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SUPREME COURT.
Monday, May 15th..
IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.
BEFORE HIS HONOUR SIR FRANCIS
PIGGOTT (CHIEF JUSTICE).
BOLICITOL ENROLLED.
Mr. C. G. Alabaster moved that Mr. Miles Rainforth Walker (who has arrivel from home to join the firin of Messrs. Deacus, Looker & Deacon) be approved, admitted and enrolled us & solicitor and procter of the Supreme Court of Hongkong. The motion Was mado under actions 21 and 22 of the
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MAY 167H, 1911.
EDUCATIONAL REFORM IN
CHINA.
Bir Heary Berkeley thought he could show that Mr. Potter had no standing in the Court to object to the prooelings of the lented Puise Judge, and that what the | LECTURE TO THE CHINA SOCIETY to see these boys and girls showing their Puisse Judge did was quits regular,
* FROM OUR OWN C,BRESPONDENT.]
London, April 21st, There was only a sparse gathering at the Caxton Hall da Thursday, sight when Mr. MTZ. Tyau's reper ou "The Educational
The Paisuo Judge-It seems to me that on the material before him the sating Puisus Judge would only have made such an order it ho thought both parties had come to consult him.. One of them, apparently, did not mean that. If the Panne Jodgo was led to giving a wrong order, it might be the duty of this Court to
brilliant young Chiuso, was ausble, to be on Mr. present, as he was attending a conference in the paper was read for Naver Constantinople, so
annul the appeal.
Mr. Potter-There was no misleading Gardiner's part in any shape or form..
Reform in China” was road. The lecturer, a
SHIPPING NOTES.
men in charge were men of experience, calcolatod. to win the respect if not the hearts of the studenta. It was a healthy sign of the times The steam trawler Hoi Bung, 195 tous gross register, which has been built in England for patriotism by opposing opium smoking, foot the Hongkong and South Chins Steam Fisher- binding, and domestic slavery. As to mission ies Co., Ltd, underwent a successful trial trip on Bries and China, he declared that in the last five 15th ult, and sailed on April 28th for Hongkong. years missionary effort had been much better he is expected to call at Gibraltar, Port Suid understood, and the relations butwoon mission-Colombu and Singapore, and the voyage out will aries and the Chinese had greatly improved. probably tako 55 days. Among the now sohemes singled out for praise were the Yale School, and the scheme for the Hongkong Cniversity, while a word of eulogy was added as to the German university at Taingtau, and the return of the balance of the dealt with the reasons why fewer students were being sent to Japan nowadays and more to America and elsewhere, the writer made an ploquent appeal to Englishmen to treat Chins with sympathy in this great problem and concluded, "China has crossed the rubioon and you may be sure she will not turn back."
have under consideration the construction of six It is reported front Nagassici that tho N.Y.K. steam ships, nou to be of 7,000 tons, in order to replace the vessels Enba fara, Tasiyo Mara, Sato Mare, Shinano Marunud Kamakura Mara
Legal Practitioners Ordinance of 1871. and did wo agree that we would nooupt anybody else him by the genial honorary sacrotary, Mr Boxer indemnity of the United States. Having which have lately been condemned as obsolete,
three affidavits had been file. The affidavits of
identity were safficient, but Mr. Walker had left his cortißrate at his bankers in London, and Mr. Alabaster asked his Lordship to allow that Mr. Walker he admitted subject to its produc tion within a reasonable time..
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as defendeat. It in absurd to suggest that Mr. Lan Chu Pak, as aegrotary of this unincorporate body, is liable.
Sir Honry Barkolor-Yon must find who the proper person is; it is not for us to tell you.
Mr. Potter-I submit that the learned acting Pujane Judge decided on facts on which he His Lordship-I have very much pleasure in welcoming you, Mr. Walker, to practice in this ought not to have decided. According to the Court, and we hope you will have a very enjoy.afidavits he made us elect to have the writ
amanded, or to strike out the defendants,
able time.
Mr. Walker-I thank you, my Lord,
IN APPELLATS JURISDICTION..
(BEFORE THE FULL COURT )
SCHOOL THACTER'S CLAIM FOR SALARY AND DAMAGES,
The Full Court, composed of their Honours Sir Franois Piggett (Chief Justice) and Mr. H. H. J. Gompertz (Puisse Judgo), heard the appast in the case in which Thomas O'Kane (appellant)-sued the Anglo Chines Education Trust Co., Ltd. (respondents), to recover $400.80, boing to $50.80 for arroars of salary, nad as
to $350 for two months' salary in lieu of notion determining the engagement of the plaintiff as a teacher of the defendant Company,
Mr. Eldon Potter, instructed by Mr. J. H. Gardiner, appeared for the appellant, and Sir Henry Berkeley, K.C., instructed by Mr. Otto Kong Siug, represented the cospondents.
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Sir Hoary Berkeley-You have to show now that the defendants employed your client.
The Chief Justice-You have to show now that the defendant company-is-as-you-allege the Ellis Kudooria Soboola.
Mr. Potter said the point to be tried in the notion
whether was
tho plaintiff WAS
employed by the defendants or not. It was clear that the defendant company was carrying on the Ellis Kadourie Schools among other businesses. It was clear they were the proper defendants, beanse by their articles of association they specifically declared that part of their duties would be to carry on the Ellis
Byron Brenan. Parhaps the lot of the announced chairman was shared by many others, and that recounted for the small number present, for Mr. Arthur Diesy, Secretary of the Japan Society, had contracted to severe n cold to permit of bis prasiding. So the Ror: George Owon took his place and spoke of the writer of the paper as one who thoroughly understood his subject, with stores of information they could not get elsewhere, unless at the expense of immense labour.
Messrs. Lamke Rogge in their latest Freight Circalar say the freight market ali through the fortnight has been ruling excood- ingly quiet, and although Therẻ is not much of a demand, still some freights not leaving soficout margin to owners, remain unazevored. Tonnago The CHAIRMAN Warmly praised tám paper, as trading South is very light, and if only inquiries did several other speakers who joined in the dis-from the usual quarters, especially Saigon, onion, Sir WALTER-HILLIER hesitated about would come forward and help to accelerate joining in became the pspor suggested resumption of chartering Insixoss, cates should many points to him. He must say, however, immediately stiffen considerably. Unfortunate that he had watched the movement in China there is a great scarcity of grain åt. Saigon, with interest and had seen its deterioration with and prospects for this month loading are poor, disappointment. But he sympatlused warmly Latest reports from the North are also not very with China and earnestly hoped that Ching if fly rios deport from the Yangtze ports does not ingrosso suficiently to would develop a system thoroughly satisfactory keep liners well umployed in their own sphere. to the education of hor vast population,
The Chief Justice-Surely the simplest thing is to argao. whether the decision the Puisne To begin with, the lecturer explained the title Judge gave is right or wrong. We have dis-of his paper and said it might be thought from 5188 it
long time, and it that there was no etucational system in now for minutes will decide the question. China that and the people in the country were Mr. Potter-I don't know how I am to deal barbarians. All he meant to courey was that with this, unless it is on the facts that were Ching was engaged in beginning to develop hor before the Puise Judge.
education *D modern and Western lines Dealing first of all with the old olocation
A Chinese student replied rigorously to the
Changas in the command of North Gorman, eyetom of Chins, ho showed how it had been orities and added his opinion that it was better Lloyd steamers were autouneed recently by banded down from time immemorial without to educato Chius first before talking of Chris-Culrichs & Co., New York agents of the Cam- being altered one lots. He shared how the tianising ber. Mr. PLAYFAIR criticises the pany as follows: Capt. P: Wottin, who super- people were divided into literati, farmers, arti notions of the students on political and other intended the construction of the George sans and merchants, and added that the predomin matters, but Professor CALDECOTT warmly Washington, the largest Gorman steamship ance of the literary class was responsible for defended the Chinoso administrators, and scat, and who has been in coramand sindo the respect shown to learning the system had pointed out that the enormous scope of the that varsel was commissioned, has been ap been based on self-help and pablic schools had taak in which they were engaged excused the pointed chief-inspector at Genon, Italy. He played hardly any part in it. Starting with the inevitable blunders that occurred.
will be succeeded in the command of the George inouication of respect for elders in the nursery Burgeon-General EVATT also defonded the Washington by Capt. Charles Polack, who for to student passed to the private school support. Chiness and deplored the lack of foresight by to dian, where the teacher was satisfied among Western nations in view of this develop. if the scholar recited the philosophies and ing empire in the East. As to the students, Mr. Polter maid this was an appeal from an
traditional tailings accurately. Then at the be reminded his bearers that in Europe the order of the learned noting Puisno Judge, Mr.
age of fourteen or so he started out into the Rennaissance, the Reformation and the French Justice Hazeland, in Chambers, and the Full
warld, and, presuming he was the son of wealthy revolution all were attended by incidents that Court granted leave to appeal on March
parents, he proceeded to pass through the history declared were excesses-pet the net result 31st. In accordance with the order then
different stages of literary examination until he was most important for the world. He regretted mado the appellant's kolisitor had served a Sir Henry Berkeley said that when the became, if he could manage it, the premier to hear from au Oxford man that there was a notice of motion of appeal, and had prepared a writ was served on the solicitor representing tire qualities of the old system and the Western Cambridge in favour of axeluding, Chinasa. scholar of the umpire. Considering the respec-feeling in the older universities of Oxford and special case. The question submitted for the the Angie-Chinese Education Trust Co. opinion of the Court was whether Mr. Justice he pointed
the solicitor for one, the lecturer said the old one being strict That would be a fatal error for these universities, Hazeland was right in law in making the order the plaintiff that that Corporation had been ha SGRIE advantages, but it was not but Edinburgh would receive thein with open no tiny tearo to appeal had been wrautaulongfully made defendant. On receipt of that filted for the strenuous ae which believed arris, and so would the American universities. affidavite had been lol by both Mr. Kong Sing information Mr. Gardiner wrote a letter to the trial of the Attest. The lantion of He moved a hearty vote of thanks to the and Mr. Gardiner. He did not know whether solicitor for the Corporation saying he ander this old system, he declared, was the eight-legged lecturer and the Chairman. those affidavits wore admissible on an appeal to stood that Mr. Kong Bing's objection to the essay us part of the examination machinery.
Passing to deal with the transition period, he said it was only after the China-Japanese trax that thers came anything like a concensus of opinion in favour of a change of educational system. The Foxer outbreak hindered dořelop.
tho Full Court.
Tho Chief Justice-Not without leave.
Mr. Potter-They don't affect my cao one
Like Or
other, but if way
ling to read them.
Kadoore Schools.
The Chief Justice--I think we will have to call on you, Sir Henry. We do not think there is enough material on these documents to decide the matter point blank.
out to
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A GLASGOW BHIPPING FIRM'S VIETA.
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number of years has commanded the Aaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. Capt. R. Dall will take command of the Kaiser Wilhelm der Groast, GOLD
and will be succeeded on the Friedrich dor Grosse by Capt. G. Meiners, who has had command of the Dorflinger in the China service of the company. The changes are all rogarded
as promotions.
Tipanas on the way up to Japan noticed a The Java-China-Japan Company's stomer
Japanese fishing vessel, the Nanyo-maru (17 tous), in distress off Formosa on the 27th ult She immediately approached the vessel and resoned the crew of 35 and three-passengers
AND
SILVER
WATCHES
who were taken to Yokohama and handed over, ENGLISH, to the Harbour Police. The Japan Garett says the fishing vessel, owned by one Nakamura, of Kumatsro Prefecture, had been fishing of the Localbos since the 24th ultimo, and, as- countering a dense fog and heavy seas, was carried away to a point twenty miles off Formosa..
The Chief Justine-I suppose they are con sidered relevant, or they would not have best
Mr. Potter-Thore is nothing but a dry point Mr. Lau Wing Ching, which stated that the essays and introducing Wastera soience. High-tary of the Seamen's and Firemen's Union that makes it possible for goods from, the States as
filed.
of law for your Lordships to decide, but if you
desire it I will read them.
writ was that the Corporation was not the pro. per party to be suol, but the Ellis Kadocrie Schools. In consequence of that letter the the parties wont before the Paisne Judge. He heard Court wish them to be read I am quite wil what each had to say as to whether or not thements, but after that a vigorous agitation carried correspondent, over the declaration of Meners,
Corporation was rightly made a party and gave each sa opportunity of bringing forward ovidence everything before it, till in Eeploubor, 1905, Glen & Company, the Glasgow shipowners, that for the purpose of establishing his case. The the memorable edict was issued abolishing the they employ Chinese on their ships because they old system of examination and the eight-legged are the better men. They declared to the seara. Corporation put in an affidavit by their écoretary,
or education continued to be the main considers John Chinaman is more sober and reliable, and Company had not at any time entered into any tion till three or four years ago, when kinder- the Union would be better employed in training noatract or engagement with the plaintiff, and was not indebted to him in any sun whatsoever. Barton, and preparatory schools began to spring better type of British seaman that in protest.port is much less than the charges on exporta By the memorandum it appeared that this Comties showing that in 1908 there were a million for employing the latter were not connecter As showing the progress, he quoted statis ing against Asisties, especially as the reasons
pany had for one of its objects the carrying on of the Ellis Kaloorie Chinese Schools Society, students, and last year the weber had with saving money in fact the firm wonid but that Society, had not been taken over or iucrased by three hundred thousand. Further pay considerably highor wagen to Chinese then carried on by the Corporation, and was in statistics showed what rapid developments Britishers." no wunner connected with it. The Puispe had been mande in
directions in Judgo had before him that distinct sw The Chief Justico.-What was the notion for, statement. The plaintiff put in no answer- Chili, under the administration of Yuan Shi ing affidavit, and did not deny what the Seera- Kai, and, the writer said he had no wrongful dismissul ?
Dr. Foilor said it was for 250 for wages, and tary had said. He made no allegation on oath.doubt other parts of the ampire could show 8350 for damages in lien of two mouths' netice. other decision could the Paisne Judge similar results. The currionts of the Chinese be found, and the shipping-regulations in force remarks on Compulsory Service
given?
Mr. Justice Gompartz suggested they should be read, nad Counsel proceeded to read them. The Chief Justice-What is the joint? Mr. Potter-It is really a very short one indeed. An action was brought by Thomas O'Kane against the Anglo-Chinese Education
Trust Co.
What
up.
الم
Other shipping experts, however, duny that the best type of British sailors are to be beaten anywhere. It is among the men on the tramp atoumors, they may, that the bad element is to
Ou March 16th the defendant's selicitor took The Chief Justice said the Court was quite schools and colloges, he declared, were similar nowadays are such as tend to enable such out a summons under soutions 63 and 64 of the clear that the order could not be maintained, to them of fika institutions in Europa and min to shirk disciplíne.
not on the grounde mentioned, but on.
America, and it was noticeable how great atten- Cole, the substance of the summons being that
As to Chinese sailors, the officials of the technical ground. The costs of this the. defendants' solicitor asked that appeal would be mado: costr
tion was paid to physical education, in the National Sailors' Union scoff at their reliability jo the the writ should bo amanded by the case, because it was clear that there was a belief in the adage "Meus sana in corpore or steadiness as compared with the Britisher, namo. mistake. If the plaintiff chose the case must sano." Another healthy sign was the establish and they grote cass after case in which there striking out of the defendants"
mout of schools for the sous of nobles and peers. have been mutinies among the Chinese. The highest classes had come splendidly to the
stand with the restoration of the defendants.
t
front in giving prizes and otherwise en-in every British port around our shores for The fact remains that there is au agitation
Mr. Potter, referring to the question of costs, couraging the schools. pointed out that the plaintiff had to pay out of advantage, for, sa Confucius said, "The rela
This was a great restrictions against the employment of Chiness. his own pocket all the taxed costs for appear tons between superiors and inferiors la like
ances in Chambers,
On that summon the acting Faiene Judge. If he did not choose to sue the other people, but made su order directing that the weit should if he ohess to continue to sue the defendants, be amended by striking out the name of the he saed them at his own risk. defendants, which left a writ on which there was a plaintiff and no defendunt. There was no writ, sa a matter of fact, once the solo defondant It had been suggested, had been struck out. apparently by the defendants, that Mr. Gar. diner in some way or other brought about this procedure himself. In no way was it anggested by Mr. Gardiner that the salinitor for the defendants should take out a summons to strike out the name of the defendants from the writ.
Was
and that the costs be made costs in the cause.
The Court ordered that such costs be refunded,
AEROPLANES IN WAR.
Mr. John Galsworthy, welting in The Times on the subject of aeroplause in war, Bays
"Of all the varying symptoms of malues in the life of modern nations the most dreadful is
this prostitution of the conquest of the air to the ends of warfare.
Hot
PROVISIONS OF THE NEW LAW.
that of the wind and the grass. The CHURCH AND STATE IN PORTUGAL grass must band when the wind blows sorom it." So if the sons of the nobility took up so heartily this task of remodelling the education. of China, the task would not be so herenican as it seemed. He quoted at length from the writings of Mr. Valentine Chiral to prove how excellent these noble schools are.
Dealing with the rash for Western learning
Lisbon, April 19th,
The law for the separation of Church and State is now ready. It will be finally discussed by the Council of Ministers to-night, and will bo decreed next Friday or Saturday. The Minister of Justice, Senhor Costa, bas handed mary of its principal points.
SWISS
AND
BLGIN
QUALITY
MOVEMENTS
In a note upon the increasing trade in American machinery with Japan, the Amorican Consul in Kobo points out that the establish ment of a Japanese steamship line on the North SUPERIOR Pacific between the United States and Japan far east as New York to be delivered in Japan in about one month, while the freight for trans- from Europe it the Suez Canal Machinery four months, while goods from Germany canaot from Great Britain eaunot be delivered under be delivered under about five months. The Consul adds that buyers of machinery in Japan soen now to prefer cheapness to quality.
THE REAL MILITARY PROBLEM.
the National Review for April, Lieut-General Dealing with this subject and its solution in Sir Edwin Collen, G.C.I.E, has the following "The question whether compulsory sorvica will, or will not injuriously affect the first line, the voluntary regalar Army, is not susceptible of solution by proof at the present lie. Such experience as we have had does not point to possible injurg to the regular Army, and it A dificult to see why the train ing of boys and young men, engender.
especially if they knew that service therein tod ing as it must do a pride in themselves and greater physical efficiency, should discour age them from making the Army a profession, to advantages in civil life. On the contrary. the more widely spread military training is greater the prospect of obtaining large mumbers of recruits. Procisely the same idea runs through Mr. Haldane's cheme and that of Lord Roberts, viz., the
papularising of military service only the former would like to do it by a method of a limited kind that cau never give the nambers required, while the latter would
the apply
principle of Bervice for
Chas. J. Gaupp
16 the
Entire liberty is conceded to all religions for home defence a profession would b
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N. LAZARUS
FOR YOUR GLASSES?
the country to everyone alike. It seems to be WHY do To almost a logical conclusion that the training of It was all very fine for Mr. Kong Sing to go about
the nation to arms, "a nation in erms," as Mr.
the matter in this way-although Mr. Potter
Haldane desires it should be, would be the most powerful stimulus to recruiting for the regular was sure he meant it for the best-but the appel. "If ever men presented a spectacle of sheer that had now set in. he regretted that it had a copy of the new law and I subjoin a som-
Army, Ami why should compulsory servica lant had to pay to the other side the cost of in their struggle to subordinate to their histories and literature and to fly to ephemeral from the date of the promal ation of Separa inanity it is now when having at last triumph-led many to discard altogether their classic
the Navy Those who choose the Navy all these applications in Chambers, Their welfars the unconquered olemont, they have
Europesa literature. To remedy this the tion. The Catholic religion ceases to be the exempt from the land defence scheme, and so attitude all through was that they had straightway commenced to deals that alement,
religion of the State, and henceforth all would those who desire to enter extension of so heroically mastered by filling it with engines study of the national literature and history Churches will be maintained by the offerings of training schools for the naval and military get the proper defendants, and he
of destruction. If fever the gods woro jastided was now compulsory in the public schools. As their members. Thoir accounts, howevor, aro prepared to
that Bhow
they
services would be of great national, benefit, nad bad.
of their ironic aile by the gods, it is new to the future, it must be remembered that to be under the fiscal supervision of the State often when passing the Dake of York's School Mr. Potter contended that no defendant could
there any thinke aliyo watching this stili
in the Lays of its occupation I have thought BECAUSE ask that ide name be struck out, and submitted utterly proventible calamity without horrer and China was poor, but that would not be the case To all priests in the enjoyment of a bonefice on
July Inert the Government ensures the samé what a wonderful advantage it would be to the that unless there were two defendants there despair! Horror at what must come of it, if when hor resources, were developed, for which stipende as they are now receiving, the amounts Army and to the country at large if we could promptly stopped, despair that men can be purpose they had engineering classes in the to be fixed by special commissions. bavo auch an institution in every county, could not be a misjoinder of defendants. He so blinit, so hopelessly and childishly the slaves imperial universities. In this vannection he in churches and other property necessary for There are many other arguments in favour of and been unable to find, and he did not think of their own marvellous inventivo powers stanced the splendid work done at the university clergy, free of all expense, and all Portuguese people, and noul not be repeated. It would religious worship are coded by the State to the universal service, but they are familiar to most Sir Henry Berkeley would be able to find, any there over 20 patent u case for segtoh-
izg FLE birth nction in which a defendant had applied to
s hideous development of of Shansi established by Dr. Timothy Bichard, and foreign clergy now exercising religious mean the regeneration of the nation and the the black arts of warfare; aver auch an occasion Taking them all in all, in a very few years functions will continue is hitherte in their strike himself out There was no point of law for the Powers in conference to ban once and educational establishments of Chins would be offeos. As rogards new appintments, however,
tre not strong enough," takon by Mr. Kɔng Sing in Chombers us to for all now and ghastly menace ?
the second only to these of Europe and America, firet have to be obtained."
consent of the Portuguese Government will Let us not only support the Territorial forse A little reason. grein of common. 30, why this defendant company should not con-
with all our strength, but do car tuseat to get OPTHALMIC gleam of
sauity before it
.100 late-before Turning to women, he declared the old idea All religions property which is proved to be the people of England to accept the conditions tinue to be defendants.
vested interest and the chains of a new habit bare enslaved us too hopelessly! 1 frash
that ignorance was a virtue in women had been long to private individuels, either Portuguese of universal service, by which alone that
or foreige,
will be respected, and the British force can be made a full and complete power devilry he not quenched within the next few abandoned in China, and pablic opinion was
and other foreign semuscles will be allowed to for defence, with the capacity and the will for years it will be too late. Water and earth swinging round to the view that the education remain as kitberto. Their members, however, the expansion of the oversens Army. Interna Bre wide enough for mon to kill each other on.
will not be allowed to walk in the streets in tional arbitration deservedly finds a high placo Mr. Potter-The Court will not stay an For the love of the sun, and stars, and the blasome must proceed alongside that of men
in the minds of all men at the present moment, There had been trouble at first in the new priestly vestments. As the State will not nction, and this order of the Paine Judge is to sky, that have given us all our spirations since
the beginning of too, let us leave the air to schools of China, for the students were filled recognize the Cathollo religion it will offer no but its success depends after all upon the power put an end to the whole sction.
opposition to the marriage of priests. In case of insist upon the keeping of the pence. With innocence. Will not those who have eyes to see with ill-digested notions of liberty and jibbed death a part of the pensions will revert to the a supreme Navy and a national Army England quod vid toward 'mot, and the power to put at magisterial authority; walls on the other parents, widow, or children, whether legitimate could ensure the yeace of Europe, and indeed of
good-will into practice, bestir themselves while there is yet time, and save mankind from hand the teachers were often overbearing and or illegitiate. The provisions respecting the the world. Such a great ambition cannot be this last and worst of all ils follics ?"
failed to recognise the situation. But now the
pensions. I priests will take effect aŭ from July achieved without a great sacrifice, and some day 1. mart
the nation may decide that it shall be made.”
The Chief Justice said the Court was prepared to consider the question as to whether it was right to strike out the defendant.
The Chief Justice-Why not argse the simple point, who is the proper defendant
?
Mr. Potter-I am quite prepared to deal with it that way if your Lordships wish,
You will receive Fair Treat
went
A Carofal and Intelligent
Examination
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