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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