1902.1
Abril! 1902 to 1003.

veichsmarks
507, 506. 9¢
188,728. 7¢
60, 361. 5(
153, 979. 65
‘04, 425. 41
113, 470. 9¢
178, 857. 5(
178, 775.3.
517,348. 2.
164, 020. 8
‘69, 285. €
701, 593. 3.
TOR, 872. 45

A mount

$120, 856. 41
116, 363. 99
109, 609. 64
108, 090. 39
7,720. 3
2 254. ¢
"3,537. Lk
43,994. 14
23,178. 1
'10, 481. 1F
135, 544. 1€
167, 046. 03
190. 207.73

4pril, 1903 to 1904_____
April, 1904 to 1905_____.
April, 1905 to 1906_____.
+pril, 1906 to 1907__ ____
pril, 1907 to 1908_ ___..
-pril, 1908 to 1909_____.
~pril, 1909 to 1910_____.
\pril, 1910 to 1911. _____
April, 1911 to 1912. ____.
April, 1912 to 1913______
‘wpril, 1913 to 1914. _____
April, 1926 to 1927. _____
April, 1927 to 1928 _____

Amount

Reichsmark:
837, 200. 7¢
933, 917.9.
866, 496. &
711,713. 0-584,
 929. C
144, 502. 40
751,282. &
937, 122, 6c
972,435. 6
781, 406. 7
868, 900. &
2, 237, 263. Oc
3.032 208. 11

8199, 333. 52
222, 361. 42
206, 308.77
169, 455. 48
139, 268. 83
105, 833. 91
178, 876. 78
223,124. 4
231, 532.35
186, 050. 22
206, 881. 07
532, 681. 67
721, 975. 27

THE FREE PORT OF FLENSBURG, GERMANY
[From G. Bie Ravndal, American consul general in charge, Hamburg)

Brief history. —Flensburg, with a population according to census of
June, 1925, of 63,139, is the largest city of the Province of Schleswig.
The city is built around the shore of Flensburg Bay, and is a typical
“fiord city. It possesses an excellent harbor and before the war had
® larger merchant marine than any other German port on the Baltic.
. Before 1864, Flensburg was a Danish city and at that time special-“Zed
 in trade with Greenland. Since 1866 it has been under Prussian
tule,
After the World War the fate of Flensburg was determined by a
Plebescite held March 14, 1920, which gave a German majority and
hence the city remained German. It is the most northern port of
Germany, except for some ports in East Prussia. The new Danish-German
 boundary line runs through the middle of Flensburg Bay.
k lensburg is said to form the linguistic boundary between Danish
nd German.
Before the war, the establishment of a free port at Flensburg was
der gonsideration. As a result of the war, northern Schleswig,
Flensburg ’s hinterland, was ceded to Denmark, and thus this port’s
Mportance was materially decreased. In July, 1923, after two years’
York in preparing the free harbor, it was opened to traffic and it was
hopeq that through the establishment of an active free-port business
' make up in part for the loss of business occasioned through the
cession of northern Schleswig, Flensburg would regain its maritime
Mportance,
so cetion.—The free port in Flensburg is situated on the eastern
he of Flensburg ’s inner bay, and consists simply of a wharf for transay
 ent purposes, and contiguous areas for manufacturing purposes,
of which are not considered within the German customs area.
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