Excerpt from Proceedings of the Special Committee on Bill (E2) To Enable the Establishment, Etc., Of Free Foreign Trade ZonesIt was my first visit to Hamburg in twenty years. I had gone then originally in 1888, and this was 1908. I found that the free port of Hamburg in the twenty years intervening between my two visits, had twice been extended I found that the population of the city of Hamburg had increased from to Its population now is I found also that the free port part of the harbour of Hamburg had drawn to Hamburg, and was openly giver credit for so doing, an enormous increase in the port's business.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.