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HONGKONG DEFENCE

CORPS.

ORDERS.

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Orders for Artillery Company by Captain

J. H. W. Armstrong, Y.D.

PARADES.

JRIDAY, Bath Sept, :--"

7.30am. Right Half Company (Ous. numbers as detailed at Belehers

30 pm. Right Half Company(Layers anil Setterschuss only) at

PRICES

1 gal. $3.25

Belchers

Battery

5

$15,00

Left Half Company (Layers and Set-

40

... $100.00

tars only) at Belgiers Battery.

Orders for Infantry Battalion by "

Major H. A. Morgan.

PARADES.

BRIDAY, 14th Sept:

3pm. Members of the Corps formerly in No. 3.Platoon "A" Cey., H. K. V. R. on Kennedy Read Bange tinder sud Lieut. I Sederland, T. 2. T. (Orouge ing). Dress, Drill Under without riles

3.), pau. Recruits of all units former IH. . . C. on Murray Parade Grimes Groun urales Corporals Edgeumbe, Elrons and Moule. Dress Drill Ortler

5.30m Herrnits(formerly_1.K.V.) Oft Parkes Ground under Sergt. Oxberga row, Prill Order.

ignalling bection (members

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WHICH AER VESTED TES NEARES OF

of his formerly in Signalling E OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE

Section 1 R. V. "A" and "E Classes)

at fap Valley Heliograph and Flag Station work,

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SATURDAY, 15th Sept: -

7.30 a Menters of the Corps (formerly in Seouts Company), as detail-

Tests of Elementary

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and

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PRICES

1 gal. $3,

$15.00

$100.00

POST OFFICE NOTICES.

"On and after the 1st Oct., 1917,

the rate of postage on letters from Hongkong to Fatshan, Chan Chuen, and Whampoa will be 4 cents for each ounce or traction thereof"

Child Suffered With Dry Eczema

On Head Formed Bare Patche Brake Out in Pimples. Cuticura Perfectly Healed in a Fortnight.

"My little girl suffered with dry eczema on the top of her head causing her to scratch until it bled. This went on forabout months and then it formed a bare patch about the size of a sixpence, and afterward broke out at the back of her head in big pimples.

"Seeing Caticum Soap and Ointment advertised we decided to try them. The "effect was marvelous and my little girl was perfectly healed in about a fort- night (Signed) Mrs. S. Scraton, 4, De. Silva St., Huyton Quarry, Nr. Liverpool, Eng, Aug. 11, 1916,

Cuticura Scap to cleanse and purify. and Ointment, to soothe and heal are Inot only wonderful healers but wonderful preventives of skin and scalp troubles. Sampler Free by Post. Address: F. Newbery & Sons, 27, Charterhouse Sq., London. Sold everywhere.

TYPHOON SIGNALS.

WEATHER REFORT.

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September 13 0 10-Warning to Hongkong, Coast Ports, and Manila, ko -Typhoon in Lat, 22′′ N. Long« 118* Ej moving NNW at 8 to 19 m.ph..

September 13d. 8h. 1um. - Orders given to lower Locul Signal No. 1.

September 13. 114. 13en – Warning to Hongkong," Coast Ports, and Manila, -Typhoon in Lat. 24 N. Long. 117* E., is Alling up.

Stock and pakt op

TALEN

2 BARKS,

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1917.

SHARE

REPORT.

SEPTEMBER 13, 1917.

11.90 AM.

Last Dividend, sad duca

September 134. 114. 35m-No returns from Japan and continental stations | north of Shangbai. Pressure has in- Hongkong & Shai #19 % | $581" x creased alightly over the Philippine and Formoso, and in the vicinity of Hongkong; it has decreased slightly to moderately elsewhere. The typhoon appears to have been filling up since: yesterday it has entered the cost between Swatow and Amoy this morn- ing.

Hongkong Rainfall for, the 24 hours "ending at 10 am, to-day, 0,00-inch. Total Since January 1st, 72.91 inches, against an average of 70.9 inches

MARING ITSUR- ANCER.

(+

Owatons a 50 $320

North Chia........£5 T. 110

Uni..................... #100790 K

Forecast for the 24 hours ending at Yangtomoefond 60|$190 noon on the 14th September

1-Hongkong to Gap Rock: Westerly

fair generally.

2.-Formos Channel: S. winds, fresh, moderating-

New Local and Non-Loes! Stormor variable winds, moderate to light;

were introduced at Signal Codes Hongkong on 1st July, 1917, in place of the old Local Code, and the China Coast Code.

3-South coast of China between

Hongkong and Lamocka: The sme s

No. 1.

The principal change in the Local Mails for Europe via Suez are desCoda is that the new signals will show 4-South coast of China between el by Ferat Sinjor Hanway, at D. C. TOTAL FUNDS AT SLOT Decanas, 1914, Forced Opportunity offers but only the direction from which the gals is Hongkong and Hainan : Thy same as

expected, whereas

the old signals | No. I. showed the position of the typhoon The latter will be indicated, as hereto- ROYAL OBSERVATORY fore, by the Non-Coral Signals. The HONGKONG, DAILY WEATHER new Local Code is given below:--

Headquarters. Training

Members of the Corps formerly in No. A Platoonly. 1.K.V.IL and others resident in Kowi will complete their T. ET (Grouping) at Kowloon under Sergeant Major Rooke.

to be notifi

if later.

DETAIL.

Time and Place

On duty from the morning of Sunday, 9th Sept. to the maning of Sunday 16th Sept. member of the Corps formerly in * Company, H.K...

Onderly Officer, 2nd Lieut. (4.C. Moxon, On duty dept. 16th h Coy. Sa. 3 Platoon (formerly Eight Sec. M. G. Cod On duty Sept. 17th "A" Coy, No. 4 Plazon (Fornorrl Left See. M. G. Co. & Civil Services:

M.O

Da duty apr 19th: Machine Gun Company (formerly Centre Sec. Sept. 19th: "A" Coy. No. 1 and 2 Pistons (formerly

Seats Co.) A. Coy. No. Chi daty

h:

1 and 2 Platoons formerly Scouts Co.)

請

in duty Sept. 1st: Cor, No. I

M.G.Co.) (formerly Right Sec. 'duty, Sept. 2nd A "Coy., No. 4 Platoon (formerly Left Sec. M.G. Co. & Civil Servico Cu.)

Orderly Officer Tron 16th to 22nd Sept. Lieut. W. B. Kennett

OFFICIAL NIGHTS IN SEPTEMBER.

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The following Table shows the Stan dard line at which Official Night ends

£23,970,387. 1-Anthorised Capital £6,000,000 Subscribed Capital £4,500,00 Paid-up Capital .................................. £2,437,500 II-Fire Funds

J,837,047 I-Life & Annuity Fanda... 17,567,591

Sinking Fund Account

Rerence Fire Branch.

correspondence specially marked is for warded by that route and no particulars of such mails can be given.

Correspondence addressed to epery 193.230 subjects in China,"Siam, Liberia, Portu- guese East Africa, Persia and Morocco, €23,970,367

cannot be transmitted. £2,381,456 2,141,595 337,239

Life and Annuity

Branches Revenge Harins Department.... Other Receipts

The Services to Germany, Austria, 478,940 Eulgaria and the Ottoman Empire arr

Suspended. £6,539,998

The Accumulative-Funds of the various Branches are sepaistely invested, and, by Act of Parliament, are met aside to meet

The ss. Strand-with-the Siberian. (London 19th August) due to arrive here

he claims under the respective Doparton. Friday, 14th inst. mente of the Company's Business.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.

Agenta.

SILIMPOPON (SEBATTIK)

COAL

HE Underagued having ocen appointed AGANTE for the COWIR HARBOUR COAL CO., LTD... are prepared to quote prices for best quality BILIMPOPON COAL trimmed into Bunker at SEBAT TIK of SANDAKAN (British North Borneo.

ول

SILIMPOPON COAL" compares favour. and begins during the month of Septably with the botter grades of Japanese Jcal and gives good results on a very moderate consumption.

1917

P

Date Sept. 13th, 5.38

Ends."

Begins

W.U

14th. 3.

1.40

6.41 p.n.

14

6.40

1,30

15th. 9.3

16th. 5.5

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17t

10th,

H30

20th,

Odi

6.35

21st,

634

2rid,

6.27

3rd, I

6.32

24th,

ARI

25th.

· 6.20

seth. = 27th.

6.20

6.

28th. 12

6.27

th, 6.9

auth B2

6.20

6.24

COUGHING INTO CONSUMPTION

"Only a Cough" but you stop it while it is ONLY a cough.

WATERBURY'S METABOLIZED COD LIVER OIL COMPOUND

The first preparation made for combating severe coughs, CURES any couĝn tout le only a cough. Very palatable. OP ALL CHEMISTS

PRICES: $1.25 and $2.25

HONGKONG TIDES.

The tile-table viven below has been mpiled at the National Almanac Office. “ăn London from the result of the analysis | Andraservations taken by means of an autemonte vile-recording machine in the Water Plieu Basin at Taim Sha Toni

h-ring the years 87-8-9.

cer of the table corresponds with the arred the sunding in the Adfuiralty Charw which lins boen found to be feet

inches Ladow mean sea level.

Ta uhtain the depth of witer on the

tige

Steamers calling 6 SEBATTIK OF SANDAKAN exclusively for SILIMPO PON. COAL (either cargo or Bunkers) are exempt from payment of all Port charges.

At Sebattik Steamers are berthed along. side the Company's wharf where there in a minimum depth of 27 to 28 feet ut low! water Spring Tides.

Charts of Sibak Bay (Sebattik Har- boar), Prices and all other information concerning the Port can be application to the Agenta.

had no

BRADLEY & CO., LTD.,

Agents Corie Harbour Coal

·Company, Limited.

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OUTWARD MAILS.

Registered and Parcel mails close 151 | minutes earlier than the time given below,

unless otherwise stated.

'Malls will closa for :-

BATAVIA, CHERIPON, SAMAKANG. SOURABAYA, MACASSAR BALIKPAPAN.

Per Bartre din at 11 am, on Fri

day, the 14th Sept. 3WATOW, AMOY & FOOCHOW,

Per Hai Hong, at noon, on Friday, the

14th Sept.

SAIGON.

Fer Mandpuri, at 1 pm on Friday,

the 11th Sept. STRAITS,

Per Woliera. at 10 am, on Satur

day, the 15th Sept. FORMOSA Via KEELUNG, THANG- HAI, NORTE CHINA, JAPAN Vis MOJI, VICTORIA TACOMA.

DAY SIGNALS.

1-Red cone, point upward, will mean a typhoon exists which may possibly cause a gale at Hongkong within 24 hours.

REPORT.

SEPTEMBER 13, 1917.—a.11.

Station.

2-Black cong point upward-Gale

expected from the North (N.W. to) X.E);

Hour.

Barometer

3Black cone point downward-Gale WTostock 6 29.80

expected from the South (S.E to S.W.):

4-Black drum-Gale expected from

the East (NE to SE): 5-Black ball-Gale expected from

the West (N.W. to SW.) 6-Two black copes, top one point down, bottom one point up,--Gale expected to increase.

Bonin Island"

! Wind

emperature.

Tumidity.

Direction.

Weather.

WIEN INSURANCES.

Chins Fires.20 $131

Hongkong Y $790 1.

SHIPPING.

號

Dongles Steamshine sul

4

Steambom. 15 3178

Indo-Ubinar N

(Prslarred)...£55 (Deferred).£5 $84

**Shall" rapsoper £1102/6

"Star Forty ...... 10 $99 b.

REFINERIES.

China Sugam...$UC] #22'

Malabon Sugars P.50 $90

MINING

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....zdra.“10 T. 14 "

CL$9.50 8.

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/ 1913 and Tutarim

of $18 a/c 191C.

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1916

for

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1915 and special of 83. 30.1915

Sy and bonus for

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827 for 1915 secre

7 pc

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11 p.a

61 p..

8 pc.

Int. of 85 al 1918-1917.

16 p

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$1.95 for 1918

Fizal of 3/- að 1415...... Final of 40/-a:01916, ....

a/final making 7/- we 1918 free of income tax Coupon 28. $1.68 dividend & 15 eta. Bonus for year ending 30-4:16

za

$12 for 1916 .....................

it

P. 3 for 191..

at. div, of 1/- free of in- come tax, mairing 10%

ac 1916-1917 coupon No. 9

Tis, 1 for 1916.

7 p.c

Тра

12 pe

134 p.

7. D.

6 p.c

1- interim making 4/-

/c 1916.

15 p.,

19% for 1915

Memuro 5B. Hakodate ...

11

Tokio Rochi

Nagasaki.

hima.

Nabo...

Langka

Raabe.........

Naha.... Ishijima

Weibalwei 8 29.91 Bankow Tchang Kinkiang Changsha Shanghai... datalatt.... Sharp Pk..."

Tronok Mines ......£4 98/-

Ural Onaplane..............£1 $

11

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DOOKA, WHARVES

24.67

5.29.74

AND GODOWNS.

Kowloon Whares # 60975

H.K. & Whampra

Docks................

8.% for 1916 & bería #2

#111

24

Interim of 82 a c 1017.

BY PE

74

Shanghai Doc T. 10.76

The 9 for year ending

*90*4:17

+ B Z

ተያ

29.71

11

29.88 79

7-Black cross-Wind of typhoon

force expected (any direction). Signal No. 7 will be accompanied by three explosive bombs, fired at intervals Amos...

Swatori of 10 seconds at the Water Police Taikoku Station and repeated at the Harbour Taichu

Tainan .... Qffice.

Koshun

The signals will be lowered when it Reseadores is considered that all danger is over. -

The Day Signals will be display a DB.

Gap Rock the masthead of the storm signal mast Macao

Wuchow on Blackhead Hill, the Harbour Office,

Pakbo Pakbol | H.M.S. Tamur, Green Island signal mast,

the fingstaff on the premises of the Phulien

Tourage.... Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and

C-St.James Godown Company at Kowloon, the Aparri Per ferico Mary, at I p.m., on Satur-flagstaff on the premises of the Standard Dagupan...

day, the 15th sept. PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

"

Fer Loongang, at 9pm, on Saturday,

the 15th Sept. SHANGHAI & NORTH CHINA.

Per dani at 5 pm, on eaturday, the

16th Sept.

TANG TUK. DEVIIST, or of SHANGHAL, NORTH CHINA, JAPAN

the late SIFN TING,

, D'AGUILAR STRETT..

TERMS VERY MODERATE Consultation free,

BRIDGE SCORERS

In Blocks of 10 SPIKETS..

30 sena esch

Four for Ose Dollar.

Obtams ble st

The CIA MAIL AD 5, Wyndham Street.

EXCHANGE. Rongkong, Sept. 13, 1917.

Ou London-

Bank Wire

On demand,

30 days' sight...

4 months sight,. ... ...373 Credits, 4 months sighty 3/3 Documentary, 4 months' sight 3/3 On Paris-

...445

On demand, Credits, 4 months' night, 450 On New York

On demand,

*.708 Crodita, 60 days sight, On Berbay

-Wire

On Jerand,

ve at the Victoria Naval Yard|| On Calcutta-

4 inches.

and on the gange

Wire.....

at sequut Dock, Aberdeen, add 10 foot On demand

inches the height given in the table. September 14th to 20th, 1977.

On Singapore-

O'demned,

On Manila

On demand,

Op Shanghai-

* W

Hongkong

Moun

Do demand

1.

30 days' sight(private paper)

On Yokohanss

Ondemani,

153

Gold Lent, 100 uno (per tael) ...40.40

Sovereigns (Bank's buying mte) $8.15.n.

·60d:

1

Silver (per

Chinese C

Bester Cash Nam,

in wigkong 48% nom.

Chinese Coppez Centa

Bate of Natars Interest Chinese Bubs Coït › Boneka Bob Coin

Via NAGASAKT, HONOLULU, CANADA, UNITED STATES, CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA. EUROPE Via SAN FRANCISCO. Per Oranje, Registration at 5 pm, on

Saturday, the 15th Sept. Letters at am on Sunday, the 16th Bept.

SWATOW & BANGKOK. ·

Per Chanychov, at 9 am, on Bun

day, the 16th Sept. PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, TIMUR, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND Via PORT DARWIN, A NEW GUINÉA VI THURSDAY ISLAND.

Registration st. 10:15 am. Letters

Oil Company at Lai-chi-kok, and the

flagstaff near the Field Officer's Quartel

Msem

at Lyemun.

NIGHT SIGNÁLS. : (Lamps.) White, white, white.

2-White, green, green. 3-Green, white, white.

4. Green, green, white. 5.White, white, green. 6.-Green, green, green. 7-Red, green, red.

Iloilo Surigno...... Guam Labean

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29.80

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T. F. CLAXTON, Diretor, Hongkong Observatory, Sept. 13, 1917. 1. BAROMETER, reduced to 32 degrees Fahrenheit, on the level of the sea in inches, tenths and hundredths.

2. TEMPERATURE in the shade, in de

+1

HOTELS LANDS

AND BUILDINGS

Hongkong Hotels......3 3r} $91 x.

Central Extacom 10 $90 Hongkong Lande...$10988

$7 a/c 1816.

83 ale half year ended

30-6-17.

8pc

7 p.8.

Interim of 43 x/¤°1917..

70

Hamphreys Bestas 14.00 b.

Kowloon Land.......§ 50 | 805

West Points... C$78 b.

Shanghai Lands T. SC‡T, W

30 cents for 1215

6 p.

#2 for 1916

Interim of $3 a/c 1017...

7 p.6.

& % final, mating 12%

/c 1918

710

3 HUMIDITY, in percentage of sur Shanghal Cottons T. 50 T. 120 tior, the humidity of air saturated with moisture being 100.

The Night Signals will be displayed, | zrees Fahrenheit at sunset, on the tower of the Railway Station, on H.M.S. Tamar, and on the Harbour Office flagstaff. They will hare the anme signification na the day signals.

#

5

Signal No. 7 will be accompanied by explosive bombs as above, in the event of the information conveyed by this at 11 am, on fonday, the 17th aigual being first published at night. Sept

-Signal No. 1 is intended as a warning SWATUW AMOY & FORMOSA Visto Stand By and watch for the next

KELLUNG Par denne Mar, at 11 am, on sigil. When it is hoisted after a black

Monday the 13th rept.

signal has been displayed it will mean STRATIS BATAVIA, SAMARANG & that, on account of a change in the track i

- SOURABAYA

of the typhion, or for some other reason, agule is no longer expected from the direction indicated by the las signal, and that another black signal may pus- sibly be hoisted later.

Per Priures Julieng, at 10 am, on

Tuesday, the 18th Sept BWATOW, AMUY & FU CHOW!

Per Haita, at noon, on Tuesday, the

18th Sept. SHANGHAI & NORTH CHINA.

Per Saming, ut 3 pm, on Tuesday,

the 19th Sept....

SHANGHAI & NORTH CHINA.

4. DIRECTION OF WIND, to two points. 5. FORCE OF WIND, according to Besford Scale..

P

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COTTON MILLS,

Ewon

„T.150) T. 180 s

Tis. 9 for year ending.

31.10.16

54 p.

Tle. & dir, are year sadəd

30-8-16.

5.2.2

Kung Yu... 10 T. 14

Y ngtsepoos Orientals,

Tin, 0.90 for 1416

6.p.c

IT.38

MISCELLANEOUS.

151 854

6 STATE OF WEATH, b blue sky, e detached cloud, d drizzling rain, f fog, 8 gloomy, h hail, I lightning, oov rast, passing showers, 9 squal, rrain 18DOW thaler. v visibility w dew web).

BAI in inches. wentha" and "hun-China-Benson..... dredths...

Luht & PowerA

China-Providents, 8,10 371

·Dairy Farms ......6822

Green Islanda 4,7] 17 & Hongkong Electrics 10 848

HONOKONG REGISTER.

Barometer Temperature Humidity Direction of

Wind Force Weather...... Bain.

Previous day

at z pa

29.85 88

On acest Ön date st

01

70 cm for 1916. ga

po, for your ending

170 cents for 1916

1 for year ending

$17.16*****

80 cent for 1916 cuarzo.

1921 a/c 1916/17 Bonus

75 cents

42 interim / 1917.

ef interim a/c 1917...

Interim of % B/C 1917

93.74 80

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0.00

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Hongkong Ropes....10 326 Bongbong Tramways

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SUPPLEMENTARY WARNINGS. When local signals are displayed in the Harbour, Cone will be exhibited at the following stations:-Gap Rock, (Europe viz Siberiaj Per Shantung. Registration at 415 Waglon, Stanley, Aberdeen, Sun Ki pum. Letters at 3 pm, on Thurs-Waz, Sai Kung, Sta Tau Kok, Tai Po day, the 20th Sept. [Shanghai Chi, P., Munday, ith Sec.] to notify, the fact to native craft and

passing ocean vessels, on demand, by Hongkong Observy söer, Sept. 13, 1917. signal from lighthonscs.

*Superscribed correspondence only.

Temperature. Hongkong, September 1x 1917. „BAHOMETER

10. Da

· A.M.

4 PEL

THERMOMETER. .DAM

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Dor Maximum

5/18 20

Mg(e night!

Sighet op at Tempersenter an. the "Lovest, "open når Temperature on the 13th

F. CLALTON, Director.

The object of the code is to give at in the case of typhoons forming in the least 21 hours' warning of a gale (Forte vicinity and travelling rapidly towards Steam Latradry", 8. by Beaufort, Scale, or 40-45 pp., Hongkong, or located typhoon Union Waterhosts...

of

mean velocity by Dines Anemometer) increasing its rate of progression and also warnings of expected changes in abso

WAERODE

Telegraphic

the direction and force of the wind, In the new Non-Local Code the Qwing, however, to the uncertain move approximate velocity of the storm William Powel ments of typhoons and to insufficient centre will be shows, in addition to its telegraphic observations, it will becasion direction of motion, and the position of

the 87 ally happen that signals 2 to 5 may be centre will be given in degrees of displayesi without a gale cutting at latitude and longitude. The tim Hongkong, or even Gap Rock, but the which the warning wah tasued will as reverse is not likely to happen, accept | be shown.

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7% Jos 1818/1917.

83.6.

15 cents for your 31-5-17.

1241% for 1916-74

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10 cunts tog 1918 RS25

fis centa for 1913/ate

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