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Encyclopedia Britannica



NEW AMSTERDAM

This article appears in Volume V19, Page 459 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: NAN-NEW
NEW AMSTERDAM , a town of British Guiana, situated in 6 20' N. and S9 15' W. on the
east
  bank of the Berbice river, about 4 M. from the mouth. Formerly the
capital
  of the colony of Berbice, it is now the
capital
  of the county of that name. It is a picturesque little town composed almost entirely of wooden houses, having a population estimated in 1904 at 7459. The Colony
House
 ,
standing
  in handsome grounds beside the small but pretty botanical gardens, was formerly the residence of the
governor
  and the seat of the legislature, and now contains the treasury and supreme courts. The town is lighted by municipally owned electric works, and contains various government institutions, a town
hall
  and market. The local government is vested in a mayor and town council, the revenue (a little over 12,000 annually) being mainly raised by a direct rate on
house
  property. The expenditure is principally on streets, street lighting, fire brigade, water
supply
  and drainage. New Amster-dam is connected by ferry and rail with Georgetown, to which there is also a bi-weekly steamer service.


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