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in terest till w ithin the last few y ears.
K now ing
spéculants, ap p reciatin g the solidity o f the foun dation
m ade a good business by p u rch asin g them a t th is
low rate ; and som e o f the prin cip al m ercantile
houses in C openhagen founded th eir fo rtun es in th is
speculation.
T hese s h a r e s , a t one tim e offered a t
10 r b d ., o r even less, are now w o rth 160 rbd.,
an d have been as high as 180 rbd.
T he an nual
dividend paid on them by th e B ank h as h ith erto
been 6 to 7 p e r cent.
M ø n t e n The M in t
,
is in N vhavn. S team
•
m ach inery o f 14 h o rse-p ow er is em ployed in the
v ario u s operations o f coining.
Nicolay-Taarn.
T h e C hurch o f St. N icholas,
one o f the oldest churches in th e city, h av in g been
alm ost destroyed in the fire of 1795, it w as de
term ined by C hristian V II. th a t it should not be
re-b u ilt, b u t th a t the tow er, w hich rem ained, should
be form ed into a
Watch-Tower.
A w atchm an
resides in the tow e r; (in w hich is a reserv o ir o f
w ater), to give the alarm on the ap pearance of fire,
an d the low er p a rt o f the building contains p a rt o f
the C ity’s fire-ap p aratu s.
T h e alarm o f fire will astonish a stran g er, for
it sp read s consternation even am ong those so m uch