SULINA  , a

town in Rumania, at the mouth of the Sulina branch of the Danube . Pop . (1900), 5611 . Sulina is the only free port on the Danube, and is much used for the transhipment into sea-going vessels of grain which is brought down the river in large lighters from Rumania, Russia, Bulgaria, Servia and Austria-Hungary . No agricultural produce is grown in its neighbour-hood, owing to the reed-covered swamps with which it is surrounded . Sulina is the headquarters of the technical department of the European Commission of the Danube (q.v.) . Large steamers navigate up to Galatz and Braila . In 1901, 1411 steamers and sailing craft aggregating 1,83o,00o tons register cleared from Sulina for European ports carrying, besides other merchandise, nearly 13,00o,000 quarters of grain . Owing to the improvements effected by the European Commission, there is a depth of 24 ft. of water on the bar, and of 18 to 22 ft. in the fairway . A lighthouse overlooks the estuary . The town contains the only English church in Rumania .