The Straits Times, 18 June 1870

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    16 1 The Straits Times. VOL. XXVI. PUBLISHED EVERY SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JUNE 18m, 1870. SATURDAY EVENING No. 1,297
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    DEATHS.
    28 1 IM at Manila, Alu-rt. the Mr. P. W. R. I).- Boon, of 1 1 year and 7 month*. June, at Manila, Adelaide, the I Mr. Win. Woodford.
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    STRAITS TIMES
    35 1 HTntn.tY, .lUXEIK, 1870. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS. Singafobs, Jrxi: IBra 1870. 3 15 „8.20 II 90 ,3.171 30i ,',137 2.87J „2.424 ..1..-.0 1.821 „2.021 I 178 n London months sight, 4/tf| I 7! 4/7|
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    FORTNIGHT'S SUMMARY.
    1042 1 FORTNIGHT'S SU MM AR Y. p ssengen by the last iail was Mr. J. W. \Y. Biroh, Colonial Secretary of the Settlements, who immediately 'I the duties of his office. Capwho lias been Acting Co- I'tary since the dead of Macpherson, lias returned to Lieutenani Governor of i Mr. .1.
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    THE COLONIAL OFFICE AND CROWN COLONIES.
    742 1 li has been customary, for many years past, for Colonists to look upon the Co|i >n ia l Office as little letter than an establishment where the business relating to the various Crown Colonies is disposed of according' to rule, with little or no
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    WAM-WHAY LOTTERIES.
    627 1 Tiik Wah-whay lotteries that are carried on so extensively in Singapore just now, are about the most objectionable species of gambling in which the Chinese indulge, inasmuch as their influence is felt in almost every household. Although we have always advocated a gambling farm, vet even were such
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    530 1 Rki'okt of Proceedings of the Legislative Council, held in Singapore on the 14th June, 1870. I'ItKSKNT. His Excellency the Governor. His Honor the Chief Justice. TheHon'bkthe Often Oesaif. 11. ICs. Troops. Colonial Secretary. Acting Attorney-* Jeiieral. Treasurer. Auditor-General w. H. Bead. V. s. Brown. Thomas Scott. W. Ramsay
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    3551 1 Singapore, SBfl May, 1870. Present: His BxonLLSacr the Governor. His Honor The Chief Justice. The Hou. The Officer Conidg. H. M."b Troops. The Hon. The Acting Colonial Secretary. The Hon. The Acting Attorney-General. The Hon. The Treason r. The Hon. The Acting Auditor-General. The Hon. W. H. Read.
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      238 1 THE STB UTS Tl.MKS. UllKl.V KhlTluS. W Per Ann,,,,: ■I ,1!' Yearly 8 13 Quarterly BTIB1 Ml t i- i. -lit I nia'l<> known 1 into f'>r long period* I subscriptions will be 1 Iffioe; also in I '"KNHII.!.. I Street, <-ii y in I I !o. 9] ify in
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    617 2 Simjapore, Ixt Jtmr. IM7<>. PRESENT His Excellkncy nu GovaaJKMV Hi- Honor tbe Chief Justice. The Hon. The Officer Conidg. H. H's. Troops. Tbe Hon. The Acting Colonial Secretary. The Hon. Tbe Acting Attorney-General. The Hon. The Tres surer. The Hon. Tbe Acting Auditor-General. Tl Hon. \v. H. Bead.
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    2649 2 SMtSSJMrS, M Jimr. I^7i'. PrESK.VT: His K\> 1 1.1.XX, y ihk Qovaaaoa, His Honor The Chief Justice. The Hon'lilc The Colonial Secretary. The Ho,fl,lc The Acting Attorney-GeneraL The Ho.rile The Treasurer. The ii.. ni.!,. The Acting Auditor-QeaeraL The Bundle W. H. Head. The Honl.le F. S Brown. The
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    JAVA ITEMS.
    1136 2 Tin: Chief' of the Marine Department in Netherlands India makes known to those whom it may concern that by the Ist Oct. 1870, the red dioptric floating light to the South of the Great Lac Lai reef (Macassar) will be extinguished, and be replaced l>v a dioptric harbour
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    CHINA.
    226 2 Tiik following is the China news" hand per steamer Emeu BOHOKOO. Boom ÜBnortant newt, v inutcati the aggressive attitude Bumming towarda China, has rvkin. 1']....! the pret< require protecting, rtussi t,-.'.,,, to Urn, md 'i, doubt .-Mt.Ttai 1 thai thin further encroachment on China. The present aspect of in.
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    129 3 Mahwh.ia Cocoa Jbr JhviAfiut. Various importers and Mirers havo attempted to attain a reputation for th.ir prepared 0 .as. 1,,,t we doubt whether any thorough aaceem baa i ■•■•n achieved until Messrs. Taylor Broiaoovered the extraordinary .(iialiti.-.l tfaraviOa' Cocoa. Adapting th< teni of preparation t.. thi> Bi nil speoies „f
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  • SINGAPORE SHIPPING.
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      341 3 Sunday, 12th Jim. British wiiip Oaderwriter, I.J^I toaa, Wajonn, New Johore 9th June. Fi Van b l>ii^' St. Anne, 887 toaa, lUlenao, Cardiff 24th Jaaaaiy. Biitish barqae Ali«'ia. 262 tons, Brunton, Gr«ja< NatunaSth Jaae M. I. Hteamo.r FVaao, 2,000 t aw, Kelison, Maraeillea ISth Mar. H. I. M. ateaaMr
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      Departures.
      184 3 Monday, 13th Jim--. British ship Underwriter, Waymaun. lor Boaabaj. British barqae Martal>au, Haatparies, f'>r Bwatww. British ■Baooaer Ooaiaa Colony. Nacodah, for Patani. I)uu-h brig Bayaag Hasahore, Baeoaah, lor Bhitt DuU-h ■ehooaer Fataool Mazua, Nacoduh, for Poatiaaak. laaaiay, luh Jaaw. Danish barqae Catharine, Oenteabeig, for S« British acbooser Borneo, Le
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    SHIPPING IN THE HARBOUR.
    828 3 Chit's Nam.is. am« Ki... Tomb. MIH-OF-WAB learaa Lord ft AlnriJM Grey 11. M r E. H. Fivdrioh Pitner 1260 BTfiAMSBS. Baiabow Bradbi rj B I Mohr Pearoe b tU-amer 10 Enterprise D'Alaaeida B itialt si 52 ."< Chow Pkya .On. .n Siami I*>" Kat.' Bojen FairSiaaapon
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    VESSELS IN DOCK OR LYING AT WHARVES.
    44 3 1 Tanjonj; Pajjar Wharf. 2 Victoria Iv.ok. *> Jardine, Mathesi .n and Company's Wharf. 3 P. &O. Wharf 7 Bon Accord Dock 4 Borneo Company's Wharf 8 Government Wharf 6 Patent Slip aad Dock Company 9 At Johore.
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      598 3 "Anvr.RTish.M: Berkeley. Bept LBBB.- Qeathnaea, I feel it a duty I owe to y,,n to express niv "rati. tude f.,r the gr.at boneit I havo derived liy taking ■Norton's Camomile V\)W applied to yo,,r Bgeat, Mr. 8011. Berkeley, for bove-aamed I'ills. for wind in the stomach, from which I suffered
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      760 3 0. \I. HOLBOH I COMPANY SII.K. W ,|,KX, AMi MaWQ— HI vi D VIAI. AMI Foaj i A..- is. 51 I BT. I'MI/SCIIIKCHYARD, LONDON. hlTm the attention of Oilioors of the Militarj and Civil Rervice, and of Families proceeding toornaidiag in India and China, to the fact thai they hare
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      72 3 iHisfrrllanrottsp. ALL WHO SI'FFER FROM INDIGESTION. SHOULD USB NORTON'S CAMOMILE TILLS. Sold everywhere. Bottle Is. 1 ill.. Us. !>,!.. and Us. Singapore, J'Jth April 1870. [M i.) MO. 1. HUVANT k MAY, LO«9OS, 1 LUCIFBB MATCJ'KS BRYANT AND MAI S Victoria Maiobtbb, Wrmour s.mki.i. Warranted for all Cnaiatea, i Are
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      85 3 intim<itiono. FOR SALE. Bouehe's Champagne in quarts and pints 811 per du/.-n. do. Ver/.enay )in ouarts") do. Sillery and pints j Sll do Also, Gammar and Newmans Harness and Sadi»i.i:iiv. Double Hois, Harn.s- K,O. Single do 832 f <lv. Pom HariK-ss S-JO. BaaaVw with furniture 88, si" and |12 WM.
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      67 3 liitimntionsf. FOI! BAI Ex Bnaiu." Messrs. Lagki.oi/k's Paris Bxfaibition Priie Medal Bordeara Claret, in cas! barrab, and 1 doa, cases; prio derate. H. WI I/lON ft CO Siugapf.re. 10th May. l^Tn. NOTICH. Thk largest Boyal Bengal Tim eaaght in the Straits Setuementa,— -also, fin.- specimen! ..f the Tapir, Wild Boar,
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    723 4 lirins, lims bei d declar- iner to have been entirely thing like snapicion by the ud n ia generally thought i is diwippeared, oommitQ rmanmemberaofthc l, are a|xm( to erecj a one new ;i ling, which will contain a concert ma and will be very It «ill I-- situated on
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    News of the Week.
    19 4 I M() N T DAY, I;;,,, JUNE. Britwh steamer 1n,,-, Capt. Snmaranif Uth inst, arming.
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    17 4 Tiik British steamer Singapore, Capt Sampson, from Penang 9th, and Malacca 12th bet, arrived here this morning.
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    15 4 Tin; Colonial steamer Peiko, Capt. Pox, from Horsburgh Kgfat-bouse yesterday morning, arrived here yeaterdaj afternoon.
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    20 4 H I. M. steamer Lineie, Capt. Lerrat, from MarseiUes, Aden, and (ialle, en route to Saigon, arrived hen- resterterday afternoon.
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    37 4 Tin; British steamer Bangkok, ('apt. Ilatlcnden, from Bangkok Mh inst,arrived lure this morning, Paa« asw» -Mr. Boaddea, ■errant, and J followers. Goolam M I-: Haaa, Bsmail Bbrahim. Capt. Fox; I Boropeaa and 16 native deck paaarnm ra.
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    39 4 1 HI following is a synopsis of nieteorologieal observations for the month of June jUghM< mdlna "f HifDMif la tl.e atomtk SMta do do. ,i., reu>|>emture oiwenwl H« i rxiiifull in Mhown i.SSiu! T..tul nimfull aariag the mouth. m
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    84 4 'I iik Kxoiso Act now under consideration by the Legislative Council has section inserted with reference to the Toddy farm, that will, we trust put an end to the dit!oronoo between the Toddy farmers and the bakers, as the latter arc to be allowed to draw toddy from their own
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    285 4 Thi passage made by the M. I. steamer I'ii/m, which brought the present mail, is, we believe, the quickest on record, the mails having 1 cached this on the ~Mh day from .Marseilles, and the 30th day from London. The Petto had also to wait 2t hours at (ialle for
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    323 4 W'k glean the Following items from the Friemd o/' India of tho 2«Jth nit. There has been a kabtOt OSTJNM case in Ceylon. A Hoorish girl of fourteen years of Bge «as carried off by a < 'inghalese lover. A* ia the late Calcutta i-hm-. the girl turned out to
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    412 4 Tin: Piiimiy .tryiix has tho following paragraphs concerning 11. E. the Qovemor and the now Colonial Secretary Beferriag to the aasesssor of sir HerI iiinson, the Governor of Ceylon, the Ciijinn Okemar states i Amonir other rumours in connection with ii successor, that referring to the name of Sir Harry
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    TUESDAY, 14th JUNE.
    27 4 1 ii k British steamer Far Kael, ('apt. Jackson, from London sth March, via the Suez Canal, (ialle, and Penang, arrived here this aaoming.
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    18 4 Tin; British steamer Magdala, Capt Davidson, from Liverpool Srd May, via the Sue/ Canal, arrived here yesterday afternoon.
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    23 4 Tin; Dutch steamer BaroH Stud van Her Beeie, Capt. Schipper, from Batavia I Ith instant, via Ifintok and Uhio, arrived hero yesterday afternoon.
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    WEDNESDAY, 15th JUNE.
    61 4 IT is statod that the three convicts who were arrested some time since for counterfeiting, were brought before the Superintendent of Convicts yesterday and tried for the oH'oncc. but sentence has not yet been passed upon them. They being already uinlor^oino; imprisonment for life, no sentence a
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    THURSDAY, 16th JUNE.
    37 4 Wk are informed by 11. I. M. Consul hero that 11. I. M. steamer Liaoit, Capt. Lewall, will not wave tor Saigon until to-morrow morning at daylight, instead ot' yesterday afternoon, as previously reported.
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    39 4 Wi. learn that A. M. Aitkon, Esq., the present Acting At torney-( iciieral, will proceed home by the next mail, on private aliairs, and that EL C. Woods, Ks<j., will be appointed Acting Attorney General in Mr. Aitken'a steatl.
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    64 4 By the Siitri'iHt'ht, which arrived to-day, we have advices fi i Saigon to the 15 th instant. A private letter of that date says; M The great talk of the town during the past month has boon tho putting up of the British Consul's flauf here. The Italian man of
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    27 4 Tin: 1\ steamer Emm, Capt. I'errins, from Hongkong 9th inst., with tho homeward mail, arrived hero during last night, and proceeded to New Harbour early this morning.
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    73 4 UnOMfATKM was btOUghl to Head Inspector Ila\wanl, yesterday after- i i) that a Chinese woman living in a house of ill-repute in Xo.v Bridge l> ad had poisoned herself by taking ohandoo. Mr. Ilayward had her at OBCS removed to tho Station, whence she was despatched to the hospital, but
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    140 4 A CBnnsE ahopkeeper wont to tho D police station \csteiday and reported to the officer in charge that athalf]>ast o'clock yesterday a fterno m he wont to another Chinese in Sultan's Gate to demand a sum of money duo to him from one of the Wah-Wbay lotteries; he was asked
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    FRIDAY, 17eh JINK.
    31 4 FRIDAY, 17 eh JINK. The American steamer Sniriuiuilii, Captain Clark, (not the orUjf t mi9* potted hj/ us yesterday;, from Hoßg> kOBg 7th and Baigan loth inst., arrived here estarday afternoon.
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    40 4 The weather exerts a remarkable effect upon leadin^artielosin llon^konj,'. Tlio China Mail' t leader of the -ith iust. consists of exactly two lines, as follows: -"it is t<»> hot to write. Be- sides, there is absolutely nothing to write about."
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    82 4 IrtheMunidpaloffioersdonot quickly repair tho breach in the sea wall, opposits the Town Hall, they may have to reconstruct the entire fabric. A few days Bjgo, the break was a Very small one, 1 >u t the action of the tide is daily extending it, and washing sway the earth from
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    113 4 TliK following passengers take their departure by tin- steamer I-'uh-h, today From China. F»r S'liiHi'iiHjiioit. I'loni Shanghai Mrs. Hargreaves. t children, and N. F. servant. From bTongkong: Mrs. Woolan and child. Ifeesra. Stewart and Charles Hilton; Messrs. Hern 1 and Tait iP. AO. employee, /■'(l/- MarmSlm. -From Shanghai: Oapt. Lodge,
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    161 4 This morning, an accident, attended with loss of life, occurred in the <;odowns of Messrs. ftlteison, Simons ft Co., Collyer Quay. A number of Chinese coolies were work piling up some bales of piece iroods, and while endeavouring to stow a bale on the upper tier, by some means it
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    SATURDAY, 18th JUNE.
    20 4 Tiif. Colonial steamer Rmimtow, Capt. Bradbery, from Penang 15th and Malacca lMh instant, arrived here this morning.
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    17 4 Wnu regard to the paragraph in reeterday*i issue, blaming the Municipal oflicers for not repairing the sea
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    27 4 wall opposite the Town Hall, we have been informed that the wall in question is Government property, and therefore the Municipality have nothing to do with it.
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    74 4 As the arrival of the Europe mail On the ~lth ultimo, deprived most of the Mercantile Community of their holiday, and the last outward French mail arrived on a Sunday, compelling nearly every one to attend office, wo think one day might be set apart as a holiday, in compensation.
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    39 4 Wk extract the following from yesterday's (!<>ii>iiinit'iil Gazette The following Order of the Governor ia Council is published lor general inform ..ion. By His Excellency's Command, J. W. W. BIRCH, Colonial swarsiary. Colonial Secretary's Office, 16th June, 1870. j
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    309 4 At a Meeting of the Executive Council held in the Council Chaml>er at Biagaaore, on the 16th day of June, 1870. Present i HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR. The Hon. The Officer Ooatdf .H.M.'aTroopa. Tin- Hon. The OoaoaiaJ Secretary. The Hon. The Colonial Engineer. The following Order of the Governor ia
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    371 4 Mlt. Fknti m's CowCKBT at the Town Hall last evening under the patronage of 11. E. the Governor ami Lady Ord, was one (if the licst that liavc bean given hen tor aome time past. Owing to attnictioiis clsi-wlicri', tiie at tetidaiK-c was not quite so good as might have
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    STRAITS SETTLEMENTS.
    1304 4 raaere laid before the Legislative Council by command of His Excellency the Governor. 14// i June, 1870. c.pv of a letter from the Secretary to the (Jovcrninent of India. Public Works Department, on the subject of introducing water into Singapore. No. 4.387. From Lieut. Coloael 11. Yii.k. Secretary
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    92 4 Papers laid before the Legislative Council l>y cumuiand of of His Excellency the (ioverncir. 1 ttfc June, 1870. A Return showing the amount of Fine.* imposed bj the Magistrate of Polioe during the year 1868, and 1868, under the various Excise Acts, together with the amounts. paid. Total
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    121 4 llnlb,,r,nj'.< Oiiilniinl 'in// I'M*. Import ant to Everybody. For more than thirty years these remedies have been ranked !«<•- BON all curative agents, fur tin'all-mifti- ii-nt NMH that tiny never c an be wrOßgi \y used in either external orjnternal disHi >lly way 'h Ointment should Ik> well rubbed <>n
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    48 4 Amongst tin 1 most useful .if toilet !•<■- ijiiisitt.-s. the iiiMt.- I preparationa ol re. <!alirii-l, the old established Dentints of London, rtand pre-eaamsßt. T<> those of mil 1 Naders who vatae health and imminn^ it will give area! isiiafaotiaa to Know, that them- articles hitherto ob. (See Sujjjjiement.J
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      851 5 |3. Company. Ronom A Written Declaration of the contents and value ..f Packages for the Overland Route is required by the Kgyptian Transit Administration, and must M delivered by the shipper t«> the Conrpany's Agent with the Bill of Lading, or with the Parcels and the Company do not hold
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      754 5 iHidrrllciiiroitsK THHPKRFK<T,ONOFP I:K P AUKI) MARA VILLA < <„ A Sole Proprietors— Tatix* B»x>fc, Undoa The C 0,,,:, orCaa f Maravill true Theobroma of Lumem c, digenous to South America, of whi villa is B favoured portion. Tavlor X, '.I'"'''' having aecured the exclusive suddltSt? 1 ""rivalled C have, by
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