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the housing problem.
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(arbetsstuga), kindergartens, libraries, and so forth are housed in the buildings;
and "vacation colonies" are organized to receive the children of the lodgers in
summer time.
In the houses of the Company there were living in 1912 1 359 persons. The
rents for one room and a kitchen range between 180 and 318 kronor. Although
a large part of the lodgers are amongst the poorest of the poor, the rents have
almost invariably been paid, and the shareholders have received the maximum
dividend to which they are entitled, namely 4 %.
Amongst other philanthropic enterprises should be noted the Vanadislunden,
Holmia, Fridhem and Manhem companies the two last of which are not limited as
to the amount of the dividend and have obtained no privileges from the
commune. The large five-storey houses belonging to "Manhem" accommodate about
3 000 persons.
Houses for Workmen, erected by the’J’Robert Dickson Fund", Gothenburg.
Among enterprises of later date should be noted The foundation Gowenii
Minne and B. A. Danelii Donationsfond. The former charitable institution,
formed in memory of W. G. Gowenius, who bequeathed 1 million kronor
towards its endowment in 1906, has hitherto erected two large
dwelling-houses, accommodating 814 persons, and there are funds for one more such
building. It is principally indigent persons belonging to the working classes,
especially widows with children, that are provided with cheap dwellings through
the medium of this institution.
The Danelii Donation Fund, which was founded in 1909, has a capital of
2 million kronor; the chief object to which that fund is applied is to provide
cheap dwellings for women workers. The intention is that, when the interest
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