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der the title of Urbano Arnoldt & Comp. This was confirmed with a patent
(Privilege) that the Empress issued on 1 October 1750 (Kobler 1896, 87–9).
Urbano Arnoldt & Comp. was granted the right to:
… in Trieste start a trading company on land and sea with the follow-
ing rights: that they can only establish and maintain for 25 years the
production of sugar in the Austrian Hereditary Lands; with an ex-
emption from paying customs duties, road tolls, and other taxes on
the import of the materials necessary for the construction of build-
ings and warehouses, as well as the raw materials for the work of the
refinery. Administration and refinery employees are exempt from all
public obligations such as the obligation of keeping-watch, military
service, public services, and labour (robotte). The Company is allowed
the free import of raw sugar from foreign countries into Trieste and
Rijeka, and only has an obligation of paying consumption tax for re-
fined sugar that it delivers to the interior.
The monopoly in the production and sale of sugar in the Austrian
Hereditary Lands included a wide area from the Adriatic to Central
Europe: Upper and Lower Austria, Styria, Carniola, Carinthia, the
Province of Gorizia, Tyrol, Istria, and Trieste (Kobler 1896, 87–9).14
A notable sum, 226,000 forints, was allocated for the construction of
the refineries, warehouses, and residential houses, and the same amount
for the building of three ships. The Rijeka plants were built in three loca-
tions outside the city area, at Brajda, Brajda-Smrekari, and Ponsal (Majer
and Puhmajer 2008). The administration building with its surrounding
smaller buildings – workshops, mill, warehouses, and auxiliary buildings
– was constructed right near the Lazaretto of St Charles (built 1728), and
at the time of the greatest production it also occasionally used the ware-
houses of the Lazaretto. Although the Lazaretto had its own enclosed
harbour, mandracchio, in front of the administration building, there was
a manmade shoreline and quay for the mooring of boats. Two smaller
complexes were also constructed. Near the main complex, in the area of
Brajda-Smrekari, another refinery with surrounding buildings was also
built. The progress of the construction of the Company’s plants is also
witnessed by the fact that a third complex at Ponsal with a refinery and
14 ÖStA, FH, vol. 103. Point 13 of the Privilege set out that 2,000 shares of 1,000 for-
ints each were assembled. On 20 October 1750, the Vienna Banking Commission
(Wiener Banco Kommission) registered its entry into the Company with 144 shares,
and a readiness to deliver money to the director Arnoldt.
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der the title of Urbano Arnoldt & Comp. This was confirmed with a patent
(Privilege) that the Empress issued on 1 October 1750 (Kobler 1896, 87–9).
Urbano Arnoldt & Comp. was granted the right to:
… in Trieste start a trading company on land and sea with the follow-
ing rights: that they can only establish and maintain for 25 years the
production of sugar in the Austrian Hereditary Lands; with an ex-
emption from paying customs duties, road tolls, and other taxes on
the import of the materials necessary for the construction of build-
ings and warehouses, as well as the raw materials for the work of the
refinery. Administration and refinery employees are exempt from all
public obligations such as the obligation of keeping-watch, military
service, public services, and labour (robotte). The Company is allowed
the free import of raw sugar from foreign countries into Trieste and
Rijeka, and only has an obligation of paying consumption tax for re-
fined sugar that it delivers to the interior.
The monopoly in the production and sale of sugar in the Austrian
Hereditary Lands included a wide area from the Adriatic to Central
Europe: Upper and Lower Austria, Styria, Carniola, Carinthia, the
Province of Gorizia, Tyrol, Istria, and Trieste (Kobler 1896, 87–9).14
A notable sum, 226,000 forints, was allocated for the construction of
the refineries, warehouses, and residential houses, and the same amount
for the building of three ships. The Rijeka plants were built in three loca-
tions outside the city area, at Brajda, Brajda-Smrekari, and Ponsal (Majer
and Puhmajer 2008). The administration building with its surrounding
smaller buildings – workshops, mill, warehouses, and auxiliary buildings
– was constructed right near the Lazaretto of St Charles (built 1728), and
at the time of the greatest production it also occasionally used the ware-
houses of the Lazaretto. Although the Lazaretto had its own enclosed
harbour, mandracchio, in front of the administration building, there was
a manmade shoreline and quay for the mooring of boats. Two smaller
complexes were also constructed. Near the main complex, in the area of
Brajda-Smrekari, another refinery with surrounding buildings was also
built. The progress of the construction of the Company’s plants is also
witnessed by the fact that a third complex at Ponsal with a refinery and
14 ÖStA, FH, vol. 103. Point 13 of the Privilege set out that 2,000 shares of 1,000 for-
ints each were assembled. On 20 October 1750, the Vienna Banking Commission
(Wiener Banco Kommission) registered its entry into the Company with 144 shares,
and a readiness to deliver money to the director Arnoldt.
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