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of Copenhagen is indicated by the fact that the tonnage of ships using the free harbor increased from 260,096 tons in 1895 to 1,801,299 tons in 1913. Before the war the total amount of tonnage entering the Port of Copenhagen was larger than that of any American port with the exception of New York. In recent years the Free Port has been greatly improved and extended and at the present time is one of the best equipped in Europe. The harbor has extensive ware- houses, grain elevators, coaling depots with electric cranes, large shipyards with dry-docks and practically every modern facility for the handling and transhipment of goods. It is expected that with the development of the commerce of the new Baltic countries in addition to the general expansion of the trade of Northern Europe, Copenhagen will hold an even more important position than it has held in the past. To meet this anticipated traffic, both the old harbor and the Free Port are being greatly enlarged and improved. Copenhagen holds a position of unique importance as com- pared with other capitals of the world. The city itself has Danish countryside 23