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HONGKONG GYMKHANA CLUB,

THE ANNUAL MEETING of Mem- THE

bers will be held on MONDAY, March 5th at the Rooms of the Jockey Club Hongkong Chab Annex, at

5.15 P.,

Hongkong March 1917. " 1549

HONGKONG HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

NNUAL SHOW of FLOWERS and AVECTARLF, to be held in the

BOTANIC GARDENS,

THURSDAY. the 8th March, at 2 to 3 pm, Admission 21.00.

LADY MAY

will present the Prizes at 5 pan. FRIDAY,

the 9th March, at 10:30 to 30p.m. Admission 30 cents.

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Admission evils.

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The Band of the 18th Prajabie will play on both days. Ten will be obtain able on the Ground

A. NICOL

Hon. Secretary.

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Rongkong. March 1, 1997,

THE DIARY.

General Memoranda.

F

BIRTKS.

THOMPSON.--On February 21. 1917, at Shanghai to Mr. and Mrs. T. P.

THOMPSON, a son, Joseph Charles.

"FANO-On February 23 at Shanghai,

to Mr. and Mrs. E. FANO, a adh.. HEUSSEL-On February 23, at

Shanghai, to Mr. and Mr. Gro. HEESSER, a son. BEAUMONT-On February 10, at Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs J. L BKARMONT, HOT

'MARRIAGE.

CRAMPKIN WILSON,-On Tat. March,

1917 at St. John's Cathedral, Hongkong, hy Rev. H. Copley Moyle, CYRIL younger son of James Hedges Champkin, of East bourne, to CONSTANCE GWENDOLEN, only child of John Boswell Guy Wilson, ci Pakefiek, Lowestoft.

Bevnost. On

DEATH.

nt

February Shanghai, John Vernon, infant son of Mr. and Mrs: ̧3. L. REAUMOŃT.

The China Mail.

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, March 1, 1917.

THE WAR NEWS.

THE CHINA MAIL.

But the Somne battle has placed beyond doubt the ability of the Allien to gain those objects. The German Army is the mainstay of the Central Powers, and a fall, half off thut Army, despite all the advantages n the defensive, supported by the strongest fortifications, suffered detent wa the Somme this year. Neither victors nor the vanquished will forget this; and, though bad weather has given the enemy a respite. there will andoubtedly be many thousands in his ranks who will begin the new campaign with little confidence in their ability to resist our assaults or to overcome our defence. Our new

Armir entered the battle with the

determination to win and with con-

fidence in their power to doas. They have proved to themselves, to the euemy and to the world that this confidence was justified, nad in the fierce struggle they have been through they have learned many valuable lessons which will help them in the future." The German retirement in the Valley of the Ancre is a recogni tion by the enemy of his inability to resist the assaults of the Brital Army which were impending "there, an also of his inability to overcome Four defence, and it must confirms xud strengthen, if that be possible, the faith which the Allies, feel in their ability to win in this terrific struggle.

NEWS OF THE DAY,

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Normal cable communication with North and South America, ete,

via Pacife, is now restored.

The official estimates of the

Burma cotton crop for the year

1916-17 show an increase of over 60 per cont on last year's yield.

THE MAGISTRACY.

A PICKPOCKET'S TRICK.

Before Mr. Melbourno, this morning

WEDDING AT THE CATHEDRAL.

CHAMPKIN-WILSON,

16 St. John's Cathedral thin

THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1917.

AT THE FRONT.

EXPERIENCES OF A HONGKONG YOLUNTEER.

a coachman froni Annani deposed that while locking into a shop window intenon, in the presence of many frem a letter written by Mr. P. The following interesting extracts are Des Voeux Read yesterday a man picked friends. Mr. Cyril Champkin, man-Sydenham Dixon, formerly of Mesars his jacket pocket of a purse containing ager of the Mercantile Bank in Wilkinson and Grist, to Mr. C. E. H. $3.60. He seized the pickpocket but the Hongkong, son of Mr. Jarnes Hedges Bearia

&

The defandant pleaded not guilty to the charge of pocket picking, stating that He was but one of a crowd standing in front of the shop window and the come mistake. plainant but probably seized him by

There were no witnesses to the allegedl

pocket picking and this Worship charge the defendant:

the Bev V, H. Copley Moyle, t I crossed on Christmas, Eve, along

The bride, who was given away by Mr. Evan Oridiston, wore a dress of Georgette gimbroidered in silver over chison.

GERMAN OFFICIALS”. ÎN BRITISH CONSULATES.

"MR. WILE'S REPLY TO SIR JOHN

JORDAN.

MY F. W. Wile of the Daily Mail rejoinder to the Times in reply to the staff on January 17th, sort the following repudiation from Sir John Jordan that

at the outbreak of the war "30 British Consuls in China were Germans "- .I desire to take the earliest possible opportunity to say that I

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thief managed to pass the stolen purse to Champkin of Eastbourne., was A line or two to let you know that

confederate who ran away. The coachnurried to Constance Gwendoline am at present quartered in a dug-out man, however, delivered his prisoner Wilson, only child of Ir. John somewhere on the Western Front and misinformed by the person who entwed into the custody of the Police and Bosvell Guy Wilson of Pukefehl have, so far, managed to elude theme to state that at the cutbreak of war appeared as complainant against him. Suffolk, the service, being taken by intormittent shell-fre

as many as 30 British Consuls in Chias. were Germana His appears to bare... with about 600 other offices of all equally mistaken in alleging that many appointments in the Chinese ranks, and, of all sorts and sizes. In my Customs Servies vacated. by Britua journey to the dugout 'I continually who came home to ght are now filled ran across Chins hands. At one by Germans. I regret exceedingly of the Transport Officers seized me having given publicity, even on a single by the band and he turned out to heI aeed hardly add that they will not bo occasion, to auch misleading uttarzneen.” follow named Sterrie, who used to be in reposted in future deliveries of my Powell's. In the Transport was lecture on "Germany's Mobilization for RA.M.C Captain who used to live at Peace."

It is possible that my misinformant the Peak Hotel, and Hamilton of the

may have been decüived into thinking China Light and Power." On the wharf at that there were Germans in the British —-—--a man wared to me. He was Major Consular Service in China by the off- was Lient. Wakefield, whom I last saw on the Falls cially acknowledged fact that in July, verandah. In the club at met 1914, there ware hundreds of foreigners. Richardson of B. and 5. who used to be including dozens of Germans and Acs- in the Scouts Co. In our mess at the Among them were the

trians or Hungarians, in that service.

"British Base I saw a lot of letters, with, the Consula-General in Munich and Frank- Hongkong postimark, lying for Roggie fort-on-the-Main. My misinformaat Stokes.. I left a nota for him, but did may even have had in mind that up to not meet him, as he was away somewhere

I was kept two days at the Ease; we

and bayonet-fighting- were kept at it all day doing bombing

ALLEGED THEFT OF A TELESCOPE.

The bridesmaids. Were Miss Angel dismiston and the Misses Joyce and Dorothy Holyoak. Their dresses were of white net with yellow bashes, and, they wore white net hate with true "lovers-knots in yellow punne, and carried baskets of daffodils.

The best ma

Two employèce of the Military Hospital appeared before Mr. Malbourne this morning, one charged with the larceny of a telescope and the other with receiving stolen property.

It was alleged that the first defendant stole a telescope from Corporal Andrew Gilchrist, A. M.C., at the Military Hospital and sold it to the second defendant for twenty conts.

The first defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge but admitted having taken the telescope, stating that he had believed it to be broken and of no further use to the ownet.

The second defendant stated that he was told that the telescope. had been given to the first defendant.

After hearing the evidenco His Worship fined the defendantstan

dollars each with a caution.

ANOTHER ARMS AND AMMUNITION CASE

11

The chief cook and two stewards of a It is reported that a recent meeting Japanese ship were charged before Mr. of Chinese merchants, bankers, and J. R. Wood this morning, with the other business men in Tientsin City illegal possession of arms and ammuni. resolved to withdraw.all monies lodged with the German Bank in Tieatsin.

As advertised in another column the Hongkong Gymkhana Club are holding their annual meeting in the offices of the Hongkong Jockey Club on Monday, evening next.

The Hongkong Horticultural Society are advertising their annta!!

[x the successes achieved by British show of flowers and vegetables for ÉK. Jockey Club Race Meeting Orms in the Valley of the Ancre and Thursday and Friday, 9th and 9t

SATURDAY, March 3-

Day.

"MONDAY, March 6 :—

WIDNESDAY, March 7:-

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tion.

Sergeant Finectt stated that sine revqivers and 4,000 rounds of ammuní- tion had been discovered in one of the ship's storerooms in charge of the defendants.

The defendants pleaded not guilty to the offence and stated that they knew nothing of the contraband found in the storeroom.

Evidence was, heard and His Worship discharged all three defendanta?"

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ALLEGED VICTIM OF A CONSPIRACY.

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Murphy, H.K.V.C.

The service was choral and in cluded the hymns

Thine for ever God. of Love" and "0 Perfect Love," and the Wedding March was played by Mr. Derman Fuller as the bridal party left the Church,

The attendance at the wedding included the Hon. Sir Paul Chater, I got orders to join the and spent C.M.G., the Hon. Mr. Claud Severn, awhole day in the train, playing bridge C.M.G., Mr. N. J. Stabb, the Hon. in a cattle truck with some officers, At Mr. and Mrs. Shellim, Mr. T. Fright I was billeted above a butcher's Hough, D.S.P. (R.), Captain Cassel. shop in a small French town. As Colonel Chapman, V.D., and nearly neither the butcher's wife nor I spoke Fall the bridegroom's fellow officers each other's language, our conversation

in the Volunteer Corps.

was limited

As the bridal party left the Church the officers lined up and made un arch of swords.

the British" Consul-General in Berlin itself was not only a German banker. but chairman of the board of the notorious Wolf News Agency. In Vienna Herr Paul von Schoeller was for many years "British" Consul-General The Association of Chambers of Com- merce of the United Kingdom, in z report adopted December 6, 1915, states that it understands that before the wor over 40 per cent. of the unsalaried

within two or three years of the wor

British Consular officers were of foreigu. nationality. The sociation undar- stands that at present some 29 per afternoon, and found that the battalion that of those officers who are inpaid 44 I reached our camp the following cent of the officers of the "British.

Consular Service are foreigners, and was about to move up to the trenched cent. are foreigners."

Our march was about seven miles; we CRITICISMS OF CONSULAR SERVICE IN

CHINA

The reception was held at Der began by daylight, but finished up in rington," Pack Road, the residence | darkness--with French guides direct-

If "A British Consul in China" and

of Mr. and Mrs. Ormiston, where a ing us. The country looks somewhat Sir John Jolan, British Minister int large number of friends, joined in eurious, 19 every farm and church we Feking, had not, in contradicting my wishing the bride and bridegroom passed had been smashed to pieces. All mis-statements, insinuated in lotters to every happiness and proeperity. the peasantry bare fied from it, and the only things one meats are soldiers, Red Croas vaggcha, gun carriages, and lorries.

CORRESPONDENCE.

I share my dug-out with two officers In private lile, one is a Government official from Kuala Lumpur, and the other is a London solicitor. There is THE LATE MÀ. A. H. HEWITT just room to stand upright in the dug

(To the Editor of the "UBINA MAIL.)

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out; we have three camp beds, and a table. After many gallant efforts, our orderlies managed to light a fire. The place is hit by candles all day,

and one feels rather like a rabbit."

you, Sir, that I was "atabbing the British Consular Service in China, "in the back," I should not have been induced to investigate, as I have done, what the British marcantile world thinks of their claims that the service is beyond reproach.

Before the Royal Commission on the Civil Service, which sat from May 8 to May 12, 1914, the secretary of the testifying oficially on behalf of that London Chamber of Commerce, organization, said :--

Recently the Far Eastern section of the Chamber of Commerce had before it. complaints referring to definite cases in which it was alleged that certain firms; so far from receiving from local British Sir, his friend here for 27 years The men live in two adjoining dug Consuls that assistance which French iu Mesopotamia we have the best inst. Lady May will present tho

I would express my appreciation of the outs. I take my hat off, metaphorically, and German houses so readily obtained of evidence that solid reasons exist prizes ut 5 p.ri on the first day,

late Mr. Hewitt whose sad Heath to Tommy Atkins every time I see him from their Consuls had actually been, 10.30 am.-Auction of "Jewelleryler the belief generally shared by the

handicapped by the action of their The annual procession of the Crone Chinese appeared before Mr Wood through accident at the Kowloon He looks extraordinary in bis, tin national representative The section Watches etc. ut Messrs. Haghes and Allies that the year 1917 will see the will take place on Sunday next at 5pm this morning in answer to a charge of Cement Works you recently reported. helmet, his gas mark, and his very did not desire to approach the Forsign Hough's.

final triumph of their armas. No one in the compound of the Roman Catholic porket picking.

Trained as Marthe Engineer at maddy uniform; but he is always cheer. Office with regard to say particular 5.15 pm. Meeting of Members of will be deceived-least of all the Cathedral. The Rev. Fr. Lucas, of the The defendant, who was represented Messia. Maudslays, Mr. Hewitt came to ful and seems ready for anything.

instepec, but simply to record their HK. Gymkhana Club."

The feature, to my mind, of the ally, the British Consular Service in Salisian Congregation of Macao, has-been by Mr. Grist, said that he was falsely Hongkong 30 years ago, and for 26

unanimous opinion that, speaking gener- enemy's troops by the explanations invited to preach on that occasion. A charged and stated that he was the 10.30 a.m.-Meeting at Government that the retreats are merely "strategi-detachment of the Police Reserve No. 2 victim of a conspiracy between the ears was in the employ of the Green new Army is its youth. One meets China does not support the British amount of captains aged 20.mercantille community, there to the House of Ladies interested in War cal retiredienta." It is impossible to Company, with their Band, will join in complainant all the watchman who had Engineer of their Macao Works, and

Island Cement Co. Ltd., first as Chief any

Our General is 33, and was a extent which the latter has a right to believe that the retreating troops the procession.

arrested him. He then explained that while in a crowded matabed at the

later as Superintendent Engineer of the Captain before the war. He lives expect, and which indeed is essential to them if they are to hold their own in the region of the Ancre cau

cellar of a rather fine in the constantly increasing competition Mr Macdougal, Mr Adam Anderson, races, the complainant approache

Company's business "when the large him view the retirement as anything but.. H.. H. Society's Annual Flower and a confession of British superiority, R. W. Lee Jones, Mr F. H. F. Beaver, pocket and called the watchman

Mr F. T. Dymond, Mr S. F. Chubb, Mr thrust some money into his jacket additional, Factory at Kowloon was chateau The place has escaped the from French, German, Americas, and..

built. When Mr. Hewitt joined the universal shelling, as it is surrounded other foreign commercial houses. The Vegetable Show.

and it is hardly likely to strengthen Mr F. J. Dickie, Mr H. C. Dufeld, Mr arrest him

Company its affairs were in very low by trees. It dates from Louis XIV and section were therefore desirous that a Baturday, March 10--

Foreign Office emphasizing the necessity aotation, of only 81.00, but Mr. Hewitt

coats of arms on its walls.

of British Consular officers in China All day and all night—with interyalesisting British commerce there to a declined other tempting offers and big guns. Noone is allowed to be with- and enthusiasm write, is a per

-ons listens to the music of the greater extent and with more sympathy: devoted bis life to the success of the out his gas mask along round him, and Before me, as I write, is a report just Campany. His answer to one such elaborate precautions are taken in case Association (Limited) from its managing received by the Anglo-Chinese Engineers" offer was: "I will not leave, the Cement Company until I see it a

of a gas attacke

director in China, dated Paking The life is not a bad ons, and at December. 12, 1916. Hb declares that In Mr Wood's Court, this afternoon, success." These Works in 24 hours times it has an extremely amusing side."to data the British Government & Chinese pleaded guilty to the charge daily, and for 26 years Mr. Hewitt We are always dirty, we are always German scheme, which he describes, has made to protest against a palpable

** 2 p.m.-Auction of Race Ponies out

side City Hall. THURSDAY 8 & FRIDAY, March 0:-

Meeting.

to.

in the

their courage which. it is amply James Law, Mr Peterson Weldd, Mr H. The defendant's story however, didwater, the shares having a nominals splendid banquetting ball with communication abould be sent to the

11.30 am.-Hongkong Rope Co's testified in thousands of captured N. Jenks, Mr. J. C. H. Smith, Mr J. C. notsatisfy the Magistrate, who sentence

letters was very badly shaken by the Lane, Miss Root, Me R. Buchanan, Mr the alleged victim of a conspiracy to operations on the Some front last. K. Ferguson, Mr. K. Ferguson, left three months' hard labour. Samimer, for they experienced then the Colony yesterday.

THE CHINA MAIL

NOTICE.

be addromed to Tas EDITOR,

Correspondents moet forward their

AN OPIUM CASE.

whose abilities soon became known,

the effects of a continuous artillery Rear-Admiral Teso Chiu-bsiang, saanalt from a greater number of the "Vice-Minister of the Navy, has guns, firing an enormously greater been sent by Admiral Cheng Pi- Communications relating to new should number of high explosives than kuang to Shanghai on mission.

was ever employed before by any At Shanghai, the Vice-Minister will of having in his possession 65 tale of lived in the Works and gave the flopping about in mud; and we usually for robbing Manchester of its traditional Amor and addresses with any communica army is the world and they have give all necessary instructions regard-opiam and 50/faels of cpium dros, not personal attention. He lived sleep with our clothes on One seems hold on the Chinese market. Later on,

prepared opium other than Government business day and night his closest

being Government opium.

see the Company a success and lost to get used to these discomforts, land, in referring to the German propaganda in spite of the damp, one feels extremely The British authorities seem to he Chion, the managing director says *** Mr Grew, bf Messrs. "Hastings and his life in its service. “ Hastings, who appeared as solicitor for

well I get a lot of amusement out of doing nothing to prove to the Chineso He was a man of extraordinary it and wouldn't be missing it for any the falseness of the German claims or the defendant, said that the defendant natural ability and of brilliant attain thing. One meets so many types of German now for th had arrived on a steamer which recently menta, cheerful and resourceful in all men, and they seem to have come from

aith.

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tion addressed to the Editor, not necessarily constantly since been afforded for publication but se evidence of good foretastes of what is to

ing coast defence measures to be adopted in view of recent develop- the weather.. All matter for publication should be when

conditions ments, says the Peking Daily News. "written on one sid "of the paper only. are favourable for the commence. real

The Bishop of Victoria will to Letters relating to business should be went of the offensive in adreseed to Tas damaqua, -

earnest. The Somme operations morrow (Friday) deliver his second Hace of subscription to "China Mail" is established the fact of our superi-Lent Lecture to Indies at St. Paul's came in port and although he admitted circumstances and of antiring industry; all parts of the world.

ority in material, and they steadily College at 10.45 a.m. the subject andermined the courge and being Seli Discipline. On Sun- determination of the German troops, day next, he is to address the Stud-

$30 per sunum; per quarter and perman som "pro rata'.

The 'China (Mail" is delivered free to sub-cribere in Hongkong and Kowlood

Postage is Charged at the rate of fifty

cou s per month,

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Orders for extra copics of the Cam Math should be set as soon as possible

China he was not informed that the drug not mere monetary success, but valued to yourself and all in W. and G. that he intended to take the opium into wise, just and generous. He counted Au revoir, and every New Year wish

Evidence having been heard, His only Daty, Honor, and the best use

was contraband in Hongkong.

The constantly increasing pressure ents of St. John's Hall at 9.16 am. Worship imposed a fine of $2,500, for

preach and celebrate Holy Com-

of his talents.

on the Germans which has since been minion at St. Paula Chinese Church the possession of the prepared opium, Many who read these lines will re maintained has probably told as at 11a.m.; and preach at the er in default of payment, a sentence of member his counsel and kindly help the supply is limited. Caak 10 st., Credit mash on the German morale as on Cathedral at 6 p.nl. PU cta. copy.

Hate of subscription to the "Overland the German defouces. It is

per

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per armsun ezik, five cents each,

mix month hard labour, and for the ever at the service of his friends.

So much, Sir, for the righteous indignation of A British Consul im Chins," with his allegations of "lies, and preposterous assertions," and for Sir John Jordan's belief that "our efforts to promote British intercats i China are more fully appreciated by our"," countrymen there than they appear tó be by Mr Wile and his anonymous informant

The

Poking Gazette

under-

The Swiss Minister (M. Lardy), in

China Mail" in $12 per annum pot obvious that the German retreat musical and dramatic entertain hard labour.

possession of the opium dross, a fine of During the War Mr. Hewitt has given speech at the Borbonne on January 19th, At the Peak Club "last night a 8500 or as an alternative, three months all his means to his country's service and said that all the sons of Switzerland Single sepios twenty

bis scanty leisure to the Kowloon had pledged themselves, to shrink from stands that the China Medical Board of Section of the Police Reserve, the nothing in defence of their independence the Rockefeller Foundation have success of which is chiefly due to his and their trusty army was guarding the

frontier againat all comers. tact, example, and "constant attention. Ho was & man, and a gentleman in

Alterations and additions to Advertise/817es very considerable advantages, ment was given in aid of War

inents on Pages

2, 8, 6, and 7. should material, moral and scientific-to our

M

Charities: Mr. and Mrs. A. P.

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Brevét, tot later than 11:30 aİEL

On account of the diplomatic

be set to the hon. No. 6, Wyndham troops. We may very appropriately Stokes, of the Shanghai Amateur

1. Alforstim's and additions to Advertise recall in this connection the closing Dramatic Club delighted ange

asents on pages, 1, 4, 5 and 8 should be words of Sir DoCOLAS AIG'S audience with a Duologue entitled crisis, the Poking Gazette says, the the highest sense, a true knight without “as at us not lator than 1 p.m

historic despatch on the Somme Clearly and Concisely, and a Chinese Government has deemed it fear or reproach, and he commanded the * New Advertisements should be sent to bulary £pim.

operations. The eneury's power," highly amusing comedy entitled "The necessary to set up a number of new respect and love of his friends and sub- Advertisements and Eubscriptions which wrote the Commander-in-Chief of Rest Cure." Mr. and Mrs. Stokes wireless telegraph stations in ten ordinates who feal they have now lost are not ordared for a fixed period will be the British Army, "has not yet been have long enjoyed a high reputation different strategical ports along the one who cannot be replaced, but who as amateur Thespiana in Shanghai, broken, nor is it yet possible to form and those who were privileged to co sea, coast, including Obingwantho, will never forget - Hewitt and his anostimate of the time the war may and bear them for the first time last Tal and Chungmi Suryaying plendid example of unsglish work and last before the objects for which the night realised what valuable parties have been sent to these places devotion Allies are fighting have been attained. acquisition they must be to any for this purpose.

contained until countermanded.

Telegraphic Addrom: Mat Hongkong,

Code : 4.8.0, 5th Edition.

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appointed Messrs. Shattuck and Hussey, architects, of Chicago, to supervise the construction of new buildings

and improvements to the existing premises of the Union Medical, College, Poking. The plans of the Rockefeller Foundation involve the expenditure of over half a inillion dollars in building constraction

Balma massaged thoroughly into the skin and improvemente in the near future. bad cured far more rheumatism than Me Harry Hussey is expected to rive any interual remody in existence "End Al. Five relied quic For onlaby all in Peking in Jane next to devote his Bi.pamista and

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