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longing to the community and let to various corporations; total 
area, 21,950 square meters (26,252 square yards). 
(d) A number of sheds belonging to private parties but situated 
on ground belonging to the community; total area, 20,277 square 
meters (24,251 square yards). 
(e) Sheds and warehouses belonging, with the lots they cover, to 
private parties. The total area of these is 31,812 square meters 
(38,047 square yards). They include, among others— 
The warehouses of the Society for the Managing of Grounds and 
Buildings along the Wilhelmina Quay, which are let to the Vriesse- 
veem Warehouse Company. There are three warehouses under one 
roof, named “ New-York,” “ Baltimore,” and “ Chicago.” Each 
Warehouse has a basement and two floors. The area covered is 2,250 
square meters (2,691 square yards). 
The warehouses of the Blaauwhocdenveem Warehouse Company, 
situated between the Wilhelmina Quay and the Rhine Harbor on the 
north side. These warehouses are three in number, constructed of 
brick, and named “Handel” (Commerce), “ Scheepvaart ” (Naviga 
tion), and “ Nyverheid ” (Industry), and have each three floors, 
besides the basements. The area covered by the ground floors is 4,264 
square meters (5,100 square yards). 
The brick warehouses of the warehouse company “ Pakhuismees- 
teren ” (warehouse masters), also situated between the Wilhelmina 
Quay and the Rhine Harbor. There are four warehouses denomi 
nated respectively “ Java,” “ Sumatra,” “ Borneo,” and “ Celebes,” 
each with three floors and a basement, covering an area of 3,818 
square meters (4,566 square yards). 
The brick warehouses of the warehouse company “ Leydsche- 
veem,” built in line with the warehouses described under a, &, and c. 
These have, besides a basement, two stories each. They consist of 
three buildings called “De Ruy ter,” “Johan de With,” and 
‘ Tromp,” and cover an area of 2,020 square meters (2,416 square 
yards). 
u The warehouse “ De Molukken,” of the warehouse company 
‘Vriesseveem,” is situated on the east'side of the Rhine Harbor. It 
has five floors besides the basement. The area covered is 2,624 square 
meters (3,138 square yards). 
Sheds also belonging to the “ Vriesseveem ” company, in area 
*>490 square meters (2,978 square yards). 
The warehouses of the warehouse company “ Handelsveem ” are 
built of brick and of “ armed beton.” The brick building has two, the 
beton building three floors. The area covered by the two buildings 
ls 3,146 square meters (3,763 square yards). 
. The warehouse of the warehouse company “ Nederlandscheveem,” 
Situated along the Rhine Harbor; it is built exactly like the brick 
firehouse of the Vriesseveem company. The area covered is 1,950 
square meters (2,332 square yards). 
. A brick warehouse on the south side of the Rhine Harbor, belong 
ing to the Blaauwhoedenveem and called “ Santos,” consisting of six 
floors; area, 1,140 square meters (1,364 square vards). 
The iron sheds of the Holland-American Cotton Oil Company, 
Irving principally for the storage of cotton seed ; they cover an area 
of 4,000 square meters (4,784 square yards).