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HEAD QFFIcE MONTREAL
Joan 11I0Le0:7, Dscl., . - Prestdentt,
MTlruntns womatAx, " lee -i' .,. that
Don D L NaopBerson, Senator, the fe,rnlera in Causda will be
T J Gr&xaeelrese g
nuolutuaiTns Co alive to the advantage of breeding in' a
Mao�
.11W Shepherd, Pres Ottawa Diver Nov* Co greet mamma: such °Attie se would be
V. WottlI s'ea �aouas, Esq., - Williams,
h .suitable for the English market.
M. HEA'rox, l:,sa-, - rn'Oct"' jr the above I have . referred mainly
Exeter Branch, ,to the Poovinoe of 'Ontario, but we
manor 0. BREWER MANAGLit. must remember that our Dominion
LOANS TO FAIt]1SEBS. stretches from the Atlantic to the Pa.
THE TIMES
tario, Another good feature in the tura, but when the reectiota took place
shipment of stock ie that torpors will and prices fell, Can e, not only 'baud
be induced to breed a better elmsof her products axbltt(ieil b high duties,
cattle such as will seweight fat heaaier thou lord uuryreay°moot And but out 'American good's flooding ;her
diari stook. There is no do bit but comparatively free markets, to the
great injury of her own nesceut indus-
tries, aud to the serious diminution of
far in3port, of British "goods. 'The fol..
lowing figures are eloqueut:—
18'73
Iwports from GreataBritain $69,622,776.
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Imports from Great:fi1,3rlta8iu,.,,,. 37,481,180
Money advanced to, farmers on easy. terms, ontheir oifie, In. North -`Vest territory we
owe promissory notes with one or more good our en- y
dorsers. No mortgage required asseourity. have a country a1Ot;rly one thousand
SAVINGS 13ANIiDF'PAJ TM1tNA'
5' veer Dent, Interest allowed on deuosits.
Gold and currency drafts bought ttndsold. Ster1-
insExehangebougbt and sold,
Collections made in all parts of the Dominion
and returns promptly remitted at:lowest rates of
exchange.
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'Exeter, Locust 15th 1878.
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he fretest tilt, .
THURSDAY, OCTOBER, 16, 1879.
ESTIMATED VALUE OF AGRI-
CULTURAL PRODUCTS IN
ONTARIO.
Scone seven years bade, when onr
highly esteeneea statistician, Mr. W.
Howland, stated that the value of the
ordinary yearly average of agricultural
pro(Iuots of Ontario was one hundred
millions of dollars, aud that an extra-
ordinary fruitful crop would represent
one hundred and twenty millioub,rnany
people considered that the amount was
too large. We nova place before onr
readers; an estimate made aititin a few
weeks by Mr. Iferstelnan, an authority
fully entitled to respect, and who,
moreover, as will be observed, supports
ori+ stattttment by figures which can be
vouched for, as well as making some
vary iinpartial remarks in estimating
probabilities. In fact the entire paper
is well worthy of wide ciroulation, of
fording as it dons a fair opitaittn of the
f'atrn•e Selpbilities of this province and
It minion at large, judging from whet
taas been achieved in face of the most
difficult circumstances of the last
seven yoars.
We give the figures as follows, and
continue with the other statements awl
rs;atculati0ns
H)ring wheat,7,531,380 bushtl6 at $1 8 7,034389
tiTt'ttel wlloat, U.3:13,2;2 bushola, at a;l • 0,32,3;279
Barley. oat.) cud l other grain, 41,391,-
101 bushels at Ole ..-.. 90,534,050
Potatoes ru,d other roots, 40,783,104
bushels az 40c)........... .. 10,314,041
Apples and other fruit% 0,747,47
bushels at 40c. 2,304,091
i3 ty; 1,810691' tons at *10 18,106,910
Butter, 36,943,953 pounds at 139 4,433,014
Cheese 8,308.090 pounds at Se606,197
Tobacco, 488,1155 pounces at 80c149,131
Rope, 92,54 pounds at 15e 13)193.
Maple sugar, 5,468,317poands at So437955
3'3ax, daesae1, 001,204 pounds or
480 tons e' $30 per ton ,. 11,400
0 arses number 4177079, increase of
ItB or 1u,994 at 870 each 7,639,:580
Cattle. umnber 902,8.58, increase of
r•tn or 248,214 at 30 ileach........ 7,346,420
Sitesp, number 3,055,017. 1acraase
equal number at 34 each 1,265,335
Swann, number 473,740, iucreasc
equal number, at *0 2,842:440
Total......... ......: 814555'797
Tt will be observed that there is no
return evade for flax, seed, honey, eggs
0r• erotic, stud it posy be that some other
miles square, aloue capable of prodelc-
iug enough wheat to supply nearly the
whole of Europe. To bring this coun-
try into 8neoeseful cultivation, one has
not to toil as our forefathers had in
Ontario, where the land had to be de-
nuded of the timbergrowing thereon,
but merely the sod has to be turned, Exports to Great Britain
and the nest year it is fit to be planted
Decrease
1813
Imports from United States
1878
Imports from United States
$81,091,595
$47,735,678
48,631,739
Iuorease
1873 896,061
Exports,to Great Britain ,$38,743,848
45,941,539
with grain. Itis an admitted fact that Increase $ 7,197,691
the tvlieat produced in that territory Exports to United States .$42,672,526
commands a higher price than that 1378
grown south oflt, and whilst in Il iuoisExports to United States 25 844,808
ten to twelve bushels an acro id the Decrease fr16,827,628
theentrtvagance of Sir .plan" which
were of g what ert!oneous ebareoter onto
do not agree with the public accounts
For igstance) he staid: "'Tice civil Gov-
erametat" post iu ,1878 $823,61.9 but
Ur. Tilley asked lu 1870 $847,821 bot
the eetitnates for 1878 stcoar -Haat loll.
Cartwrigbtaslced, and it was grouted
to him by Itis foliowet'e iu P4rliaulent,
the sum of $881,478. He likewise
olaitued the administration of Justice
coat $464,9201'a.1875, while in 1879
at is$612,885, whereas Mr. Cartwright's
owu document printed by his authority,
give us the .esti nates for 1878 the
sum to be $613,700; So that ander
Conservative rule under two heads, a
saving of $17,412 has .beeu effected,
A reform orater should always stick to
generalities, he makes himself ridi-
entious, when he descends to partiou-
1573 lars. The dismissal of lir, Lettellier,
he claimed was a "high handed piece
of iuj )c Lice, as Alio Parliament of Cana-
da toad coon before tried, aud politically
exonerated hien." At it would not be
courteut to inform Hon. I uight that
he told his Siaforth i►udiehce, a deliber•
ateuutruth we w,iil therefore Resume
ho is ignorant of what the Parlismeut
consist; of. According t0 his defied -
tion the Parliament is only nesse up of
the followers of 12r. Mrtekenzle, and
that for a proceeding to become law, it
is only to be asseut,4d to by the Grits.
He seems to be oblivious to the feet
that the Senate carried a resolution
strongly coudetnuiug the actiuu ,)f Let-
tellior, and that the subject had never
been submitted uu(ler 1Ir. i1I'tolkeuzie
to the Goveruor General, LotdDuffe'riu,
in any manner whatever. But, said
tie, to still further show the iniquity of
the transaction, he exclaimed in
enoorous tones, "the grand inquest of
the people of Quebec had been appealed
to by Mr. Joly and the Goveruor ac-
quitted." . Here again. the roetnory of
the hon. gentleman proves uureliable ;
for the people of Quebec returued at
that election a m=ajority of ropreeeuta-
tivee pledged to condemn the action cf
the Governor, and a motive was actual-
ly carried at the fia=t sitting of the
legislature to that effect. Besides, it'ia
the
known that kr, Joly Was only ro•
"hay sends iu.tlteir hair,"m �oeapied the i tamed in power wheu he purchased
frout seats. After a tedious half hour one of the oppoeitiou.by giving hits the
average production, in Manitoba and
the North-West territory it is thirty to
forty bushels. Iu addition to wheat,
all other grains, as web as root crops,
do remarkably well in than territory.
All that is required to make it tt sus-
cessis an outlet for her productiolt, and
as the present Guverumeut seem to be
in earnest to provide such, and that,
too, in the smallest possible epece of
time, there can be no question but that
before many years have elapsed all our
shipping aud railroads will be profit-
ably employed to the fuiTest cttpartty in
carrying such productions to tit sea-
board.
There then is the Province of British
Colombia, which, if time is allowed,
Canada thus found the United States
not only olittngiog her industries and
substituting Anlerioau for 13ritish goods
iu her markets, but also refusing to ac-
cept her products in payment, and for-
cing her to sell them to England at a
serious diaaclvantage. For fe],ur years
this eouditiou of trade existed, amidst
the growing discontent of the people,
until at the general elections lest Sep-
tember the country unanimously pro•
nonuced in favor of a change. It 11as
been made first uudoubtedly in the
snppoeed iuterost of Canada, and next
with the view of excluding the Ameri-
cans from our markets. Until they
place our trade on a footiug of ' reci-
msut prove the 1'ichest aud, weaattliies(' prccitr and fair play Canada will no
Province of the Confederation—what longer buy in ammarket where she is
with its geld land silver mines, iron and not permitted to loll.
coal, its cnannilicont timber and prolific "''42Q''
tislieties, Weida its agricultural pro- To the Editor of the 7intcs,
ductione and a genial climate, if there
is anything that would go to male a
rich Pror-iuce, these must do so.
With coal in Nova Scalia, New John Cartwright, IL P. for Centrellur-1
Brunswick, ou the Sassatollowau on, hell a meetingirl the Town of Sea -
and Vaucouver's Island, irou ore is forth on Tuesday dvenieg cf last week
easily obtainable in all parts of the Do-
miniou—fisheries on the Atlantic laud in t,ardno'at If all. The Flail was tnler-
Pactfie, tuttguifiicent topical' : every- ally well dolled, many from curiosity,
where ; its bays, harbors, lakes and and a number of the good, trusty omen -
rivers . as a highway for commerce ; and try -readers of the Globe, as Mr. Bishop
besides all the80 advaubiagee ate wealth used to so eloquently observe with
of agricultural production, if the Do-
uiilticn dues not prosper and become
one of the largest producing coulrtrien
of the world, not o.u)y in agrienitural
production, but also in manufactures,
it mast be the fault of its peel le rather
DnAlt Sat:..—According to promise the
Great Tory Grit, the Hon. Sir Richard
than that of the country they are bles-
sed with.
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Sir A. T. Galt iu lois able paper gives
a clear abd interesting statement of
the course pursued by the United States
in reference to Canada surae 18.46,
items are also omitted from the can. when Canada endeavored to adapt her -
arts. telt to Imperial maxims of trade, and
shows that under the jug -handled poli-
cy of free trade England was con tiuual-
ly lo8iug ground, while the Uailted
States was taking her plane in the sup-
ply of wares to us. "We abolished dif-
By the above it will be seen that the
produotioue for 1870, wbich was a low
average year, was $102,555, i67, but to
which runet be added the produce of
the increased acreage duaing the last
nine years, and the extraordinary good
crop of thio year alone has been stated
by most competent judges to be 50 per
cent. in eSoean, not only of • 1870, but
()Oast year also. However, for the
sake of making a calculatiou, and keep-
ing within reasonable bounds, I will
estimate that the increased acreage of
the last nine years and the abundant
crop of this year should, together, be
-calculated as at 33e per cent. increase
on that of 1870, onnsegner►tly an
amount egad to $34,185,255 will have;
t.0 be added to the $1.02,555,707, mak-
ing together the total agriculture! pro-
duce of Ontario for 1879 to be $130,-
741,022.
When I produce figures of so large
an amount 'as the above, I can well price of giving ne the some advantage. that en additional three millions
understand persons, who have toot cal. Snob was the couditiou of things until six hundred thousand was regnired to
onleted as I have dome, questioning the 1854, when the Reciprocity Treaty was be paid to the different provinces as a
authenticity of toy statements, but the n
different rates at which they have been mode, under which free ,trade in all statutory subsidy. lie never said ono
ostleulated, and whit r rates have been natural products was established, with word how his friond Oliver' Mowat
given to 1110 by persons must conver- great advantage to both countries. In wasted and ygttaudered that portion
sant with the subject, oanrtot leave on 1835 the Uuited States terminated the comm to &Aerie ninon st his reed
the mind of any reasonable person ft
Treaty, t; greedy
shadow of doubt, but that my estimate Treaty, and reimposed heavy ditties on eupportets. H forgot also to tell of
is a fair and correct sus. all the productions of Canada. For the ten millions of dollars the Toter -
In 1870, and previous therein, we fourteen years, till 1870, Canada blain- colonial Road cost, a work which was
haat to look to Canada and the States tabled her friendly treatmout of the 'voted for and supported by his lord and
for a media for our live stook, but United Suites. She admitted their
now all is change+l, as our exports to
Great Briton leltito,. The adVbtntat,e corn, coed, luonttel'. fish, 'and all raw he was a member Jf the admiolistr'ation.
of this export to farmers and produoers products free, aud 'taxed their menu- Not a word dial he mention abr,ut floe
mast be most noaoifest, as alt cattle of factures no more than these of En, l;inal eclat which was unavoidably entailed 10
a certain grade fit for the hone mitt`• while ei'erybltirl.hT Canada produced the union of so many Provinces under
hots are now regularly shipped, while
tea
vshat is1 ft is e artily suitable for our s llettvily taxed, her ships excluded onehea(1, and he teetotally avoided
ootteam tical.. gTho rices for cattle from the ()lasting trade, and her trans- any explanation of the curious eorlueo.
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suitable for shipping rams, frotn 4 to it trails onoberriassecl by vexatious re- tionthet Alt. Maokinzie's brother Clau-
de. live weight, whereas that whi;;h i(l "'gulationss and heftily foes. (Yeti! 1874 les had about the, time the celebrated
sura.ennle+l in Ganati't can be pucuheeed Canada maaoaged to hold her own un• steel rails wero purch(asecl, After a
at froth 3 to Sao., therefore oho ship, deo, obese dieadvanta ea, owingto the
went to England of the higher gratle of fi
i s e il•
ferential duties iu favour of England
end of our transit trade, while the Uui-
of waiting 011 the ringing if a tell, the. oflica e£spoaher.
Curtain was raised, and quite an inter. •
The snperannulttion of the Toronto
satin(; tableau, vivant was displayed. Un- postmaster and the appointment
der the umbrageous shade of some are of a conservative to f111 the vacaaoey
tlfieial trees was to be seen the hero of was deuouucied in most severe toruli.
the hour, in au attitude of 6'•taeeful rz-
There is uo doubt if Mr. Ca.ttwrilbt ar
his colleagues wheu forced into oppusi-
pose becoming to a gallant knight; tie tion, were only allowed to retaib the
the other :side .were the irrepressible power of dispensing the patronage and
editor, solemn end still, and beside office bf the Government the bitterness
haul the mute furtn of the wortby Reeve and acrimony of those gentiemau
in front the Chief Magistrate of Sea -1 would be considerably softened. He
ti.o a might have told the true fac.s viz.,
forth, full of iearniug, wisdom law, that the old postmaster way 69 years!
and dignity, the whole reiniudiug us of age, that the was in ftilitt,g he8lth,
very much of Artemus Ward's exhibi- that he hail been many years in the
Lieu of wax ii1 ores. The ]atter gentle -
entitled
that he applied for and was
entitled to be. pieced on the superaunua-
man was appioiuted chairmau andiutro- that Iist, and finally would have explaiu-
duced the speaker. ed that a reduction of one thus sand
Toe houorable gentleman oomnienc• dollars a year was made in the salary
ed his address by informing his audi- cIf his sueeossor. After alluding to
tccl States maintained their restrictive once under what obdigetioes they were sl)veral topica which he :Omitted wero
syttetus. We abaliatled our nlaviautions to him for his con,ieseouscion in givingof minor importance, he entered on the
great question of the evening, the N. P.,
laws, and opened our coasting trade them a political speech, at which re- which ho considered a fraud foisted on
and canals to them; while they have mark, his humble supporters cheered the people of Canada by :lies and mis-
representations. It hots accomplished
eo good aud would result in disaster
and ruin. It was apparent the electors
of Ontario are, now oouvinoed of the er-
New York canals. We admitted tbeir tb.e least six years of his admiuistratiou, 1 ror which they eonetnitted trust Siantem-
never altered the former, and although loudly. He then merle an attack on
twice provided by treaty, never yet has Sir John Macdonald's Government for
a Canadian craft passed through the the increased public expe)iditure doting
neural prod(tobs ftee; they imposed showing, as he said, an increase from l ber. The sustaiuiup# of thee. Hewitt at
prohibitory duties on ours. We admit. $13•.000,000 to $23,000,000, but with loin last L'rcal,T�lsetiana was au expres-
tec1 their fish free; they demanded ad- his usual desception in finuucial 'that•
sion of thole yaws on the . etthject..
mission to our fishing grounds at the terra ha failed to inform hie hearers trait auy longer to bo taxed to benefit a
few bloated manufacturers, everything
they, bought was increased in price,
everything they haLto sell was lower."
l3at *lien he attempted to sustain
these assertion's by evidence his argu-
inents. were soeimpotent, so oontradie-
tory, so utterly. at variance with the
experience of all lois listeners, that the
impression made was opposite to what
was ititended, and greeted with an omi-
notis silence. IIe could -not point to a
single braueh of ieduetry-batt• what is
more or lase improved ander the oper•.
mates the Hon. George Brown when ' atioue of the new tariff --Sugar reflning
The people were determiaued not to sub•.
which keeps at home several million
dt)llow 8 a year and encourages ata in.
creasing trade with the West India
Islands --mills to maoitfacture, moth,
givine a tnarket for, wool, au itnt)ortant
p>•odttes of thp.;;Farm--furniture fa()toriee
to give a market for valuable wood of
our forests, agricultural itnp]etnents,
foundries, plow • markets, glass works,
loather avorkere, alt ho was obliged to
cotlfette, allowir,g.nninistaltable sighs of
0=1)1113 16, 1874
'duced. Hie efforts to arouse,
the prejudiois i){ his atigricufttu'al
ttieutls were equally iliell'eotnal, how-
ever lunch they tnight desire to Hee Lis
friend' Alexander 1lleolteuzie once more
M the head o; the Government, they
could toot be pomaded that good prices
for wheat, oats, pore, °tittle, butter,
and cheese, were s'uoh bad things, and
did trot add to the comfort of Canadian
fcariners, they failed to utadorsteud.why
the itiberestof United States farmers
should be considered before theirs,
Canadian Cloths for thein durability
and, iutproving fiuisl► are Fitt either.
trading. British goods, Canadian onttolis
have already' taken the pisco of Y)aulteo
productions, the ipriees moderate soul
the quality of the gouda far sulier:nr.
Cauadieu wheat instead of being lett
in the blonds ofepeculators and shil>lied,
to Europe is i)ioked cep by Gemadiart
utilities, ground into their, and 1til'kete
of this couutl'y enpptied by 0.1thrin iia•
stead of the interior grains of the :Wes.
tern States being used. The feeling )f
the noeotiug although laareeiy composed
of reformers, tt was. plaiu to be seen,
way a.lverSe to the lien, gentleman's
attack (11 the N. P. i e wtt8 theeefol'e
obliged to fall back cu the Gild pleat ode
of uir. Robert I'ael, "To buy in the
cheapest market auto sell in the deer -
est" forgetting when people liitve little
ox nothiug to sell they aro iu a poor
pori:iou to buy, uo Matter how cheep
goods may be/offered. Trolleslneu iritic•
out work must go to another c;,unt);y
to live. Partners without a home 1nat'-
ket must ship the surplus produce iu,tits
raw state lotto; clista m:es. 111 the first
place they meet witu hostile tariffs,
and secoudly a market in ttloioh they
are easily undersold, and th 11 obliged
to take in exeiiwu.'e the uler'ebandise of
his skilled neighbor at their own fia-
ncee, or iu ether words the Cents li•1ns
ate to be confided to do the herd wclr:c.
while leis shrewd ravels reap the pro-
fits--accor(ting to Mr. Cartwright it
is "wrong for us to attempt to b come
anything else but the hewers of wood,
and droatvers of waster, as our geograplti-
cal position: is too far north, onr cli-
wate too bleak and cold for us to ries
above an inferior people on the ont-
skirts of civilization." But how cm:
this stateuleut be reconciled to t.ae fact
that all tee powerful c eiliz:•d Eurc)peaaoa
UStioun au nearer the North Pole thasla
we are ---No matter; that might bo the
case. Mr. Cartwright had still, cue
argument which he clung to tut Invin-
cible, "that the Uriuniplo .if protection
was wrong, a3 ib prevented us buyieg
ahem we pleased, and therefore trr,lnp-
led on the rights of marl." But the
protection We now onjuy does n11ot'' pre-
vent Mr. Cartwright or anybody Glee
frum buying where tie pleases, If he
oerett'ats iu using United States floor
Thos Anlerioau friend who supplies hina
must coutribute 50 cents a b trail to
assist in paying the taxes of the coun-
try, aud surely it 18 but reasonable it
should be so, when we have thirty mi.l_
lions of dollars to raise every year to
support the 33verumeut and carry on
iulprovemente neoessar r to a new conn-•
try. Those who trade here and mike
money nut of us should lee placed ou an
equal�fuotiug with the inlothitents of
the country. After a• formal vote of
thank* was passed, the nseotiog sayer -
eked, oonetderable puzzled over the poor
exhibition made by this clever ex -fin,
anoe minister.
`I L CIir RSMITH.
Sale Register.
Tuesday, Oot. 28th 1879.—Farre stock and im-,
plemeuts the property of F. Middleton, lot
E; oou. 9, Usborno. Fl. Brown acct.
Thursday, Nov. 6th, 1879.—Furniture.. eta.,
the propatty of Wm. Ball, Dashtvootl..
H, Ootir auot,
Friday. Oot, 17t11,, 1879., --Farm stock and iIn-
plelnents, the pluperto of Thee. 3. Stin-
son, lot 41, townline between Stephen and
Motrilivray, south boundary.. H. Orth
J"4L1i. wirll.iT.
White shoat 125:to117''
Scott " • 1 15 to 117'
61'ntliG WEE
Fire .
Red Chaff "' E
Barley .,. ..
Outs
Clover Seed
l'oas ..
mutter ... 008 to 013
b"lour por bbl. .. ... .5 00 to 0 00 '
Potatooe„por bag .. .. 0 50 to 0 81
Apl,)lee roe bag ..
nrled {epics pr 1i,.
... ... 115tor10
... ... 11Utol)5.
... ... 04610) 't11
028to030
8 75 to, 3 7:i
080.to955
010.to816
70to075
0O5 -to 000
Frogs, dressed per 100 ... ... 6 (A to 5 00
... 5 00 to s cis
... 450 tob(l1
Hides
Sheopskins,eaob ,...........40 to 0 60
per on
flay
t ... ... ... 8o0 to 9 (10
Onions por bush . 0 50 to 0 75
Lard 0 00, to 0 10
w„ til, per it. ... 0 18 to 020
Turkeys per lb 0 07 to 0 07
Geese 045toUU5.
Ducks, vor Basi 0 75 to 0 75
ST, MAR'T'S,
Fan wheat, per bushel 1 17 to 1 ea
Spring wheat ,: 1 14 to 1 1c.
parlor 40 to 0 51)
Peas... ... , 58 to 0 62
(heti 0 3t to 0 31
Hav ....... ;, ..:.,.. 7 00 u 8 09
T1ggs,per dozen 0 19 to 0 13
tatter ,.... ....., ........ ... ..... 1`) to 0 41
Hides per Ib ” 0 0,5to CO 0
t'uttttoes eta hag,.. i ............ 40tH a 10
Sheep skcns 0 4Ct to 0 75
HI(SSALL 9(4151(179,
number of av%ld, general remarks an site 1i)vtvlug prosperity, oaused by enlarged, white wheat 8115 t,1 is
markets, with toerensed faeioties for nod t oweit ......... ;.:. 114 t) 1 le
faUan0e8 he entered 1 to r •' • Boring wirtiat i 10 ,,0 1.14
cattle will not increase the price of that etcesalve inflation tl of prices in the U + u pa menial s sand production, toilowed by a gradual de- Barley .:............ 0 SO to 58
Agues to "slow oroaee Tea 1. rice itt the krtiole leas •••.••••,•,0 5(1 to 0 55
ti(1sCri )kioCl which the awesome G tel tStutee cased bytheir war eX etltit' ave souse exam ales in p ' lira- as , .. , , 0 27 tot o' 4;4
vall,
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