ROTTI 



Feijenoord, with important hnr- 

 b nirs on tin- left bank. 



Rotterdam is connected \\ith 

 by tin- Xieuwe Watei vvci:. 

 " '. which admits lar^e ve.-sels 

 from tin' l[ook of Holland, ami 

 has a hiriro transit trade. In 

 I'.IL'H tonnage entered amounted to 

 4. 1 1:?! 1 . :>.")!'. and tonnage cleared to 

 L'.SL'.'I. Itil. Imports include grain, 

 metals, coal, petroleum, tobacco. 

 colTee. and Dutch colonial produce 

 L'cncrally : about one-half of 

 Dutch industrial exports pass 

 through Rotterdam. Shipbuild- 

 ing with allied industries are of 

 primary importance, and there are 

 large manufactures of cigars, 

 spirits, chemicals, cocoa, and sugar. 

 The expansion of German overseas 

 trade since 1850 greatly increased 

 Rotterdam's transit trade, and 

 there are important steamship 

 lines running to the Dutch colonies, 

 America, and Africa. 



The Groote Kerk, or Church of 

 S. Lawrence, begun in 1412, a 

 large Gothic building, with un- 

 finished tower, 1449-1651 (210ft.), 

 stands near the centre of the Hoog- 

 straat, the chief street of the town. 

 The Boymans Museum has a not- 

 able collection of Dutch paintings, 

 and here also is the municipal 

 museum of antiquities. There is an 

 extensive zoological and botanical 



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Rotterdam. 



Plan of the central districts of the city, showing the principal 

 docks and basins 



garden, and the park lies to the 

 W. of the town. The Exchange, 

 1772, with modern additions, and 

 the Stadhuis or Town Hall, 1835, 

 are noteworthy, as also are monu- 

 ments to Erasmus and Hendrik 

 Tollens, the poet (1780-1856), both 

 natives of Rotterdam. 



The city received its first muni- 

 cipal rights about the middle of 

 the 14th century, but remained a 



place of minor importance until 

 the middle of the 19th century. 

 Pop. 506,000. See Netherlands. 



Rotti. Island of the Dutch E. 

 Indies, lying off the S.W. of Timor. 

 The people, chiefly Malays, produce 

 rice, tobacco, sugar, cotton, and 

 indigo, and are under native chiefs 

 supervised by the Dutch resident at 

 Baa. There are copra plantations. 

 Area, 653 sq. m. Pop. 70,000. 



Rotterdam, Holland. 1. The Delft Gate, the old north gate of the city, built in 1766. 2. A characteristic city canal. 

 3. The Witte Huis, a 10-storeyed apartment house, built 1897-98. 4. The Schie canal, in the outskirts o! the city 



