serious proportions in the not far distant future.
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The causes to which the waning popularity of certain British goods is attributed are enumerated in paragraph 9 of the report, and I would invite your special attention to the remarks of the Committee contained in that and the succeeding paragraph regarding the action of the shipping conference.
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330 The several witnesses who were examined gave their evidence on the understanding that it should not be published in this Colony, I have, therefore, caused the report alone to be published locally, but I am forwarding separately 75 copies of the report with the evidence complete, by Parcel Receipt annexed. You may find them useful for distribution within the United Kingdom on the condition that the evidence will