Biennial report of the Board of State Harbor Commissioners for .. . VIEW OF AREA BETWEEN SHEDS A AND B, PIER 4!, WITH TELEGRAPH HILL IN BACKGROUND-UNLOADING SCRAP IRON FOR TRANSSHIPMENT. GENERAL VIEW OF PIER 45, PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO. PROPOSED LOCATION FOR FOREIGN TRADE ZONE REPORT OF BOARD OF STATE HARBOR COMMISSIONERS PROPOSED FOREIGN TRADE ZONE To persons concerned with ocean commerce and thingsmaritime, the story of free ports as they existed in Europeas early as the fifteenth century is interesting reading. Now that the fundamentals of this time-honoreddevice in foreign trade have appeare
Biennial report of the Board of State Harbor Commissioners for .. . VIEW OF AREA BETWEEN SHEDS A AND B, PIER 4!, WITH TELEGRAPH HILL IN BACKGROUND-UNLOADING SCRAP IRON FOR TRANSSHIPMENT. GENERAL VIEW OF PIER 45, PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO. PROPOSED LOCATION FOR FOREIGN TRADE ZONE REPORT OF BOARD OF STATE HARBOR COMMISSIONERS PROPOSED FOREIGN TRADE ZONE To persons concerned with ocean commerce and thingsmaritime, the story of free ports as they existed in Europeas early as the fifteenth century is interesting reading. Now that the fundamentals of this time-honoreddevice in foreign trade have appeared on the Americanscene and the nations first foreign trade zones establishedin New York and Mobile, and a similar zone proposed forthe Port of San Francisco, it may have been that theMiddle Ages actually were setting the stage for moderntimes. The application of the Board of State Harbor Com-missioners for a Foreign Trade Zone is still before theForeign Trade Zones Board, Washington, D. C. The application proposes that Pier 45 be utilized forthis purpose, it being the largest on the San Franciscowaterfront and considered one of the best piers on thePacific Coast. The Harbor Board
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