§ Return ordered, "specifying the Ports on the Continent which are Free Ports, and giving the following information with respect to each of these Ports:
- (1) Area of the Free Port.
- (2) Whether the Free Port is portion of a larger Port area.
- (3) Entries and Clearances of Foreign-going Shipping during the past ten years (a) in the Country to which the Free Ports belongs; and (b) in the Port of which the Free Port forms a part.
- (4) Whether there is any and, if so, what taxation of goods loaded or discharged in the Free Port.
- (5) What are the arrangements for the collection of Import and Export Duties on goods passing between the Free Port and the General Customs jurisdiction of the Country.
- (6) Nature of inspection under which loading or discharge is carried on in the Free Port.
- (7) Classes of Trade (transit or otherwise) for which the Free Port is mainly used."—(Mr. Charles McArthur.)