Aperture library still huge...

I've asked this question before and had a few good responses but would still like to get a definitive answer. I have an Aperture library of around 40,000 images which are all referenced on external drives but the library is still 35gb and this is after I selected all the images and deleted the previews. So I'd love to know what this 35gb's of data consists of (thumbnails, adjustments?) and whether I can reduce it drastically?
Thanks in advance.

Let me be quick to point out that I am using Aperture 3 (3.1.1), and with A3 there was completely new structure to the Library and to the Package from that of A2. In the newer structure, the Masters are contained in a single folder within the Package (has sub-folders), and Previews and Thumbnails are each in their own named folder.
Are you using A3?
I am using a Managed Library, but that Library is contained on a separate hard drive, and no part of the Aperture Library is in my Pictures folder.
Ernie

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