CopenhagenAndItsEnvirons

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situ ate in the N. E. p a rt o f the

tow n, w as b u ilt by C hristian IV . as dwellings for

the m en in the reg u lar em ploy o f the N a v y , both

afloat and in the D ock-yard s, and for som e of the

N aval officers.

T h ese sm all dw ellings o f uniform

size, covering 33 streets in stra ig h t lin e s , form , as

it w ere, a sm all tow n of them selves.

T he n um ber

o f m en in reg ular em ploy is 18 26, o f w hich 1773

occupy these habitation s.

T ill w ith in the last few

y ears these m en c om p o sed , in a m anner, a distinct

c la ss, w ho for a long series o f y e ars w ere bound

to the N aval S erv ice, and so received p rovisions,

w ages, and lodging for a trifling paym ent.

In th is

resp ect an im p o rtan t change h a s now taken place,

as th e m en are only obliged to serve for a few

y e a rs, a t the ex piration o f w hich term they can, if

th ey w ish, retire from the service.

The Naval Wharves j Magazines

, and

Workshops

are p a rtly on

Gammelholm,

the en

tran ce to w hich is from H olm s C anal, (but w hence

th ey w ill p ro b ab ly ere long be re m o v e d , the

G o vernm ent h av in g alread y offered the G am m elholm

fo r sale as building ground), and p a rtly on

Nyholm,

form ed by six sm all islands, opposite th e T oldbod,

w ith w hich it is connected by a bridge.

H ere a re

all the w ork shop s n ecessary for the building and

eq u ipm ent o f ships, tack le-m agazines, tim b e r-y a rd s,