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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1902.

TELEGRAMS. or a deaf, ens mirned to them, as it has often.

(Reuters)

Somaliland;

LONDON, November 28th. The Indian Mounted Infantry contingent for Somaliland, which arrived at åder yester- day, proceeded immediately for Herbers.

Venezuela.

been wrned to the advice of the municipal body of Mucan, remains to be seen.

ANOTHER PROPERTY SALE.

has to be recorded during the week. One of the largest buildings in Macao on the Cathedral Square was put up to public auction by the Estate of the late Airs. Baptista Gomes. The property was knocked down ti. Mr. Luc Au, for the sum of $18,coo. This assignment fees amount in eighteen hundred dollars, or 10.% of the

The United States Goveniment is fully in-purchase price-an excessively heavy amount. formed on the šubject of the Anglo-German action in regard to Venezuela.

Leprosy.

Mr. Jonathan Hutchinsom, J.D., who is about to proceed to India and Ceylon in connection with leprosy research, read a paper at meeting under the auspices of the Prince of Wales' Leprosy Fund, expounding his theory that the disease is due to badly cured fish. Sir Joseph Fayrer and others eulogised the paper, but dissented from the conclusions drawa,

LATER.

The Strike at Marseilles.' It is feared that a continuance of the strike at Marseilles will imperil the imperial existence of the place as a port, and en- danger the French feet in the Mediterranean.

Lord Kitchener at Bonbay. General Lord Kitchener has arrived at Bunity where he met with a most cordial reception. He goes on to Agra to-night.

Mr. Chamberlain's Tour.

H. M. S. Good Hope, with Mr, Chamber-- laifi on board, has passed Gibraltar.

The Strikes in France.

November 29th. The French liners at Marseilles are being laid up owing to the strikes, and English liners are taking on their mails and passen- gers.

CANTON NOTES,

(From Our Corespondenti)

CANTON, 27th November. PROFESSOR DAVIS. “

It is rint often that we get professional entertainers in Canton, but recently we had an opportusity of spending the evening with Professor Davis and witnessing sole of his fantastiques. His spiritualistic seance, in which Mr. Davis, auer being tied up in a sack and then led to a chair by two local magnates the knuts seule &c, produces spirits and is then seen himself quite free from bandage and yet afterwards found in the cabin inside the sack and the knots and seals per fectly intact, is really very marvellous.

A BARQUE

The arque Osike, Capaia Sodermann, first sailing slim to come up the river for many years. She was towed by the steam launch Yat Sum

arrivest in Whampoa the other day.' This is the

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is some talk aboat a new shaft having been | broached which was outside the Company's area, and work could accordingly be com- menced only under the Chinese flag. Belgian employees of the company who have not signalized themselves by a conciliatory attitude owards the Chinese, but rather the contrary, quite probably, as stated objected to this and started the friction. One of the local papers has some very tall statements dragging in the names of the commissioner and others, but its remarks have fortunately. perhaps for the editor not been taken very seriously and no harm is presumably done. A tragic sequel to yesterday's bunders comes in. a telegram first to hand from Tongstan announcing that several Chinese and an Euro pean have been smothered in the north west shaft of the mine, the European. being, Mr. Baxter who is stated to, have lost his life ip trying to rescue the men. It is stated the Chinese went to work in a portion of the shaft where they had been warned not to go; but no particulars are yet to hand. Though. Tong shan is so close news filters through very slowly in reliable form. Bunders travel fast.

THE FLAG INCIDENT.

been taken at Tongshan at the instance of A definite step, remarks the China Times,

1. E. Chang Yong-mas, with the support of Mr. Deting and the advice of Mr. Kingsley,

noticed with interest. The possibility of upset ling the contract is by implication admitted. Is it conceivable that a company with nothing to fear would contemplate such a contingency i A British Company with right on its side can. afford to smile at sucir a contingen: y. : Why the evident concern in the present case?

It is to be hoped that a body of trusted men will be elected at the meeting with authority in get to the bottom of this entire business and take steps to remedy it if wrong has been done This is the wish of the Chinese shareholders and if 1 mistake not of the foreign shareholders in China also.

I have made enquiry in authoritative quarters into the flag incident. I find that Mr. Yang both as-regards the flag and his proclamation has acted on impulse and that his action has not the sanction of Chang Yi or anyone also.

Everyone knows the, Chinese have a very large interest in the mines and they have been accustomed to display their loyalty in bunting on festivals, a 'pleasantry which hurt, nobody; without consulting Yang this flag was either taken or an attempt was made to do so. Helations being somewhat strained at this. Mr. Yang flew off at a tangent and his proclamation is a Chinese method by which he thought to satisfy his dignity.

Elag or no flag, what is right and just will be the basis of adjusting differences.

OPIUM QUOTATIONS..

Hongkong, 1st December, To-day's quotations are as follows

Per chest. @$1,000/1,040 @-1,000/1,100

···985

MALWA NEW

"OLD

PATNA, NEW OLD BENARES NEW PERSIAN (PAPER)

hors.. 982) @750/800

Co-day's Advertisements.

ZETLAND

LODGE,

-To-day's Advertisements.

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THEATRE ROYAL

Leasee and Manager Mr. W. RZULK. Representative............ARTHUR SEeymour.

EVERY EVENING. " JANET WALDORF COMPANY, ANOTHER BRILLIANT SUCCESS, Achieved in the Artistic Production of Sudermann's Great Emotional" Drama

** MAGDA.” 2 "MAGDA." fr which a Series of Situations positively

· held the Audience in Wonderment

and Admiration, « MISS. JANET WALDORF. "Miss Waldow's appearance in the rôle of Magda was the most striking she has yet made. in Hongkong. She looked the part to perfec-

she depicted the passionate, self-willed woman tion and the manner was excellent in which.

(1280d.In her impassioned scenes with Von Keller, she rose to a height of emotional acting which carried the house away."..

No. 535, E.C. REGULAR MEETING of ZETLAND A LODGE will be held at the FREE MASONS HALL, Zelland Street, TO-NIGHT, Visiting Brethren are cordially invited to attend, the 1st December, at 8.30 for 9 p.m. precisely.

Hongkong, 1st December-Sona...

PUBLIC AUCTION.

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THE Undersigned have received instructions to Sell by PUBLIC AUCTION, FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED, on

WEDNESDAY, the 3rd.December, 1902, at 11 AM, at their SALES ROOMs, No. 20, Des Voeux Road, SUNDRY HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, Comprising:- ROOM SUITE, TEAKWOOD

- TAPESTRY COVERED DRAWING OVER- MANTELS and WARDROBES with PEVEL- : LED GLA-S SIDEBOARD, DINING TABLE, CHAIRS,CROCKERY ́nd GLASS-4 SINGLE and WARE, PICTURES, ROCHESTER LAMES, DOUBLE IRON BED.

Hongkong Daily Press, Dec. 1, 02.

TO-NIGHT and TO-MORROW, will be repeated this Story of Passion and Tragedy.

WEDNESDAY EVENING, TWELFTH NIGHT."

Tariff and all other Arrangements as usual. Hongkong, 1st December, 1902

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THE STEAM LAUNDRY COMPANY, LIMITED.

It is presumably known that the system of laic agent of the old company at Shanghai, addisini tration was designed more or less on who has come from England at Mr. Chang that of the foreign Customs, i.e. foreign account- Verino's request and has been staying foring and method with joint representation of Chinese and foreign interests, which in this some days at the Astor House Hotel, Tiemsin.

matter are anything but antagonistic if the terns of the transfer are loyally followed,

'There is a slight slip in your article in say manat a British Board and a British general STEADS. IRON COTS, TR VELLING ALL work is done under European super- manager have a decisive voice in the man-

On Sunday, 9th November, on the occasion of the Empress Dowager's birthday, the Chinese flag was hoisted at the masthead at No. 1 shaft

It is

A Pritish flag flew there at one time, but had worn to ribbons and po longer existed.. No. 1 shaft is the original location of the work-agement of the company. This company is British only in name. It duits the purpose of managed and controlled in Brussels. the moment for obvious reasons that a British manager should be sent out.

29th November. PASSEEGERS DEWARE. For a long time past the akt trick of substi tating passengers' boxes for ones containing bricks and all sorts of rubbish has caused the au horties a great deal of trouble and lasting of the colliery. At the new head gear month there were more than the usual number a British fing is still flying The hoisting of complaints. A common procedure is for ane of the Chinese flag at the principal point was man to accost a passenger in the rule of a

at first taken to be simply a compliment to the Customs' Chinese etfi erand commence search. Chinese monarch, an her birthday: On Man- ing him, while an accomplice substitutes the

putlibishi ef no value. On Saturday morning when

BAGS, E.P. WARE, &c.

&C TERMS:-As Usual. Catalogues will be issued.

&c.

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers, Hongkong, 1st December, 1902, -[13070

HONGKONG HOTEL COMPANY, LIMITED.

Finally, I would advise shareholders in China, who, speaking generally, are the section of the shareholders who have paid good money!TH

a view to avoid the frequent revision of prices necessitated by the

The miners in the Loire district have passenger's box for one containing bricks er Tuesday Mr. Wynne, the agent and general for their shares, not to be led off the track by continued fall in exchange the Hotel Company's the fonam was at her whalf a thief went up to requested that the flag be taken 'down. The any red herring at this stage, but to, keep charges will, from the 1st January, 1993, be

resumed work.

--English-Mission-to-Persia. His Majesty King Edward is sending a special mission in Teheran to bestow upon the Shah the order of the Garter conferred upon him during his recent visit to England. The Australian Coasting Trade.

Rt. Hon. Edmund Rahon, premier of Aus tralia, has announced the introduction of a bill requiring vessels engaging in the coastal trade of Australia to pay the local rates of wages, and excluding therefrom the vessels of nations prohibiting British trading bet ween their ports.

LATER.

Russia and the Sugar Convention. The Russian Government presented a

Note to Great Britain in September last, de claring that if the latter persisted in her re- solve to enforce retaliatory duties against Russian sugar under the penal clause of the Sugar Convention, it would be an infringe- ment of the commercial treaty between the two countries, and Russia suggests that a reference of the matter he made to the Hague Arbitration tribunal.

MACAO NOTES.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

MACAO, 1st December.

DISTINGUISHED, VISITORS.

passenger and commenced searching him. Fortunately he turned round and saw another man attempting to do the exchange with his box. I'e immediaiety took hold of the first thief and held on to him until an European Customs officer arrived when he was handed over to the yamen police. Impersonating a Castoms officials is a very serious offence and the priser is very unlikely to see China New Year.

KWANGSI TROUBLE.

CANTO, 38th November.

A BIG CAPTURF.. For a long time the Imperial Authorities

have had information that arms in great quanti ties are being caniel to the rebels, who áre

anticipating another atterips at a big move,

but up to a few days ago the officials had been

unsuccessful in tracing the source of the supply, The captain of a guard boat at Mung Kong observing a.large passenger boat flying a-Man- darin's flag boarded her, when one of the crea in fright jumped overboard. This aroused his

suspicions and on searching the boat, after

binding the crew, he finüid over 200 Mauser

rifles and a quantity of cartridges and

crew

ammunition. The chief of the gang is a well-known robber, only 20 years of age. Seeing that there was no escape he gave up the game and handed the guard captain a letter he was carrying addressed to a man at Nanning who has given a great deal of

uouble in and about that district.

day, however, it was not hauled down at manager, paid a hasty trip to Tongshan and Chinese declined. Mr. Wynne stated that he

was the manager for the company and the flag was there without his authority. The Chinese replied that Mr. Wynne had no authority over their property. Mr. Wynne said that the pro- perty was hat of the Chinese Engineering and Mining Company, Ld., by value of their pur- clase. The Chinese replied that the par- chase had never been made, as they had never received payment. Mr. Wynne said that they had been paid in the present company's scrip. The Chinese replied that they did not de ire scrip, and did not regard it as purchase money. Mr. Wynne returned to Tientsin on Thursday. The dragon flag was still flying.

Yesterday morning Mr. Mamet, the Belgian manager of the nines, arrived at the shaft with his assistant to take down the dragon and heist an assistant and a Belgian flag. He ordered

wearing the blue button and accompanied by the Belgian colours, A Chinese military officer

50 soldiers carrying fixed bayonets now. interposed. They infarmed Mr. Mamet that if he attempted to interfere with the Chinese flag he would be responsible for the consequ- endes. Mr. Mamet drew a revolver, put it back taking the Belgian tricolour with him. The into its place, and withdrew from the scene,

dragon flag was still flying.

M. Mamet telegraphed to Tientsin yesterday for zomen. It is difficult to know what men he will get, as the mining company does not keep a standing, army and the Belgians have

nu troops here.

shares and act unitedly to this end. They can steadily in view the tracking of the £625,000 get any assurance they want that there is no intention to go back on them.

· ŢELEGRAPH RATES TO

HONGKONG:

quoted in sterling.

Dollars will be accepted at the demand rate

becomes duc..

of exchange of the day on which payment

-H. HAYNES,

Manager, Hongkong Hotel [130gd

Hongkong, 1st December, 1902,"

STEAMSHIP "TONKIN."

COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES

MARITIMES.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

"ONSIGNEES of Cargo

London

WORKS-Causeway Bay (adjoining

Kennedy's Stables).

TOWN DEPOT, Beaconsfield Ar-

tade (Alleyway)..

vision, and the objectionable, prac tices, common to Chinese laundries, of damping from the mouth and sleeping on the clothes are not permitted. Collection and delivery at private residences. Gentlemen's washing, $8 per month. Special terms to | families on application to

F. G. ALLEN, Manager. Hongkong, 1st December, 1902, [good

INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED.

FOR MANILA. HE.Company's Steamship

TH

Captain G. S. Weigali, will be despatched as "LOONGSANG,""

above on FRIDAY, the 5th instant, at 4 F.3.

This Steamer has Superior Accommodation for First class Passengers, and is fitted through- but with Electric Light. -

For Fraight or Passage apply to

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., General Managers,

Hongkong, 1st December, 100Z..

NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.

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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. FROM MIDDLESBOROUGH, ANTWERP, LONDON, PORT SAID, COLOMBO AND SINGAPORE. THE Company's Steamship..

In the House, of Commons on the 28th October, Sir Edward Sassoon asked the Post- master-Genet. 1 whether he was aware that cable rates from Hongkong to England, vid the Great Northern line, are practically double femphis, and from Fordeaux those charged from longkong to Russia; and

ex as Cambri, in connection with above Steamer, are hereby informed that their whether he would remonstrate with the com- pany, which enjoys a monopoly of landing and Valuables are being landed and stored Gands, with the exception of Opium, Treasure

bringing about an abrogation of this discrimina Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown baving arrived from the above Ports, consignees rights on' "British "territory, with the view of at their risks into the Godowns of the

and bankers. tion between British and Russian merchants Co., Limited, at Kowloon, whence delivery of general cargo are hereby informed that their may be obtained immediately after landing. Goods are being landed and placed at their Optional Cargo. will be forwarded on unless risk in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and intimation is received from the Consignees Godown Company's Godown at Kowloon, before 53, on the 30th November, requesting where each consignment will be sorted out mark by mark and delivery can be obtained as soon as the Goods are landed.

Mr. Austen Chamberlain'? I am aware of the difference in charge to which my hon. friend calls attentior.. It is in accordance with a well-established principle of the Telegraph Convention that adjoining countries like Russia

make arrangements between themselves for and China, or China and British fudia, may

lower rates than those which are generally as forming, applicable; and Hongkong, geographically, part of China, has been brought within the terms of the special agreements regulating telegraphic rates between-China and Russia on the one hand, and China and British India on the other. These and other charges have been under the consideratio of the. Colonial Office and Post Office, and 1 hope that it may be possible to reduce the rate between this country and Hongkong, I ought to add that the Great Northern Company does SAFEGUARDING INTERESTS,

not possess a monopoly of landing rights in Writing to the Chịna Times on the 19th uit. | any British territory. Vr C. von Hanneken says 1 have read the

On the 31st October, Sir K. Sassoon. asked under the heading of "The incident of the instruct the Government of Ilongkong to make article in the Chin; Times of this morning the Posimaster-General whether he could was given money to purchase 550 rifles Üngüished visitors Lindh si un our shores. The lifes, but not all the cartridges. In his con-

On Saturday evening andther party of disunt ammunition. He had obtai ed all the As Chairman of the Commitice apit publicly known thin landing rights will forth. pointed by the Mining Company Shareholders with be granted to any individual or company Colonial Government tender. Stanley brought fession he further stated that at Tung Pingform you on the best possible authority that

in Tientsin to 'sifeguard their interest I would seeking for them in Hongkong and its depen-

Adoniral Payle and is A. D. C., Lleutenant dę Salins, paidļa visit to Macao on the 27th ult, and, aber a stay of two days, left for

In his examination before the Mandarin, in the hope of getting released from at least some of his deserved penishment he confessed that

The Chinese Bag has been hoisted in virtue of the aricles of transfer, which set furth that the company is an Anglo-Chinese 'company

Cantun on board the gnnheat Argus. During his gatig were more than 400 strong and that registered under British law.

his visit Admiral tayle was entertained by he was in the pay of this trumblesome man. Ile

H. E. the Acting fitner to dioner, Friday. On the previous day the Consul for France (Mr. A. J. Basto) and the Captain of the Argus were the guests of Admiral Bayle at the Hotel international where H. E. stayed

during his brief sojourn in this city.

also stated that he has three other letters

calling for 400 men to help in a move to be taken about the commencement of the 11th Kwangtung, and that in the 7th moon be He said the rifles were purchased in

moon.

The dragon flag is still flying..

His Excellency Sir Henry and Lady Blake { there was a hailquarters of about 300 mes all her is not the slightest intention or desire dencies, undergeasonable conditions for pur

and Miss Blake from Hongkong. Capt. he having blunderbuss and in all about Hon. Ailithnet, A D.C. to His Excellency, is also one of the puty. Si Denry is putting up of all sets. Al these rufinns were to be ready at the Boa Vista Ford and will not return to strike at Chum how, wangsi, aut afterwards on the 16th of 10th mann to go to Kwei Ping to Hongkong before Tucaday,

to proceed in Pingham city, but they were unable in get through and that this capture would frustrate their plans for a time. Head: quarters, however, would le aware of capture before soldiers cou'd get to the spot.

WAR-EN'S CIRCUS

THE TONGSHAN MINING AFFAIR.

(From Our Own Correspondeat.):--

TIENTSIN, Nov, 18th.

is here to a short period and is hel, ing to impart some liveliness into this otherwise dull city. It is not often that a company of enter: tainers pay us a vi it and when they do the reception invariably accorded them is a hearty ODC. At their performance on Saturday even- ing the Act ng Governor of Vacao and Sie Henry Blake, Governor of longkong, and Lady and Mis Bake were present. The "show" was to have relirned to After about a week of things being particu- Hongkong en route foľ llanoi to-day, but larly dull and quite we have been started by Owing to the departure of the Marty stirring reports from Tongshan. At present it steamer to the Paris of the East being is difficult to ascertain actual facts as the re- postponed, he management has decided to proports are so numerous and so diverse, but I long their stay until Thursday next.

will give you actual facts first. On Sat rday and Sunday the Chinese dragon flag was seen by a personal friend of mine who went to Tongshan for the Gymkhana, floating over the Chinese Engineering and Mining Co.'s pre- mises (which is a British Company,) while the Union Lick, small and rather tattered eng was half way down the mast below it. The ostensible reason for the flag being hosted

INLAND WATERS NAVIG TION.

on the part of Chang Yi to annul the contract, so long as the conditions of it are honourably

of these conditions is the raison d'etre of the observed from the foreign side. The ignoring

present unsatisfactory condition of affairs,

The life of the company depends on the for this reason it is in the interest of the share honourable fulfilment of these conditions, and

holders to join interest with the Chinese in compelling their observance.

The company has a registered rapital of £1,000,000. Of this £175,000 represents old Chinese Scrip...

The focus of discontent is as regards what

has been done with the huge balance, of 661500 We cannot be worse, off than we are, and bow-an endeavour to have these 615,000 properly acounted for can injure the shareholders I fail to see

We have strong grounds for the opinion that fin account of the disposal, of this £615.00 satisfactory to the shareholders, can be insisted, upon, and that we have grounds of remedy if the explanation is not satisfactory.

Iain aware that an impression is being dis seminated that we are in danger of being made

aispawsThat is totally untrue.

Many other tumours have been put abroad

poses of laying cables.

Mr. Austen Chamberlain: The instruction

suggested by the hon. member cannot be given to, the Governor of Hongkong, in view of the terms of an agreement made in 1893 with the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company. The

gives a preferential right to the company was full text of the article of the agreement which

given by me in answer to a question in the 'House on May 8, 1899, to which I would refer the hon member.

Commenting on the subject, the London and China Express remarks:----

Sir Edward Sassoon's question to the Post master-General respecting the cost of telegrams between tongkang and London, which may well be taken to include the whole of China atso, is one that comes home very closely to every merchant Mr. Austen Chamberlain hoped that it would be possible to get ibe rate redured from Hongkong before long. We believe that negotiations have been going on for some time with this end, but the result of

next International Telegraph Conference to be these is not likely to be made known until the

held in May next year. Thi, is as far as the rates are concerned vid the Eastern route. but what was evidently behind Sir Edwar is

Oa information imparted to the President of the Senate by the Portuguese Special Envoy to China, during his recent stay at Maco, Mr. A. J. Basta and his colleagues in the Municipality have despatched a long memorial to Lisbon praying that immediate effect might be-given to the concessions granted by the Chinese Government for the navigation of the West River wir liberty to Portuguese vessels day, but it is not clear why the Chinese discredit on some connected with the transache sent vid Russia at about proportionate rates to call at all the riverine ports. Many useful shareholders should have ins sted upon hoist-tion, it is not long to wait till the meeting of that prevail for that country. These rales are suggestions are made in the memorial in ordering the Dragon over British property, and 28 inst, when the full facts will be put before only about one-half of what the rate is to Great to secure the promotion of the tradal interests here is probably some other reason underlying the shareholers, who will then be in a position Britain. There is fortunately some ground for. of this past, but whether they will be taken up the accurrence. Now for the reports, There to judge for themselves. One fact, will be hoping that at the next Conference a reduction

A-SK for ASAHI JAPANESE BEER —

in rates for all parts in the Far East will be FOR SUN HATS, Lav G. Ginult:

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was of course the Empress Dowager's birthy interested parties calculated to throw question was the desire that messages could:

BAHI

Girgulte

it to be landed here.

Bills of Lading will be countersigned by the Undersigned. Goods remaining unclaimed after SATURDAY, the 6th instant, at NOON,

the 6th instant, or they will not be recognised. will be subject to rent and landing charges.

All damaged packages will be examined on SATURDAY, the 6th instant, at 3 P.M. No Fire Insurance has been effected.

G. DE CHAMPEAUX, Agent, Hongkong, 1st December, 1902.

All claims must be sent in to me on or before

[10040

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BINGO MARU,"

Optional Goods will be carried on unless instructions are given to the contrary before Noon TO-DAY.

Goods not cleared by the 9th instant, will he subject to rent.

All ship-damaged packages must be left in. the Godowns and Notice of same sent to this Office before the 12th instant, or claims in connection therewith will not be recognized. NIPPON YUSEN KÄISHA Hongkong, 1st December, 1902. [1311

BUCHANAN

BLEND

SCOTCH WHISKY

JAMES BUCHANAN & CO. SCOTCH WHISKY DISTILLETS. By Appointment to.

H. M. THE KING

HRH the PRINCE of WALES

SOLE AGENTS:

LANE CRAWFORD & CO

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