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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 459 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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AMSTERDAM
AMSTERDAM (NEw AMSTERDAM)

AMSTERDAM , a See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

GUIANA (Guyana, Guayana')

Guiana, situated in 6° 20' N. and S9° 15' W. on the See also:

east See also:

BANK

bank of the Berbice See also:

RIVER

river, about 4 M. from the mouth. Formerly the See also:

capital of the See also:

COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony of Berbice, it is now the capital of the See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county of that name. It is a picturesque little town composed almost entirely of wooden houses, having a See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population estimated in 1904 at 7459. The Colony See also:

House, See also:

STANDING

standing in handsome grounds beside the small but See also:

PRETTY

pretty botanical gardens, was formerly the See also:

RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of the See also:

GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor and the seat of the legislature, and now contains the See also:

TREASURY

treasury and supreme courts. The town is lighted by municipally owned electric See also:

WORKS

works, and contains various See also:

government institutions, a town See also:

hall and See also:

MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market. The See also:

LOCAL

local government is vested in a See also:

mayor and town See also:

COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council, the See also:

revenue (a little over £12,000 annually) being mainly raised by a See also:

DIRECT

direct See also:

RATE

rate on house See also:

PROPERTY

property. The See also:

EXPENDITURE

expenditure is principally on streets, See also:

street See also:

LIGHTING

lighting, See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire See also:

BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

brigade, See also:

WATER

water See also:

SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply and drainage. New Amster-See also:

DAM

dam is connected by See also:

ferry and See also:

RAIL

rail with See also:

GEORGETOWN

Georgetown, to which there is also a bi-weekly steamer service.

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