The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 16 June 1899

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    18 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE FRIDAY, i6th JUNE.JIB 99. DAILY ISSUE, Xo 3
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      753 1 J^ q OfTic Collyer Quay. /Ljr Wharves New Harbour 0 STEAM NAVIGATION Co. Steam (or t HINA. JAPAN, PENANG, CEYLON, INDIA, AUSTRALIA, ADEN, EGYPT, MARSF.II.LKS, (iIHRALTAR, MALTA, BRINDISI, VENICE, PLYMOUTH. AND LONDON. Through Bills ol leading issued for Persian Gulf, Continental ar.d American Por's, also for China Coast, and San
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      491 1 fHINA MU'. uAI, STEAM NAVIV GATION COMPANY, LIM TED. THK following nre the dates on which the Co.'s Staaflßß, „(t ied here, viz OUTWAatn. HOMEWARD, ffoa Honeaoee, Snas hrn Maaantixaa hai a u'an Ports. and Lomion. a.a. Kaisow duejuns Oanfa June 15 B.s. Oopack do a.a. Kintuck June aa s.s.
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      492 1 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Undbr ontract with thb Nbth.ruanos India Govbrnmbnt, Agents at Singapore, Ships Agency, lath I. DAENDELS tt Co., 2-3 Collyer Ouav lime Table lor June, 1809. Krom Expectea Will be despatched »o lambora P.. dang Junu t> oidileh, Padang, and Sumatra's Wencoaat June 17 Both Ewavia faae
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      457 1 THE „NJONG PAGAR DOCK COMPANY. LTD. Shipwrights, Engineers, Iron and Brass Founders, Wharfingers, ore. up to 500 feet 1,1 length and ai feet on sill. ■BBS and a q :h, Boiler Mast.r I uy stem. h> 1 Pr °l ten lugs, Steari 1-aui.cncs aad 1 Condition, of and Relating totbe
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      521 1 LIONGKONG AND SHANGHAI x BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITA! 0.000,00. RESERVE FUND liooooou RESERVE LIABILITY OF PROPRIETORS f $10,000,001 Coi/BT O, I'iBBCT". R. M. Gray, Esq Chairman. N. A SIBBB, Ksq. Dkputv Chairman. E. Con/, Baa I A. J. Raymond, Esq. E. Sh.i.lim, Esq. R. H. Hill, Esq. A. Haupt, Esq.
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      459 1 PETER SYS WON o THK only renn-iiy at present kno*n s an Sprue. Dysentery, Diarrhoea D of the RECOMMENDED bi SOME bi rei < HIEPS R- tail 1 THE PETER (Protribtors ami Soi k MaaeracTß Get ,7 DHCENIX AS ICB COM PANY OF LONDON. The undersigned Agents for the above
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      230 1 DERFUL~SPEGI][^ INPALUBLE«aiPERM/ 1. Hemorrhage and Ulcerat. Bowtls. PEI I VLISTS i\ Tim MEDIC \l Ml, imists ale "i-AI.I KOFESSION SYS COMPANY MMUOtaCam.! .0-99 PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY O-CIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL W STEAMSHIP COMPANY AND TOYO KTSEiN KABUSHIKI KAISHA (ur,. Army, Waw and ("TJ.i «L to m «-'> of tha ?PB«aaW
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    Domestic Occurrences. DEATH.
    24 2 Domestic Occurrences. DEATH. At 17 Thompson -road, Singapore, on the iMh 1 insiam, GboBOB (i. I'oiukii, v aplain ol the Cam' Seng. Vvjed 70.
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    The Singapore Free Press. FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1899.
    819 2 The Singapore Free Press. FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1899. Here thai! c L"r,»»-rd bf laaßßßflfl «"d unbr.bed by n Htrt s.tr,o( Truth het g ior. out prei Bjßj draw, P c«B*s te FUlit-ioo. L*T^t». sr.d I Jtm. Iht: Transvaal <lifh -n't; abeorbe almo-t the whole of Reuters attention to-day. 1 It
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    518 2 I he following telegram has been receive I from Penang to-day "Ihree cases of plague —two deaths The American i rais, r Yosemitc, for the Philippine*, v\ is cxpe, t< <i at Colombo to-day. TW rate-horse .iivnlav I -u\ J to the (j. ban^r Kongsi Deli Something may be ex|iected
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    THE ALASKAN BOUNDAR.
    353 2 Not the leas, pressing nor the least irritating of Iha questions which were to have been settled by the Anglo American ..inference of last year was the unfortunate Alaskan Boundary disj ute The i.rgency »f the toed for a settlement is emphasised 1. the news published to-day
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    THE GOVERNOR'S DEPARTURE.
    377 2 Gooh-Byb to-Aiimiru. Dbwbv. Yesterday afternoon about 5 p.m. H.E. the Governor, Lady Mitchell, and party embarked on board the S*T* lielle to make a tour through the Native States b ginning with Nt gri -Sembilan, and landing at Port Dickson. 1 Capt Duff, ADC, Mr. Sbbbbj p.s.,
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    POLICE NEWS.
    81 2 I.i Aii a German gentleman named Mr William E Ellen Pickmrn had his hat snab bed m South Bridge Road as he standing talking to a constable 250 saw tbe theft, and augbl the man m SagO Line. For elt a Chinaman named Pong Ah ibis morning was
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    THE SALUTE OF THE "IMMORTALITE."
    521 2 M .rvia Bay, August a, 1898. The klu I iha tropic air It indesce a .Is of gray, Dewey Kit got Ail lhe Seas,' the. 1 Still helJ the threat'ning powers at > The id been furled on that historic I 'in .a II defiance
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    ADMIRAL DEWEY.
    101 2 Ihe IS. fligshtp Olympia (Capt Lamberton) with Admiral Dewey on board left this ornmg at 6 a.m. for Colombo, on her way to America via the Mediterranean Yesterday afternoon Admiral Dewey entertained a small party of friends from I Singapore, partly as a sort of farewell send- oil
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAM.
    104 2 Wreck of a Steamer near Penang. (Special to Singapore Free Press.) Penang, June 16th. The steamer Am bo ma has been wrecked off a rock near Bentinck Island between Mergui and Renong. The disaster occurred on the 13th inst. All lives have been saved. 'The Amboina is an
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    REUTERS TELEGRAMS.
    68 2 THE TRANSVAAL DIFFICULTY The Unsatisfactory Franchise Proposals. Obstinate Attitude of the Raad. The Pretoria Raad has approved of President Kruger's Franchise proposals subject to a reference to the burg! Future Possibilities. President Kruger, pfl thanking the Raad, said he did not know what was going to happen. Britain
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    THE UITLANDERS PETITION.
    77 2 Public Opinion on the Blue-book Despatches. The Uitlanders' petition, as published m the Blue-book, constitutes an exhaustive indictment of the political, financial, and judicial administration of the Transvaal, as based on Sir Alfred Milner's despatcht*, and disproving finally the idea of the unreality of the Uitlanders' grievances.
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    THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS IN FRANCE.
    391 2 M. Poincare is endeavouring to form a new French ministry. London. i6lk June. /Sop. The mail steamer Ballaarat left Penany at 10 am. to-day and may be expected at Singapore at 4.30 •> m. to-morrow. The big Calcutta Derby sweep was won by a little
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      653 2 ■i KE 1 1 j Bsssssssssssssßßsl **l**^ W** *\\\w*?' J. ids M "ML I^^^^^^^^^^^^^BBBaßßaaß I il>. CI GA RFT T F C J I T. L. GOSLING Co., Agents THE O.M.N INSTRUMENTS SUITABLE TOR Till EAST ARE RILEY BAKER'S ALUMINIUM ZITHER BANJOS 5 or 7 String. SPLENDID TONE, WON 1
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      708 2 BOARD LODGING. LTIR T CMaa. Healthy locality, s iifjle and (I- -ul''.- r.. bib, IL E. 8., r o Free Press. \l 10 uc JO BE If- I N II Institution Hill. Kent 1 $f>s. Entiv ,si July. Appl> A.'\\. I ERMI 1,- Ratrles Place. June 7 7.7 ll O
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      924 2 CHINESE GIRLS* SCHOOL. PME is., 1 Half-v arly Sale ol I'seful and Fa.Cj Annies, m aid of lhe lunds of the i«o. >c -i-.i I, wiil lake- place, God willing, m the 'p .< r Room of the Town Hall on Fiiday, the j,d .1 jun, ii .m 4 to
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      320 2 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS I SITUATION W NTED. TD V a European as Nura, maid, Singapoie or elsewhere. Apply M., c/o Frte Press. June 16 2.^.6. 30 7.7 BOARD ft LO^ GING COR two gentlemen with private family. Lirge x airy OflMflt ,'icely situated within one mile from town. Stabling. Terms moder
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      158 2 s» >m The Week. Friday, 16th Hii»h Water 2.;nj a., 3.44 p.m. School Sports. Lecture Chinese Christian Associa 3.iuni.;, i/tii.— High Water 1 3.38 a., 4 .*5 p. t ricktt.— ngland 9. W SI Bad XI Next XVI. Star of East <».!.,;-. p.m., Temperance Club. Meeting R. A. O. 8..
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  • Correspondence.
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      Audi Alteram Partem.
      755 3 fO TBS CDITOB. SiK— -It appear to b made the ground ot assumption that Am bi1e...,, Petrbam is not a loyal churchman liom the lad th a t (in common with many Bishops, clergy, and laymen of the English Church; he belongs to a Society called "TheConlraternity
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    HOW THE GERMANS GOT HOSTAGES AT JEHCHAO.
    394 3 HOW THE GERMANS GOT HOSTAGES AT JEHCHAO. A SSI L Rl'M, 'trms translates Irom thcOi/anc yd ll c I, lowing account of a ruse perpehfl 1. r mans at J- hchao to obtain hosBfl to ensure the settlement of the Sin that cat* i < rnnese Govern inc-nt uantecd nans
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    TANGLIN.
    141 3 The King's Own Regiment will celebrate the 84th Anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo by a Military Tattoo, at Tanglin Barracks, on Saturday 17th inst., starting at 8 1 ji.m. Pbcrammb. "The Battle of Waterloo" Band, The Dashing White Sergt." Kerrigan's Slashers" Drums and Fifes. ock of the North"
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    THE PERMANENT MEMORIAL.
    689 3 It has been decided to publish from time to time the minutes of the rreetings of the Committee, subject to confirmation. The Secretary communicates these minutes subjoined Diamond Jt bilbb. Minutes of a meeting of ihe Permanent Memorial Commitee held at the Secretary's Office on Wednesday 14th
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    THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY.
    165 3 At last the extent of the Oxford Dictionary lias been dele, mined, and it is now possible lo see when the end of Dr. Murray's great work will be reached. Half of the Dictionary will be completed m jok), lhat is ta ay Vol urn s
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    THE MANUFACTURE OF ARMOUR-PLATE.
    119 3 Engineering says iihas frequently had occasion |a reter to the energetic policy which has ever tensed the r.'-<ime of Sir Andrew Noble m the management ol the enormous eslab.ishmcnis af Messrs. Armstrong, Whitworth, bt Co. (Ltd.,) and it learns with satisfaction that a rearrangement >f ihe
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    45 3 Manila papers state that Captain Barker of the bittleship Oregon, who has taken temporary command of the United States Asiatic Squadron after the departure of Admiral Dewey, and pending the arrival of Rear Admiral Watson, has shifted his flag ».o the vruiser Baltimore at Manila.
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    LATEST TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
    1713 3 Via Rangoon.) London, June 7. Various and contradictory rumour, are current regarding the result of the conference at Bloemfontein between Sir A. Milncr and Presidsnt Kruget. The Ttmts, m an article this morning on the Transvaal question, says information has reached us precluding any hopefulness as 10
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    THE SITUATION IN THE PHILIPPINES.
    1062 3 THE SITUATION IN THE PHILIPPINES. Daplt Chances am) Comflstb Uncbrtainty. The Filipino Comvi monbrs,' Experiences os thb Lines. Voluntbers Goreu Home. [Daily Press Correspondent. Manila, .md June.—People are fond of speculation speculators and business men like to gamble on the future, and as there is no place that admits of
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    115 3 A Rangoon paper announces tbe sudden death from lever of the Marchesa de Goytueca, wife of the Italian Consul General at Calcutta, and sister-in-law of Marquis de Goyzueta, the Italian Consul m Singapore, who is now away m Italy on leave. She was a Russian lady, from Odessa. Quebn Wilhslmina't.
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    A BIT OF THE TRUTH.
    762 3 The most pertinent and startling qaaatiun ever asked is this What is truth A Reman Governor propounded it once, under circumstances a ich greatly worried and perplexed his official mind. And he was not the first man or the last— -not by myriads. So far
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    EXCHANGE.
    76 3 (Corrected up to June 16 On London. Bank 4 m j oj'< demand Priv.it.- tn documents j m/> «V 0 S s credits 6 m/s 2/0*; France, deaMa>d .^5O Germany, demand iu2\ India, II" 149) Hongkong, Jaai aad dis Yokohama, demand t,\% pm. Java, ii> -ma ml 1, 9
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    PRODUCE.
    109 3 (June 16 H 1 Liarnoier «ssj da. Cube No. 1 y.30 Pepper, Black (ordir.ary Sport ,26 15 do. Whue, (Fair L/W=s%) 4» 50 Nutmegs nos to the Ib.) 65. do. (80s to the Ib) 86. Mace ißanda) 81. Cloves (Amboina) 52. Liberian Codec '550 Tapioca, small Marl Pail ,jflilin
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    The Standard Time Balls.
    47 3 A Time Ball at Fort Canning and one Bl I'ula.a Brani fall, each day at I p.m. Singapore mean tim. (Greenwich mean time 6 hrs., 4 mm., 35 s.. -icing; hoisted five minute, previously. To-day Fort Canning failed. Pulau Brani dropped correctly. 1-—
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    SHARE LIST JUNE 16th, 1899.
    219 3 SHARE LIST JUNE 16th, 1899 n gtOTATIOM. CArtTAL. P4IDUr. Shah.sT, Bank of Chmaand japan. Ltd. 7, Nominal, f 2.000,000 450,968 I»Jh £I.* >i uererred. 1 1 Bell's AtaMM Kastern Agency. S3 Sellers loooof'f Bs8 '5 8 4 8.5-V X K a SH rS h V 4<U> ♦10.000.000 $.0,000,00,, 80,0005.,, Jel.t,u
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      186 3 Two Pointed Question. Answered. What is the use of making a better ariicle than your competitor if you can not get a better price ior it I Ans. As there is no ifference m the price the public will buy only ihe better, so that white our profits may be
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      259 3 OCEAN STc.AM SHIP COMPANY AND NEDERLANDSCHE STOOMV AART MAATSCHAPPIJ OCEAAN. Tne Company's steamers are despatched from Liverpool outwards for the Straits, China, and Japan, and from Japan homewards for London every ten days. The Company's steamers on the Java Line ars, despatched from Amsterdam and Liverpool e» e ry fortnight
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      71 3 VYeattier Kepor (June ,5.; Taken at Kandang Kerbau Hospital Observatory 9. aU. 3 p m. gc. a. Bar. red. 32 Tin 29.9,2 29.844 29.895 Temperature 865 88.0 ;6.8 Wet Bulb Thcnnn..i.-ir 80. 5 78.5 75 0 Dir.ofWind S.E. S.E. S.F. Max. Temp. 1 S3. 6 Mm. do do 72.0 M
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      683 3 VESSHS IN PORf W., Flaga and Tona Commander. Arrived From For Whan o.k" L Brit, cruiser, 805 Booth April 22 Hongkong I Other Ye..el. Fi.e. ft Ton. M.atera Arrived From Cona.gneea For When feja^lJ" H N Kn,' S 5t trds lay 2 lacca H June 0 Hnt. 210 Bruce June
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      390 3 CLEARANCES. 7 N I Xt. Out. str., LunJcin, for U-ika. Jnn Kms v- Chopard, lor Muar. UiTtviiit. Brit, str., Uruc_, for Klan*. via port- Unt. str., Banlett, for Honvkontf. snankjhai and Jap (IU 'r.:. str., Ktettif, for Port DiduMI Mid Lah I.m>\ Min-Htu, Br.t. sir.. M u K ford, for
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      250 4 Lflß 1 1 *^ff. SMITH PREM IER TYPEWRITERS, SOU sGIRTS STRAITS CYCLE AGENCY. .i bb Rest Siuuai June I RILEY, HARGREAVES CO., LTDENGINEERS Boiler-Makers, Shipbuilders MD General Contractors. WE ARE PREPARED TO SUPPLY IROM STOCK Steam Pumps. Mining, Horizontal and Vertical Dil'Ct iplex and Sf> Sinking peaaps up to jo,
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      291 4 fAMES WATSON COS SCOTCH WHISKIES. \KF. THK BUT VALUK IN THE MARKET. Flag Brand, 10 years old. $12 per case, duty extra. (Specially Recommended.) V. V. 0. 8 per case, duty extra. OBI*AINABLI PROM RETAIL DEALERS OR McALISTER Co.. SOLE AGENTS. Apl ,a g§ Scotch Whisky is the Universal T
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      172 4 Important Whisky Contract. Messrs. Alex. Ferguson Co., Limited. DISTILLEI i.LASGOW. I_l A I r Britain 'P O i-i yer s old Special Liqueur Whisky. SPECIAL LR AM Breadalbane Highland Whisky VADE i/ Co.,STI ITLEMENTSa HOWARTH ERSKINE, LIMITED. Civil, Mechanical Electrical Eiiffiiu Boilermakers Contract* s. GEN RELDA WAY'S Cai :c Hair
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      854 4 TILESTONEITE. A heat-r sisting, rain-proof covering for roofs and walls of iron or wooden buildings m Tropical Countries. THE LIGHTEST ROOf COVERING KNOWN i rhpin* B .< Durable! Effective V> -7— Rain and Light I ■■■■■■■"■■■■i™ Fire-Proof TILESTONEITE makes ironh'ousesinhabitable. Keeps stores and godowns cool. 7 LEST ONE ITE will
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      86 4 CRAG HOTEL. PENANG HILL ■1 aaoo Febt. Hotel Charges S5. per day for each adult. Four Bnngaloß l.le lis and IL!,. I noli— ...in ha .-.lnanitd at the foo o Hie llnl, from f> a.m., until 6 p.m. every day. For luriher particulars apply to KERR,.— Proprietor NoyaU 38u EYE-SIGHT.
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      568 4 The Singapore Free p re AND Mercantile Advertiser. Caau Address., <Ukntiu.. 1 "'-gaporf. TaiBBBiaBB Ni'Mß-R.-N Published at 30 3, Raffles Place, Smg.p THE leading English Newspaper j B A Stra.Ls -Settlements; Johore'^ Federated Native States of PeraJ gor, Sungei Ujong, PalttWg, Sembilan British North Borneo S Xr-therlands Indies, Java and
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      559 4 VESSELS EXPECTED. Giving port ol dcp.i Known; date due h> re, and name Ant b'is J..p Poplar, DwiuK, n-b.. pevonport. Knpymk.n, Brit. Chatham, fuly I Danish, Hai<. hi. Chin., Stettin, H.ti-fY v. Chin. I mouth, M w Kin, I [WATI 1 I i\H, Gir., Kiel. I MO, J'p., \j !lt],ill,
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