| FIRST                REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST OF NEW JERSEY   |
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| (Exact                name of registrant as specified in charter) |

| New                  Jersey                                    | 000-25043                                | 22-1697095                                                         |
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| (State                  or other jurisdiction ofincorporation) | (CommissionFile                  Number) | (IRS                  EmployerIdentification                  No.) |

|  505                  Main Street, Hackensack, New                  Jersey | 07601                       |
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| (Address                  of principal executive offices)                       | (Zip                  Code) |

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| (Former                name or former address, if changed since last                report) |

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|   | Item                9.01.                   | Financial                Statements                and Exhibits.                                                                                                                       |
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|   |                     (d) | Exhibits:                                                                                                                                                                              |
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|   | Exhibit                                     |                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|   | Number                                      | Description                                                                                                                                                                            |
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|   | 3.1                                         | Amended                  and Restated Declaration of Trust, as further amended on January                  21, 2004,                  May 15, 2007 and March 4,                  2008. |

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|   | FIRST                  REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTTRUST                  OF NEW JERSEY |                                          |
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|   |  (Registrant)                                                                |                                          |
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|   | By:                                                                               |  /s/                  Robert S. Hekemian |   |
|   |                                                                              | Robert                  S. Hekemian           |   |
|   |                                                                              | Chairman                  of the Board        |   |

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| Exhibit |                                                                                                                                                                                           |
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| Number  | Description                                                                                                                                                                                    |
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| 3.1     | Amended                    and Restated Declaration of Trust, as further amended on January                    21, 2004,                    May 15, 2007 and March 4,                    2008. |