The Straits Budget, 5 May 1910

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    27 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES." vol. lxiv HO. 2725 Singapore, Thursday, Hay 5,1910. ESTABLISHED OVER HAL* A CENTVBT Price 25 cents.
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    Table of Contents.
    231 1 leaders— Elphinstone v. Heawood 10 }JS Tanjong Ragar Undoubtedly a Bad Site 18 Passed the Lords Steady, Boys, Steady J* Policy and Self-Interest... 14-lo Local and Gbnbßal Social and Personal Municipal Meeting *jj The Government Gazitl) The Tanglin Club 8 A Hospital Wedding 3 Tanjong Pagar Deck
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    799 1 Mr. Malcolm Duncan is going to China and willbe away a month. Mr. F. R. Long, as last year, is the Taiping Honorary 8ecretary to the forth-coming AgriHorticultural Show. Mr. B. L. Williams, of Messrs. Joseph Travers and Sons, returns to England by the P. and O.
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    The Government Gazette.
    254 3 The current issue of the Government Gazette contains the following notifications: His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the Hon. William Evans to be his deputy during his absence in the F. M. S.; to act as Colonial Secretary, and to be a member of
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    Wealth Beneath a Football Ground.
    124 3 »lie Koyal Engineers on Pulau Brani are tJav(i a aow football ground, not because present one is not good enough but a because it is too good—for such a P r, i tless pursuit. The present ground, it ay be known, is constructed of many
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    THE TANGLIN CLUB. High Finance at the Annual Meeting.
    874 3 The finances of the Tanglin Club—which are not as healthy as they have been—provided food for a very warm and, at times, amusing discussion, at the annual general meeting of the club on Friday. Mr. C. I. Carver presided and others
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    Murder in Singapore.
    173 3 A villainous-looking chopper, with rusted blade and blood-stained handle, was exhibited in the second police court, on April 29, when Mr. Green heard further evidence in regard to the mnrder of a Chinaman in a hut in Yeo Choo Kang Road. Two Chinese are under arrest for
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    A Hospital Wedding.
    199 3 A quiet wedding was solemnised at St. Andrew’s Cathedral on Thursday morning, when Archdeaoon Izard married Miss Agnes Stevens of the general hospital nursing staff, and Dr. E. D. Whittle, medical officer at the same institution. The bride, who was attired in a white gown with hat
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    SHANGHAI RUBBER VENTURE. Developments on Recently-Acquired Semambu Estates.
    333 5 a statutory meeting of the Semambu K bber Estates, Ltd., held in Shanghai, the ether day—four months after the formation c* the company —the Chairman, Mr. H. J. Craig said:—Since the formation of the company your directors have purchased 6 block of
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    Bulling Bertams.
    120 5 ihe other day, as a matter of oourtesy, niia from a desire to be fair, we published an anonymous letter about the Bertam Company. We assumed that the omission of the writer's card was an oversight and we asked or evidence that Bertam had sold its 1911 cop
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    SINGAPORE RUBBER CO., LTD. Scheme for Abolition of Founders’ Rights.
    818 5 A scheme for the reconstruction of the Singapore Rubber Co., Ltd., was laid before an extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders held in the offices of Messrs. Evatt A Co., on Saturday. Mr. A. Diehn presided and the shareholders present
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    ESTATE ASSISTANT’S DEATH.
    28 5 (From Our Own Corrbspondrnt.) Penang, April 30. The death has occurred at the General Hospital of William Gordon, assistant manager of Hidden Streams estate, Taiping.
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    Royal Johore Tin Mines.
    180 5 At the tenth annual general meeting of the Royal Johore Tin Mining Co., held on Saturday, Mr. W. Ewald presiding, tbe report and accounts (which have already been published in this paper) were adopted. Mr. J. Salomon was re-elected a director and Messrs. Evatt and Co.
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    An Army Wedding.
    169 5 Capt. Herbert Philip Hilton, of the 3rd Middlesex Regiment, was married to Miss Hilda G. Kirkby, at St. Andrew’s Cathedral, on Saturday afternoon. The bride, who wore a cream dress with veil and who carried a beautiful shower bouquet, was attended by Miss Mary Izard and Miss
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    THE HON. J. O. ANTHONISZ. Enthusiastic Welcome Accorded at Penang.
    92 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, April 29. Numerous officials and residents,including the Hon. R. N. Bland and Mrs. Bland, Mr. Justice Thornton and Mrs. Thornton, the Hon R. YouDg and Mrs. Young, Capt. Dewar, the Rev. F.W. Haines, and Mr.
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    SIR F. LUGARD’S HOMEGOING.
    65 7 (From Odr Own Corrbspondbnt Hongkong, April 80. His Excellency the Governor, Sir Frederick Lagard, K. C. M. G., left at daybreak for home on leave. He is travelling north* wards on the British cruiser Monmouth, and will disembark later and proceed to Europe via the Siberian
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    Killed by a Train.
    57 7 Aboat 3.30 p.m., on Friday, a Kling Imammedan, aboat fifteen years of age, struck by a train and decapitated nnder the Neil Hoad bridge. The victim was a cake seller, who was going along the railway me to Tanjong Pagar. The police took the remains to
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    Forward Rubber Prices.
    40 7 A telegram to the Ceylon Times, dated London, April 22, says .essrs Lewis and Peat, owing to misPH H tatemenfcs, wish to say that the cropslH? are aeares of rubber 12s. valne. lls. sellers. 9s, od. sellers.
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    ELPHINSTONE AND HEAWOOD. The Glasgow Version of What Has been Arranged.
    663 7 Messrs. Gibson and Anderson, of Glasgow, secretaries to the Heawood Rubber Company, have issued the following circular letter:— We beg to inform you that an agreement has been signed, subject to its being approved by both bodies of the
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    LABUAN COLLIERIES. Ten Thousand Tons Per Month Being Raised.
    446 7 An authorised report has been issued on the development work and additions of new machinery at the Labuan Coalfields Co.’s Collieries, during the year 1909. It states that the main inclines at the No. 9 Mines have been unwatored and enlarged,
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    HON. R. N. BLAND’S DEPARTURE.
    66 7 From Our Own Corrrspondbnt.) Penang, April 30. There was a large assembly of prominent residents on Victoria Pier, this morning, to bid farewell to the Hon. R. N. Bland and Mrs. Bland. A guard of honour of the Sikh police was in attendance. Colonel Walker
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    PAHANG CONSOLIDATED. Extracts from Official Report on the Company’s Mines.
    766 8 The following extracts are from the report of Mr. William F'reecbevill on the company’s mines. The board now have this report under consideration, and will communicate with the shareholders later:— The mines are well equipped with a 50stamp concentrating mill,
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    NOTES FROM MALACCA.
    354 8 (From Ocr Own Correspondent.) Malacca, May 1. Tigers seem to be increasing in number in Malacca. Scarcely a week passes without one being seen somewhere in the district and many have been the attempts by planters and others to secure one, but usually without success. On Saturday,
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    Detective Sergt. Blyton Disappears.
    150 8 Some sensation has been caused in police circles in Singapore by the sudden disappearance of Detective Sergeant Blyton. The first suspicion of his vanishment was aroused when he failed to appear on duty on Sunday, and the authorities surmise that he left Singapore on Saturday night
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    MORE CHINESE FLOTATIONS. Request for Comparison of Four New Companies.
    642 8 w O received on Monday the four new rubber companies wj t^ l o{ to compare them, and an außn-o* re< l Q «*t wo did so tho Uln Pandan C 7 P* ereater advantage than any of the oX
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    NOTES FROM KELANTAN.
    1049 9 NOTES FRO M KELANTAN. FKOM OCR OWM COBEBBPOMDINT.) Khota Bharu, April 24. sta fce Council was convened on the Tb ♦and the following nsefal enactin‘‘' nftssedan enactment to prodestruction of fish by tuba or hM If an enactment providiog for the &f ai 0 f docs over three months old,
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    CHINESE CHURCH. Presbytery and Conference Held in Singapore.
    297 9 The half-yearly presbytery of the Chinese Church of Singapore, Joliore and Muar (under the care of the English Presbyterian Mission working in South China, Formosa aud the Straits Settlements), was hold, on Tuesday, April 26, at Prinsep Street Church. There were present
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    ULU PANDAN RUBBER. Plantations in Close Proximity to Singapore.
    598 9 Tho prospectus is issued to-day of the (Jits Pandan (Singapore) Rubber Estates Limited, capital 9425,000 in 91 shares; directors Tigrin Sarkies, Cboa Giang Tbye, Lee Choon Gnan, Siah Eng Kiat, Tan Kheam Hock and Lee Chim Gnan. Wo hasten to explaiu
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    THE GOVERNOR AT KUALA LUMPUR.
    36 9 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumper, May 1. Sir John Anderson and party attended (be final performance of the Aroagettes on Saturday, the house being crowded and the production most successful.
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    BIRTH.
    14 12 Grkbn. On May 1, the wife of C. F. Green, of a son.
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  • THE Straits Budget.
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      ELPHINSTONE v. HEAWOOD.
      1015 12 as to winch more care is necessary. Straits Times, April 28. We cannot say that the documents issued in reference to the proposed settlement between the rival claimants to a single property, the Elphinstone and the Heawood companies, are brilliantly illuminating. From them we gather that one
      as to winch more care is necessary. — Straits Times, April 28.  -  1,015 words
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      TANJONG PAGAR.
      965 12 sS Times, April 2#. The pith of the Tanjong Pagar Dock Board report, for the half-year ending December 31, lies in the statement that “It is recognized, that in face of the annually increasing interest charge on cost of new works which cannot for several years contribute to
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      “UNDOUBTEDLY A BAD SITE.”
      1039 13 t— Straits Times, April 30. As we read over the report of what was done and said in reference to the Cavanagh Road filter beds at yesterday s meeting of the Municipal Commissioners, wo were filled with amazement. But still more we were pained to think
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      PASSED THE LORDS.
      1133 13 such drawings on its level. —Straits Tiinos, May 2. The Budget has passed through the House of Lords. Though there is no modification of the proposals which have aroused so much controversy, and which one of the most distinguished members of the Opposition has described as a
      such drawings on its level.—Straits Tiinos, May 2.  -  1,133 words
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      “STEADY, BOYS, STEADY!”
      1057 14 level” should not bo overlooked.—Straits Times May 8. Within a week some of the best known robber shares have fallen by more than twice their face value. That is not a very alarming fact when we bear in mind that a good many of those shares have
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      POLICY AND SELF-INTEREST.
      1016 14 Straite Time?, May 4. One of the best articles we havo met with lately on the great question of tariffs, is published- in a recent issue of The Fortnightly Review. Its author is Mr. Benjamin Kidd, a philosopher and sociologist known perhaps only to a few, but
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      92 12 Th« Po»t fr«« price of the Straits Times is $lB a year The post free price of the Straits Budget it $l4 year. It it not necessary to subscribe for a year. The subscriptions for shorter periods are at the same proportionate rate as for a vear. The Straits Budget
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    30 12 DEATH. Mac John— At 11, Lloyd Road, Singapore, on May 2, John Eleazar, the only beloved ■on of Mr. and Mrs. Mac John; aged 1 year. CAlcntta papers please copy.
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    LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.
    527 15 The Malay Slates Guides Bisloy team expects to be back by the end of August next >nr Penang correspondent wires that in a tide shooting match H. M. S. Sealark scored -01 and the police 47L The sum of about $20,000 will be spent in connection with
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    Kuala Selangor Rubber. FURTHER INCREASE OF PLANTING AREA. Past Year’s Work Reviewed.
    1267 15 The fifth ordinary general meeting of the Kuala Selangor Rubber Company, Limited, was held last month at 20, Copthall Avenue, London, E.C., Mr. William A. Horn (the chairman) presiding. In the course of a long speech, the chairman
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    Agri-Horticultural Show.
    134 15 Oa Tuesday, the general oomuutton of the Agri Horticultural Hbow wan calWcl together at the Exchange to appoint a bow honorary secretary in plaoe of M*. T. W' Main, who has resigned the Government service in order to go planting. The Hon. W. Evans presided, and suggested that
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    Correspondence.
    13 20 [The Straits Times is not responsible for the opinions of its correspondents.]
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    London v. Singapore.
    103 20 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —It would be interesting to me, as an investor, to learn tho reason why the prioes quoted by Messrs. Fraser and Co. are in almost every instanoe lower than the London prices as shewn in the list appearing in
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    Bertam Estate.
    150 20 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—Isn’t it about time that the publio accorded the management of Bertam a little praise, by way of a change from growling They have sold their 1911 crop forward at 11/- per lb., and this must mean a something not far
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    Rights of British Subjects in Johore.
    460 20 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —Your article of yesterday’s date, headed Freeholds in Java, has prompted me to bring forward the above subject for discussion, particularly at the present time, when a great deal of British capital has been invested in
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    Cavanagh Road Filters.
    1422 20 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —Your leader in Saturday's issue will perhaps have achieved a part of its purpose if it induced one of that incapable and quite irrational body of blunderers known as the municipal commissioners to trespass on the hospitality of your
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    Municipal Methods.
    493 21 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir -Attho Municipal meeting last Fri davone of the commissioners (Dr. Fowlie) complained of the service of a notice to pay assessment on him on the ground that he *as not the owner, but only the occupier of the premises in
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    RUBBER COMPANIES. Meetings of Shareholders Held in Colombo.
    685 21 The Ceylon Observer, of April 19, contains the following reports of local interest Seremban Estate Rubber Co. The final general meeting of the shareholders of the Seremban Estate Rubber Company was held, this morning, at the office of the liquidator, Mr. H.
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    A DISPUTED BOUNDARY. Suit Against Well-known Singapore Resident.
    403 21 Mr. W. F. Morgan, a well-known Singaporean was defendant in an action raised by Teo Guan Tye in the district civil oourt, on Friday. The action concerned a boundary hedge which defendant, it was alleged, had erected on plaintiff's land at Bukit
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    A Sailor and His Subpoena.
    133 21 One of the Crown subpoenas issued to the crew of the wrecked steamer Kirkfleld was put to a rather unconventional use by its recipient. The seaman in question was making very full use of bis enforced shoreleave by visiting various grog shops in the town.
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    Reuter’s Telegrams.
    1735 22 London, April 27. King Edward entertained M. Isvolsky, the RaMii&n Foreign Minister, at lunch at Biarritz, and left for London in the evening. The Budget has passed through committee in the House of Commons. The Licensed Trades have forwarded a petition to the House of Lords appealing for
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    German Telegrams.
    690 23 Berlin, April 26. ti,« Redils, from Smyrna, bare been sent Agreements to Albania, where the pos.. tinuesto be very disquieting. agents describe the position in I-Jmia in the Azerbaijan province of Persia, as critical, and say that without the Mention of Russia and England the Soration of order
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    Singapore Assizes.
    182 23 The third Assizes of this year opened before the Chief Justice, Sir W. H. Hynd-man-Jones, on Tuesday. There are six cases only on the calendar. Before the court commeucod business, Mr. Crabb Watt, Deputy Public Prosecutor, applied that iu the case of Capt. Taubert, of the Lock Sun,
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    Cooking a Chop.
    148 23 An operation which, by its designation, might have been an innocent culinary process but which in actuality was a criminal act, was performed by one, Tan Tong Mee, who is being looked for by the police of Saigon. The operation in question was cooking a chop.” Tan
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    CASTILLOA RUBBER. Disappointing Results of Careful Experiments.
    720 23 The Indische Merouur quotes a speech made by Mr. Tobias at a meeting of the Mountain Cultivation Section of the Agricultural Union at Djember, on the subject of the cultivation of Castilloa, which contained the following:— The cultivation of the Castilloa was held
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  • SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
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      Arrivals.
      181 25 April *9 Ger -tr, Prowl. Hamburg. Bebn r >r *,r»jr, cor sir, Rehwoldt, Hoihow. Bebn 8obeiB Bitavia 8hips 'j$»L -i.p •«.Moria'Moke'M-B-»ini Bombay Beb MeyCr .tr, Stewart, Philadelphia. Standn'JatwM. Vender Meer, Kotterdaro, lot. Rotterdam u PHubertbv, Moke, M. B. Kaifha Bniftf P \V»Hia. Madras, Bousted A Co [Zi G« Leibfor
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      Clearances.
      170 25 April 29 itui iitil atr, Frcraautle via porta 1 no tuba Brit Btr, t nuton Dm str, Batavia her finger, Ger str, Japan via ports h-nantlo /u", Span str, llo llo »V Mamin lung Shinn, Brit Btr, Bangkok R"Mu Bub str Vlaaivostook D> Klerk. Dut etr, Batavia Ki achi
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    Finance & Commerce.
    259 25 Finance Commerce. Singapore May 4, 1910. EXCHANQB. On Lcndor,— Bank 4 m/8 2/4$ Demand M 2/4 a Private 6 m/s 2/4| do 8 m/s 2/4U On Germany —Bank d/d 889 Private 8 m/s 244 do 6 m/B 2404 On Prance—Bank d/d 3944 Private 8 m/s 2994 do 0 m/a 8084
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  • Stocks and Shares. SINGAPORE, MAY 4, 1910.
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      RUBBER.
      1102 26 {ill c pital 8ubb0ribed j|J S* «wSSa Company Q «o«' I),v,^ vt) a I i a 1 1,1 1 1 1,11 1909 $120,000 J05.000 105 000 1 i; Alor Gajab Rubbor Estate Ltd., 4.00 1004 $7f 0.000 6- 0,000 i 140,000 6 6 Ayer Panas Robber Estates, 12.00 I
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      MINING.
      303 27 IfumEer j g g Shares o j [lK l Subscribed g^. <g jjjj ®P to Unissued Company Last Dmnwm tiou 1 j ,M ttJOO 10 IS! 7,900 5.07 |l0%to ’00 looo'.OOO WO,000 50.000 10 10 BroMh Hydraulic Tta M. Oo., LM. i6%te<00 t jo,000 WM°0 444 1 1 I
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      GENERAL.
      228 27 _I I mm _j i 1908 4250,000 80S,600 *,085 10° 00 475 Brunei Oil Royalty Ltd. 76.00 1/wuciiui *6 000 10 10 8,660 Eastern Smelting Oo., Ltd 111.60 i/wv 1907 11 500,000 1,065,160 m ,450 10 7 8.S5 10% for'06 1839 1235,07*0 1M,000 4,800 80 *0 PtMM 000 00
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