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The Merchants
form a
Company
o f them
selves, w hich is represented by a Comm ittee of 12
m em bers, w hose d uty it is to attend to the interests
o f Comm erce, an d alth o u g h it possesses no official
p o w e r, y e t its opinion and advice in comm ercial
affairs is n o t u n freq u e n tly so u g h t by the governm ent.
A Mercantile Association,
b u t of a m ore p riv ate
natu re, also exists am ong the M erchants and holds
its m eetings in a room a t the E xchange.
The
R e ta il Dealers
form different C orporations ac
cording to th eir different tra d e s, the m em bers o f
w hich are lim ited to dealing in the specified articles
o f th eir respective lin e ; b u t it is pro b ab le th at
these lim itations will ere long be abolished.
The Manufactures
o f C openhagen have also
m ad e considerable ad v an cem en t, an d m any articles
o f trad e w hich form erly could only be obtained
from a b ro ad are now m an u factu red at hom e. T his
is supp osed to be ow ing in som e m easure to the
fore-m en tio n ed P olytechnic S c h o o l, the In d u strial
A sso ciatio n , and the Scientific Institutions, and also
to the
Reiersenske F u n d ,
w h ic h , by its v a st
re so u rc e s, su p porting in du strial and m anufacturing
u n d e rta k in g s, allow ing stipends to artisans desirous
o f trav elling for im provem ent, &c., & c ., h a s in a