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in terest till w ithin the last few y ears. K now ing spéculants, ap p reciatin g the solidity o f the foun dation m ade a good business by p u rch asin g them a t th is low rate ; and som e o f the prin cip al m ercantile houses in C openhagen founded th eir fo rtun es in th is speculation. T hese s h a r e s , a t one tim e offered a t 10 r b d ., o r even less, are now w o rth 160 rbd., an d have been as high as 180 rbd. T he an nual dividend paid on them by th e B ank h as h ith erto been 6 to 7 p e r cent. M ø n t e n The M in t , is in N vhavn. S team • m ach inery o f 14 h o rse-p ow er is em ployed in the v ario u s operations o f coining. Nicolay-Taarn. T h e C hurch o f St. N icholas, one o f the oldest churches in th e city, h av in g been alm ost destroyed in the fire of 1795, it w as de­ term ined by C hristian V II. th a t it should not be re-b u ilt, b u t th a t the tow er, w hich rem ained, should be form ed into a Watch-Tower. A w atchm an resides in the tow e r; (in w hich is a reserv o ir o f w ater), to give the alarm on the ap pearance of fire, an d the low er p a rt o f the building contains p a rt o f the C ity’s fire-ap p aratu s. T h e alarm o f fire will astonish a stran g er, for it sp read s consternation even am ong those so m uch