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Administration.—The commercial organization of the port is
exercised by the Magazzini Generali under whose independent administration
 all loading, unloading, and warehousing operations are effected.
The concern begins its functions from the moment the goods are
lifted out of the vessel’s hold or the railroad truck until delivery or
forwarding by rail or sea respectively, including insurance of the
goods stored awaiting disposal. The maritime control is exercised
by the harbor master’s office, and the railroad movements are controlled
 jointly by the Magazzini Generali and the State railroads.
Operations in Trieste consist entirely of direct loading and unloading
alongside the quays and piers to the exclusion of lighterage excepting
& few transshipment parcels and coal lighterage for bunkering purposes.
 The bonded warehouses are managed by a board representing
the Government, the municipality, the chambers of commerce of
Trieste, Udine, and Pola, the railroads, the office of public works, the
Shipowners’ Federation, the committee of Trieste forwarding agents,
and the Harbor Workers’ Association. They are controlled and
operated by various departments dealing with the import and export
sections of the traffic, and with the rail and sea communication
respectively. The main section deals with the technical management,
construction and repair work, the latter being carried out by the office
of public works under surveillance of the Magazzini Generali, the
harbor office, and the railroad administration. The guarding of the
vast plant is carried out by 500 private guards, and by a large number
of customs officers and police executives. Customs and police guards
are paid by the Government but a special tariff comprised in the handling
 charges provides for the cost of such surveillance.’
The administrative staff comprises’ 142 persons, 905 laborers and
foremen, 357 of which are employed by the construction and mechanical
 section.
The annual cost of the administration amounts to approximately
31,000.000 lire ($1.550.000), which is covered as follows:

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21. 000. 000

Equivalent
in United
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AIITeney

$250, 000
25, 000
25, 000
295, 000
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1, 660, 000