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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  Vriesseveem
  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  ”  (Navigation), ­
  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  “  Pakhuismeesteren
  ”  (warehouse  masters),  also  situated  between  the  Wilhelmina
Quay  and  the  Rhine  Harbor.  There  are  four  warehouses  denominated ­
  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  “  Leydscheveem,”
  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,  belonging ­
  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).