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TREASURY UNITS (Details)		12 Months Ended			113 Months Ended
TREASURY UNITS (Details)	Mar. 10, 2015 shares	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) $ / item shares	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) $ / item shares	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) $ / item shares	Aug. 20, 2007 shares
Treasury units		55,816			55,816
Period for repurchase of depository receipts	5 years
Depository receipts authorized to be repurchased	2,000,000					300,000
Number of depository receipts repurchased					1,364,757
Repurchase price of depository receipts (in dollars per receipt) \| $ / item					27.12
Units repurchased (in shares)		965	2,279	1,834
Total cost of repurchase \| $		$ 1,634,945	$ 3,429,953	$ 2,685,583	$ 40,231,000
General Partnership
Treasury units		559			559
Fixed distribution percentage of unit holders		1.00%
Number of depository receipts repurchased					162
Total cost of repurchase \| $		$ 16,181	$ 33,878	$ 26,363
Treasury Units
Units repurchased (in shares)		965	2,279	1,834
Class A
Fixed distribution percentage of unit holders		80.00%
Repurchase price of units (in dollars per unit) \| $ / item					813.60
Total cost of repurchase \| $		$ 1,311,328	$ 2,752,393	$ 2,158,332
Class B
Fixed distribution percentage of unit holders		19.00%
Number of depository receipts repurchased					3,068
Total cost of repurchase \| $		$ 307,436	$ 643,682	$ 500,888
Class A
Treasury units		44,652			44,652
Repurchase price of depository receipts (in dollars per receipt) \| $ / item		55.89	49.55
Repurchase price of units (in dollars per unit) \| $ / item		1,676.70	1,486.50
Class A \| Limited Partner
Total cost of repurchase \| $		$ 1,311,328	$ 2,752,393
Class B
Treasury units		10,605			10,605
Fixed distribution percentage of unit holders		19.00%
Class B \| Limited Partner
Total cost of repurchase \| $		$ 307,436	$ 643,682
Class B \| General Partnership
Repurchase price of units (in dollars per unit) \| $ / item					924.92
Treasury Units \| General Partnership
Units repurchased (in shares)		10	23
Treasury Units \| Class A \| Limited Partner
Number of depository receipts repurchased		23,159	54,682
Treasury Units \| Class B \| Limited Partner
Units repurchased (in shares)		183	433