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Fancy Work, and simil

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- For H. B. M. Ships' tonzago, displacemonta and effective horse powers are given according to H. M. Navy list.

John Nicholson Brit.

Mary L. Stone Amer. sh. New York

Foreign Men-of-war on the China and Japan Station.

Abreck Chier Duke of Edinburgh Enterprise Ermak 88.00 Essex

Gornostai 2.00 Hamelin

per Days not only valuable, but is slotinually being refused, the senders having 2nd Claes Cargo Boat of 600

Lead, piculs, per notions of new books relating to Chins and often spent more in Postage than your 3rd Clars Cargo Boster Ha-kau Bust of the East, which will be a useful unor refund can be made, on such parcels of the

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find a place in its pages also. It is to bo

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1300

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428

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1 foot deep, weigh more agreements, than bite, nor

pareals

may be wholly closed if they bear this special endorsement,

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