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PARLIAMENTARY CORRESPONDENCE, Some \otes and Comments on the Way to the Capitai.

OUR WINTER ROUTE AS IT IS.

Kept Up with the Mainland.

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eaid “lets wait a bit.” The icy watering inass, urged by the tide and a keen North- west wind, was flowing by at the rate of

two or twoanda half miles an hour; if we

waited it was just possible that better ice ice upon which we could get some footing —would come to us. So we waited—/ony enough to reflect at length upon the advan tage a ‘‘waiting house’ would be. At last ia section of the field in which the ice was in large pans and cakes came floating by. We made a bold prompt push jnto the

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'first boat was within a few feet of one jot the large cakes. Then one ‘of the men ran along the bridge of boats }thus formed, and, seizing the ‘‘painter, . <

jumped upon the cake. The otber men

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“mush ;” the second boat pushed the first, | and, when and the third pushed the other two till the} hearirending.

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' 3.45 o’clock very litle behimd our asual on watch'in the saloon when I| vessel strike. IJ at once called the steward | and second steward, who both responded | very quickly. Presently the captain came |

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on Thursday morning, just a! time. I was felt the !

into the saloon and tuld everyoue to be ‘quiet, Hoe said we should have to leave |the ship, but he again asked everyone to| be as composed as possibie. Then the | ‘people made a great rush to get on deck, f got up there, the sight was You never saw such a sight in your life. There were eighteen women on beard with the stewardess, and | | pitied them most. Afterward most of the people came into the saloon and were there |supplied with life preservers. I then went

day; but the actual work of the Session | tollowed; there was a strong pull and a haid | on deck again, and the cries and screams rarely begins until the following Monday. | struggle for a few moments, and the three | were dreadful to hear, while some of the So Tue Examiner's representative had) poats were drawn up on to the solid ice folks were praying earnestly. I went, up plenty of time; and took the Capes route} pan There was some more lumpy ice to | into the social bali and along the storm side rather than the “Northern Light,” in} cross. This required hard work. Then|until I came to the rigging, and then | order, chiefly, that be might find out, by there was more ‘“‘mush’—and the fast} went up there and was there for 11 hours, personal observation, what is being done | girategic movements was repeated. Then | until the cutter “Dexter” came along and towards improving our commurication With | there was a few hundred yards in which the| took us cif. A number of others sought

the mainland during mid-winter, and be better able to jud; e of that which is stil! necessary to be done. From the widows of the car, as we passed from Charlottetown to County Line, the wide and varied land- scapes, dotted with comfortable farmsteads and clumps of evergreen spruce and fir, were, even in this season of nature’s rest, very p'easing; and one could not help feel- ing the truth, as well as the beauty, of Emerson’s remark, that are as much touched by the graces of winter scenery as by the general influences of summer.

The adventure of the Straits at the Capes begins at County Line when the adventurers leave the railway, and strike across the conntry for the comfortable home of Mr. Muttart. ‘The winter road is fearfully and wonderfully crock: d, and yough—for it passes through fields and over furrows scarcely yet covered with snow; but with the strong horse and steady driver furnished by the Messrs. Hughes, it ie safely and not unpleasantly accomplished in about three hours, What thongh feet and hands are somewhat cold, the pene- trating warmth of Mr. Muttari’s big stove soon drives it allaway,and sends the traveller to bed in goed humor, to sleep the sleep of the just, and cbtain the rest needed in order that he may be in ‘‘geod fettle”’ for the arduous work of the morrow. By the way, mention of the big stove brings to wiind the geod old days when workmen did their werk well. This stove was imported to the Island upwards of seventy years ago, by the grandfather of the present Liberal. Conservative member for Queen's County, and cost £14 sterling—a large sum, as money wes valued in those days. It was purchased by Mr. Muttari’s father; and will probably remain an heirlcom jin the Muttart family to toast the toes and cheer the spirits of cold benighted travellers yet unborn.

Enquiry here, and along the road from County Line, elicits the information that the people generally are well pleased with the work done so far on the Cape Traverse Branch Railway-—though they would, of course, be better satistted if 1t were com- pleted, and the trains running. The masonry cn the bridges and culverts is, it is said, superior to anything of the kind that the Island has yet seen. This is due partly to the excellence of the workmanship, and partly to the good quality of the sfone obtained at the quarry opened, not long since, near County Line. Good judges say that this stone is first-class for use in the construction of churches, houses, etc.—and in passing we may observe that it is indeed a pity that a larger number of cur build- ings are not made of material more durable than wood. The grading of the line is well nigh completed; rails have been laid about a fourth of the distance; and a force of men is employed in building the pier at the Cape.

All this is well. But there ia a dark side to the shield. The people ave in the high- est degree dissatisticd with the means by which the work of grading the line has been accomplished. It appears that Messrs. Gray & Wheaton sub-let sections of their contract to unscrupulous and irresponsible men, who got all the werk they could get out of the workingmen of the neighborhood whom they hired,and then ren away without paying them. This dishonest conduct is sharply criticized, and Messrs. Gray & Wheaton do notescape severe censure, while those who have been so ontrageously duped and cheated recsive much sympathy.

tn the morning, we rise refreshed and hopeful; but our enthusiasm for ‘‘the start’’ cools down at once on hearing from the ac- tive and gentlemanly operator at the Cape that ‘‘it is terribly cold,’ and that the thermometer registered ‘‘fourieen degrees below zero at Summerside last night.” Aftera trial and much consulta- tion and consideration, it is finally decided that to cross in such weather is impossible. There is nothing unusual in this deley. In fact the delay sometimes extends, from owé cause or the other, to four or five cays.

But the following morning was fine, though the temperature was still so many degrees below zero that the frost bit eavagely. At half-past nine, we bade adieu and, accompanied by horses and sleighs and their drivers, with the mails, drove out as far as possible, to where the boats were lying bottom up. The mails, baggage, ete., were distributed equally among the three boats, commanded by Muncey Irving, Irving Allan, and Newton Muttart, respect- ively, and we set out. There were, inelud- ing the passengers, six men drawing each boat—each man with a strong leathern strap, attached to a strong rope, which was fastened to the boat, over his shoulder. The eun shone brightly, and the lumps of ice broken into sizes and shapes which it would puzzle the eubtiest geometrician to cereribe, sparkled and glistened. Our spirits were lightened by the clear, rarified air, and the prospect of a good hard ercas- ing. We had been aesured by the * oldest veterans of the Uapes that there could not by any possibility be any lolly or soft or thin iee to impede the passaye; and 20 we pushed en merrily. Arrived at the edge of the board ice—‘‘what’s thie?” was the queetion that was seked at once in’ sev- eral voices—and the anewer came quickly in the expressive word ‘‘museh!” Sore enough, to our imtense dis- appointment and disyust, there was the ice, ground up into powder and small lam: *, floating upon the top of the water like newly churned butter upon the top of the but'ermiik. And so it seemed as far as the eye coald reach. No foot could tread it: no ot could he forced through it.

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| ice was solid, and the draught heavy; then there was a patch of open water and the boats were launched and we rowed across \it. Finally we re:ched a large fild of |good ice, and the men had time to re’ieve }the monotony of the steady hard pull, by

plodded on. One of the latter was about a bold young English gentleman, who came down to Cape Tormentine for the ‘frolic

of crossing. Having dilated to him our satisfaction upon his prowess and bravery, he was supplied, with a pair of wellington beotz, and shown how the strap was wor Before

our young gentleman reached the ‘‘running ice’ he began to think he had had enough of the adventure, but was too proud to show the white feather. He had not, how- ever, been many moments on the running ice before he was seized with alarm ana begged to be a'lowed to get into the boat. His request was granted—for the brave men of the Capes are very obliging—and during the rest of the passage made loud protestations that if he ‘‘ were once on shore again, etc.”; and after one of the junctures in which the boat seems to be going to the bottom on an ‘angle of forty- five degre+s, blurted out, “‘Oh, if my poor mother only knew what I have to go through.” The stories and jekes were varied from time to time by such expres- sions as these: ‘‘Your ear is froze, sir,” and ‘‘Your nose is frozen” ; ‘‘ Give your cheek a rub, it’s looking white,” ete. But we mace rapid way on the good ice; and, after a sharp struggle with “mush” and

lumpy ice, landed in three hours and a half, after having first pushed into the running ice. On the

‘‘board ice” off Cape Tormentine we were met by Mr. Montague Muttart, who con- veyed us in one of his comfortable. sleighs to the hospitable mansion of every winter treveller’s old friend--Tom Allen. Here we had a change and hearty dimner; and set out, at about 3 o'clock, p. m., for Amherst. In considerably less than five hours we had, thanks to the strength and fleetness of the herses provided by Mr. Montague Muttart and bis partner in the contract for carrying the mails, covered the thirty-nine long miles which separate the Cape from railway communication; and were quietly taking some supper in Lamy’s Hotel.

The observations made on this trip strengthens*the conviction of Tuk EXaMIn- ER representative that while water boats and steam tuys may sometimes be of use, a fu.filment of the bargain tu previde for the Island Province continuous communication with the Mainland will require a tunnel. in the meantime a second steamer should be provided for the Georgetown-Pictou ronte, and the Capes provided with all the facilities which science and experience may suggest.

The “City of Columbus.”

JOHN MADDEN, OF CHARLOTTETOWN, MAKES A STATEMENT—HIS NARROW ESCAPE—RIBS BROKEN.

Said John Madden, one of the seamen, to a Boston. Herald reporter, ‘When I came on deck, I heard either the captain or the mate, I don’t know which, say ‘we shall lose the poor ship; but don’t be alarmed, we'll be saved.’ Then there was a rush for the boats.. They were all cut adrift, but five of them were broken up at once. The other got cff with four men on board, who I think, were sailors. I made for the main rigging with the engineer and first assistant, and got on top of the after house. But the raft and ajl on top broke the roof of the house through. Then we shoved the raft inte the water, and Mr, Phillips, the first assistant, and myself got on board. But I was ufrek: wes get washed off, and left it to go back to the mast. The after house didn’t stand fifteen minutes. Billy Murray, Mike Day, one pessenger, and the chief engineer and the mate, all stayed on the raft. Mr. Phillips told them it was broken and that they should get off, but they stuck. Didn’t see them afterward. We clung to the rigging for cight or nine hours, 1 guess. Every once in a while a man would get numbed and then drop off, dead. When the cutter came up 1 jumped over into the water, but got foul of a piece of the wreck which held me uiuder water till I thought I was done for; but I managed to get loose and swem for the boat.. Was just sinking when some one seized wy hand and pulled me on board. Two of my ribs are broken new,” Just as the sailor had finished his story a young man hurried up to ask about another of the crew. “Jack!” said thesurvivor in reply, ‘‘No, he’s gone.

cried out that he couldn't siand it any

longer. I urged him to hold on, but it was no use. He died, I believe, right on the

riguing, tor he dropped like a dead man into the water.

FERBER MANSON,

another of the rescued brought to Boston, was engvaved in the steward’s department of the ill-fated vessel. He was visibly affected a8 he told the following story: [have been five trips with the boat and always with the same captain. I’ always considered Capt. Wright a first-class man, for he was very attentive to his duty, and the vessel was as fine a boat as ever I saw. We all of us, this the crew, had the fullest confidence in her. She was a floating palace. When we left Boston on Thursday afternoon the weather was beautiful, net a ripple on the water, and everyone was antici- pating a delightful trip. The wind be- gan to blow about 11 o'clock at night, and gradually increased until at the time of the acuvent 7 was blowing a wid! gal. Wy

making jokes and spinning yarns as we |

He hung on for a long while, but finally |

| reiuge in the rigging, but during the night ; many fell off in consequence of being num- bed by the cold, and, faliing into tho sea, were drowned within sight of us. Attempts float the lifeboats,

were made. to but they keeled ever as soon as they touched the water, the waves

were so rough. It was impossi)le to do any yvood with them. Severai of the boys get on the light raft, and that was swept away with them on it, and they were mot again Whether they were saved or not, we do not know. Between seven and eight o'clock in the morning we saw a_ collier bound east, but they tock no notice of us, and we could not signal, as all the signals had been washed away with the house. In the course of the morning the steam stack gave way, and in its fall brought down a portion ofthe rigging, which hit another man and myself on the head, cutting both of us severely. As s0on as it waa daybre:.k, signals were made us from the lighthouse, and between 9 and 10 o'clock a life boat came as near as poesible, but that was net within thirty yards of us, and those who got on board her had to swim from the ship to the boat. Men who could swim ordinarily could not then. because they were so cold, and others who never knew how to swim made the attempt. The con- sequence wes many had to be hovked out of ibe water and same were drowned, . I stayed in the rigging until twelve o'clock.

seen.

She came within about thirty feet on the weather side of the bow and j laid to. Youn cannot give too mach praise to the crew @f that cutter for nothing they could do was left undone. The sea was running dreadfully high, and we all had to jump for it. Seven went down, but were hooked up. When

the cutier had vescued ali but_two men who Were in thé rigging, Commander Rhodes ;of the cutter, changing clothes, went (om the wreck ~ebd tecured the two meni who were benumbed in the rigging, but, after they were brought on the cutter it was found they were dead. The cuily portion of the wreck out of water when we left was the bow, and the vessel lay in about twenty-five feet of water, with a rough reef all around her and a head wind blowing a gale, We were told that a man of-war had picked up several persons. " We were kindly treated on board the ‘‘Dexter,” and, after being landed at New Bedford, were sent up to Boston by special train this morning.

THE TERRIBLE TALE BY THE PURSER,

The purser of the ‘‘City of Columbus,” Wm. Spalding, has been partially deaf since the accident, and he is suffering with frozen limbs. Appended is his statement: “Tt was in my berth when the accident happened and awoke at the first shock. The steamer seemed to strike several times afterward. On my way from my berth I met Mr. Puller, the first officer. °° My room was on the first deck. Fuller was at. the port ’midship boat. We had seven metallic

boats and a liferaft. All the cabin passengers. were. on. the. upper deck, while the steerage passengers were below. Tsaid to Fuller: ‘Where are we

and what has happened?’ He replied, ‘We are on the Devil’s Fence, iweanmg, | sup- pose, the Devil’s Bridge. ‘I could plainly see the rocky coast and Gay Head light. The night was clear as could be. “I asked Fuller if he thought she would sink very deep, and his reply was that she would surely go down, I determined to arouse the passengers.at once and made every effort to do so. 1 heard Fuller tell two passengers to go to the esecial hall, -He visited the main Staterooms and those on the port side, 1 rapped on_ each door. Before I reached ‘the last state- room the steamer heeled over. I told the passengers, many of whem were in a very excited condition, to save themselves, as the steamer would undoubtedly go down. As she heeled I rushed through the cabin to the staircase on the port side, and I assure you I had hard work to get through in season, as she began to settle very rapid- ly on her keel. On the weather side of the deck there were three cr four passengers. We stayed there a few moments. There was a terrible scene of confusion on the deck. Men and women, some with children in their arms, clambered up to the deck, clinging frantically to every available pro- | jection that offered assistance. They crowded upen each other so fast that they cculd not be counted as they rished upon deck, only to he met by sume monstrous wave and swept off into the sea. Groans, yells and curses contended with the fury of the gale; women shrieked and men shouted them- selves hoarse. Men and women clutched cach other regardlessly, shouting all the jwhile and struggling with each other in frenzied attempts to secure every coign of vantage. But this seul-rending sight ceuld not last long. Sea after sea swept over the ship, carrying off everything not made of irons It had been blowing moderately when I retired, but now it was a hurricane. | Sill the moon shone brillian‘ly, and the | land was plainly visible, I saw Chief Steward ; Pitman on deck and told him to take to the (tigging, Tsaw at this time eight or ten |men hanging to the starboard rigging. I and the chief steward made our way to the rigging, going up on the inside, and we both reach tke maiatop, A passenger ‘aiso accompanied me, but I cannot jrecali his name, As goon as the steamer istruck she cank aft, She did not shift her position, but apparently slid off the \rock, At this point of theinterview Mr. A. S Bridge inquired of the purser if he had ,Seon any of his friends, and he replied, ‘I sew your niece, Mrs, Atkiggon. She went crezy soon alter the vessel struck.” Many

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moved to tears, especially when ‘t became known that the lady’a father and mother--Mr. and Mrs, R. B. Belyea. of Woodstock, N. B.; her son, William sued eight years—were alse drowned,

THE CAPTAIN REPORTED CRAZY.

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A despatch to the Merchants’ Exchange, |

| Boston, on the 19th inst., states that Capt.

Wright, of the ill-fated steamer, has be- come raving crazy.

BEFORE sTOCK-TAKING,

[The statement of the passenger Fair- |

banks, regarding the strapping of wheel is, we learn, without foundation. |

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At Charlottetown, on the 22nd inst., Albert, |

son of James and Prudence Phillips, aged

Scholarship fxamination, |

N examination tor the ‘Daniel Hodgson Scholarship,” for King’s College, Windsor, will be held in Charlottetown, in June next,

Candidates must be natives of and residents in P, FE. Island, under’ 20 years of age, and not already matriculated mmbers of any University. 4

The subjects of examination will be as follows :

‘Homer Iliad I, or Xenophin Anab II; Cicero pro lege, Manilia, and Horace Odes I; Latin Composition; The ordinary. Rules of Aritmetie; Vulgar and Decimal Fractions; The four Klewentary Rules in Algebra; Euclid I and fl.

fa English-- Orthography, Writing from Dictation, the Grammatical Structure of the Language, Outline of History of England, and General Geography.

The Scholarship is of the annual value of

$125, and will be tenable for three years. For further particulars apply to GEORGE W. BODGSON, Hon’y. Sec’y. Trustees. Jan, 25, 1884.—wly dly oaw lin pat sj.

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AUCTION SALE,

N FRIDAY, January 25th, at 2 o'clock, in front of Auction Room, Stevenson's Buildicg, Queen Street, near the Market, —

l(ffice Desk, _

1 Fine Old English Sideboard (Mahogany). 1 Office Treble,

1 Counter Show Case (12 feet long).

1 Sett Office Shelves.

Lot Giass Doore and Frames forShow Cases, 1 Hall Stove, } Parlor Stove.

2 Setts Fapocrs, and sundry other art cles,

A. McNEILL,

Auctioneer.

Jan. 24, 784, —

‘COMMON SENSE.” J. H. FLETCHER, ESQ,

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ON ABOVE SUBJECT, UNDER THE

AUSPICES OF THE

Catholic Literary Union

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Tuesday, 29th Instant.

Doors open at 7.30. p, m.

Admission 10 cts. Reserved Seats 15 cts.

Tickets for sale at Frazer & Reddin’s Drug Store and Apothecaries ‘all.

THO-IAS CURRAN, Secretary.

St. Rial,

Lecture at 8 o’clock,

Ch’town, Jan, 23.—6in, LECTURE st |

REV. J. BURWASH, 4. MM.

—IN THE—

Nesond Methodist Chuich,

ON THE EVENING OF

Monday, January 28th. Subject —"PUORG WATER.”

In connection with this Lecture some ex- periments will be. performed, showing the character of the water in some of the city wells; aleo, from Spring Park and Winter River.

Admission 10 cents. at 8 o’clock,

Ch’tewn, Jan, 22, ’84,—

NOTICE

S HERERY GIVEN that the ANNUAL

GENERAL MEETING of the Share- holders of Tur Examiner Company will be held at the office of Tur EXAMINER newspaper, on WEDNESDAY, the 30th of January, iast., at the hour of eight o'clock, in the evening.

N. A. MITCHELL,

Secretary. Ch’town, Jan. 17, 1884.—wkly.

TQ THE TRADE!

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Lecture to commence

a -2¢ N Consigumentand for sale very low, at

my Auction Room, Queen Street. TEA—59 Half Chests Prime. APPLES—1650 barrels No. 1 Choice, HERRING—S50 barrels No. 1, CODFISH—15 Quintals. GREY COTTONS—7 bales all prices,

WRAPPING PAPER, Paper Bags, etc.,

very cheap. Txras Casu,

A. McNEILL, Auctioneer, Ch’town, Jan. 14, 1884.—tf wkly2i.

YOUNG MAN. GROW A MoUs. TACHE!—J. MURRAY McNEILL gives

written guarantee with cach rcipe. TEN |

fe JOHN MAGPHEE & CO, 7

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PUBLISHING |

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WE SHALL CLEAR OUT

ALL REMNANTS

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very Uepartment,

AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. GEO. DAVIES & CO,

Ch’town, Jan. 21, 1884,

Car Store Closes Every Evening at Six celock Caturday Excepted);

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1884. For the Winter Months. 1884.

——$— — 10 :—- —

& A, BROWN & CO. are selling the following lines of e Dry Goods, at very low prices, to clear before stock-

Jackets, Dolmans and Ulsters, Promenade Scarfs, Wool Jackets aud Ulsters, Mantle and Ulster Cloths, Overcoatings, Seotch and Canadian Tweeds, Colered and White Shirts.

_ Also a special line of Dress Goods, of excellent value, and suitable for the season, reduced to twenty-two cents.

A large stock of Carpets, Oilcloths, Hesrih Rugs, Mats, White and Grey Cottons, Sheetings, Pillow Cottons and Linens, Faney Shirtings, etc., bought very low, and now opened, ready for the early Spring Trade.

WHOLESALE & RETAIL.

W.& & Bacon Ch’town, Jan.5, 1884.—dy wkly

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| THE CHARLOPTETOWS

STORE, South Side Quien Square, near Queen Street,

a E to announce that they heve on hand the following goods, which they are pre- pared to sell at ressonable prices and in quantities to suit purchasers:

Fiear (Superior Extra, Strosg Bakers’ and Patent) OATMEAL, CORNMEAL, BRAN, SHORTS, OATS,

CRUSHED FEED, either Oats and Barley or Oats, Barley and Corn. APPLES, which will be sid by the barrel or by the pound, at rates very little over barrel prices.

Ci’town, Dee. 18, 1883.

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GRAND SALE oF

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special bargains in

CLOTHING. CLOTHING.

Men's Overcoats, $3.90, $5.00, $6.50, $7.50, vip. Men’s Ulsters, $4.95, $0.25, 87.00, up, Men’s Reefers, $2.95, $3, 83.50, $5, $4.50, $5.50 ap.

clothing, Buffalo Robes, Horse Rugs, Small Wares, ete.

PARES’ WARP, CH HAP.

Cash Buyers can depend on getting REAL BARGAINS in every | Department,

| WHOLESALE ARD RETAILS,

; ROBMRT GRR’ OLD ' Ch’town, Doo, 12, 1883:—aw whly pres pat.

taking Ist April: ;

DRY GUODS AND CLOTHING,

OHN MACPHEE & CO. will, during the HOLIDAY SEASON, give

Dress Goods, Kuit Wool Gl ates, shawls, Flaauels, Hosiery, Gloves, &

Fur Caps, Kid Mits and Gloves, Cardigan Jackets, Worsted Tweeds, Under-

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