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PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS, FEBRUARY 21. • - At a few eninutet before four the SIMAICIR took the Chair. Colonel Worn, returned for the County of Dublin, and *- etre; other Members, took the oaths and their seats. Papers, containing the Annual Accounts, were laid on the table by Messengers from the West India Docks and the Car nage Claims' Companies.—Ordered to be printed. -Knufrns of the number of prisoners in the County Jail of Surrey, and in the King's Bench Prison, were also . presented, and ordered to be printed. This being the last day for presenting Petitions fol. leave to bring in Private Bills, the House was occupied with business of that nattfre till nearly five o'clock. A new Writ was ordered for the Borough of Reigate, the Ifon...Tohn Somers Cox having accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. Dlr. GOOCH presented a Petition from the Owners of land in Suffolk complaining of Agricultural Distress. Laid on the table. Mr. W. WHITMORE presented a Petition from the Pecu liars, &c. of Bridgenorth against certain parts of the Marriage Act —Laid on the table. Mr. CURTEIS presented a Petition from certain Hop Planters in Sasses, complaining of the Hop Duty. The Hon. Member observed that he thought there was abundance of means of relief fur the present distress of the Agriculturists. He considered that this class had been sacrificed by the Opposition at the shrine of popularity, and their interests merged in the cry of no taxes and cheap bread.—Ordered to be printed. A Petition was presented from Tewkesbury against the In- solvent Debtors' Act ; and one from Pomfret, against the Ilawkers and Pedlars' Act.—Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. 11. DAVIS presented a- Petition from Bristol, praying foratotal repeal of the Assessed Taxes.—Laid on the table. Mr. L. KECK presented a Petition from the Earl of Stam ford, against certain parts of the Marriage Act.—Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. HUME gave notice of a -motion for Monday, for a va riety of Returns relative to the Assexed 'Faxes. Lord MILTON presented a Petition from Sheffield against the Inrly-nt-Debtors Act. —Laid on the table. 110? DOT!. •• :Sir F. KNATCHBULL presented several Petitions from the flop Planters of different places in the C ounty of Kent, complain/et of the grievous operation of that tax. The Hon. Baronet could not allow himself to present all these Petitions without calling the attention of the House to the situation of the Petitioners, as participators in the distress which at present pressed upon all persons connected with the cultivation of the land. Ile considered their-case entitled so far to the considera tion of the flouw, that if it did not encounter the opposition of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, he should think it his duty to move for the appointment of a Committee to take cognizance of the subject matter of these Petitions. Ile hoped the Right Ilon. Gentleman Would acquaint hint with his sentiments upon this proposition. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, he was norprepared to give an off-hand opinion upon a subject of so much importance. He would go so far as to say that he did not see the immediate necessity of appointing a Committee to inquire into the particular situation of that portion of the Agri culturists concerned in the cultivation of hops : but he could nut pledge himself to take one course or another upon such a pro position being made. The llonourable Baronet would leave him an opportunity of stating his opinion upon his motion fur a Committee. Sir K NATCII BULL then observed, that if the Right honourable Gentltn'an did nor hold out• hopes of- relief to this Wass of individuals in his forthcoming speech, he'should move for a Committee to take these Petiti(c.is into consideration. The Petitions were read, and ordered to be printed. H Mart) ft Ds!! IRE PETI norz. Mr. PTIICE, in presenting the Petition of the County of Hereford, b:gged to state to the I louse the circumstances which were connected with that Petition. It was agreed to at a Meet ing regularly convened of the Freeholders of the County, which Neeting he might fairly say originated with per3ons who had been accustomed to give their unlimited support to Government. They were itolecial io set en foot a Petition out of regard for .the distress which everywhere prevailed, and pressed upon the .inductry of the country. A Petition had been prepared of a different nature from that which he then held in his hand; but for reasons which obtLinett weight frost what occurred after the opening of the Meeting, that was airitbdrawn; and there re ruined only the Petition Of,Mr. Charlton, and that of Mr. Cob butt. lie, was enabled decidedly to declare, that the bleedirg was in favour of that of Mr. Charlton, and he had the sanction of the I.ord Lieur‘tiant fer saying this; and also, chat this Teti Lion was trot to he regarded as the Petition. of the undersigned ' I only, but of the County at large. This Petition, no doubt, con- I tained much obnoxious matter to his Majesty's Government ; and it would be matter of surprise, that when it was read, not' a single supporter of Government was found to raise his voice against it. Indeed, so much the reverse, that they were seen waving their hats, when it was decided that the Petition was adopted. At the same time, he was willing to admit, that this conduct of the partizans of Government might bear the con struction, that it was owing to the defeat of the other Petition— (/fear, hear). —Yet he hoped his Majesty's Ministers would believe that the adherents of Government were ready to cen sure them for what had passed, although desirotis still to lend their support. He must say, that if no relief were administered to the suffering Agricuhurists of the Cotmtry, Governinent 'must expect from no quarter to meet with greater opposition than from those who had hitherto given them their unlimited support-(Star,fr.ear).-The Petition was then read, laid on the table, and ordered to be printed., CASE OF PRIVATE HARDSHIP. Lord FOLKESTONE rose fur the piwpose of presenting a Petition from an individual of the name of Thomson, to which, as he considered his a case of peculiar hardship, he wished to diaw the particular attention of the House. However different Weight be the opinion of Gentlemen, as to the mode to be pur. . seed to afford relief to this individual, he was sure that, when they had attended to his case, they would see that something ought to be done for him. He had formerly given notice that be would move for a Committee on this subject, but as the Boo* was anxious to proceed that night to other business, be would not do anything that could provoke discussion, but merely state the case, and he hoped Honourable Gentlemen would at tend to it, and, befbre the day of his motion came, consider in their*** minds whether it was nor one which dent-armed redress. Mary years ago Mr. Thomson was a wine-merchant connected. with the Oporto trade, in which he realised a considerable Capi tal. : In IW)7 he laid out a great part of thii in .the purchase of land, and *among other porchases,.he bought an estate in Here fordshire, which, with what he had expended in improvement,. cost him ' £70;000. lie also biorght the estate of Thornhaugh, in Ilectfordshire,for which he paid down the deposit of His Solicitor, however, upon examining the title deeds of this' estate, &dared theM to be bad, mid Mr. Thomson then brought an action against the vend:r for the deposit money. The vender obtained the aid of the Lord Chancellor, to stop the action, and after a Chancery lifigathin sip to the year 1819, the Vice-Chan cellor determined against the Petitioner, that the title was good. During this time the *ender was in poisession of the estate, and took the rents. Upon accounting for these, however, it appeared that there tins a balance against the Petitioner for law expenses of f-66,009. Meanwhile,. commercial distress and subsequent failure bad overtakn Mr. Thomson. He mortgaged both estates, and paid the intereit'of the debt to the vender, and last year had paid off i 60019 of the principal. In 192.1 both estates were put sap for sale. For orie*Wrifferikl £9,000, Whfch was refuted, and for the othit nothnit Was bid. Mr. thtftriton became tt bankrupt, and the vender now iptill4d to the Lord Chatitedor to be altbwed to take posseseion - Of both estates in lien of the debt: tr. Thomson had paid X18;501), and enjoyed the estates may two years—X4ooo was all be had got for his purchase, and now he Was abotit to lose both. The Vender, on the'other hand, bad had posseision (title estates (except from the year 1819 to 1821), had received i 18,500, and was now about lei obtain both the estates. This *es the case he had to state, and it would be seen that the hardship 'arose from the delay of the la* and the depreciation of land. Ha hoped the House would bear it in mind, with a view of fupishing relief.--The Petition was then read, and ordered to lie on the table. SUPPLY—NAVY. On the motion of the CHAI . MELLOR of the ExGaa. Quilt, the House resolved itself into a Coauttittio of Supply. Sir JOHN OSBORN rose, to move for a vote of men and money for the sea service of the year. It could be necessary for him to say but new words, as the Estimates of what he was about to ask a supply, . , for, were already on the table. It was his intention tosnove for a vote of 2AOOO seamen, which was an amount of 4000 beyond the vote of last year. This addition he considered necessary, on account of the, disturbed state of the worlc4 and particularly of the American Colonies. It leas also to be borne in mind, 'that £BO,OOO for the Coast blockade, came into the Navy Estimates of the present year, being no longer paid by the Treasury. The Hon.- Baronet then moved, 't That a grant of 25,000 men for the sea service, including 8000 Royal Marines, be granted CO his Maj esty." l Mr. BI OUGHAM did not rise to throw any ob stacle in the way of the motion, but ra;:ler to express his surprise that no larger grant had been demanded; for, with the view which he (Mr. Brougham) enter tained of the alarming aspect of foreign affairs, he regretted that the vote of seamen was so limited.— The House,. however, understood, though every man did not, that this vote did not bind them to the num ber of 25,000 men for the whole year.. They knew that, within the ensuing twenty-four hours, or when ever the next Committee for Supply sat, this number might be increased to any amount. Although this was well understood in that House, it was not else where, and he should be sorry that the least suspi cion should be excited that this vote bound them down to the limit of 25,000 men for the year. He wished it to go forth, and that, too,•upon the autho rity of Government, that the instant it should be known that this number was insufficient, his Ma jesty's Ministers could come down to that House and obtain, as he had no doubt they would, without one observation, and with the entire and unanimous con sent of the People, whatever they might think proper to demand to support the honour of the Crown, and preserve the peace of Europe. Mr. Secretary CANNING felt himself called upon to make his acknowledgments of the accuracy of the Honourable and Learned Gentleman's notions, and express his full concurrence in what had just fallen from him. Undoubtedly, this vote no more restricted Parliament from voting more, than it limited the ca pacitysof, this country to furnish a greater number. And, if, Occaiinn should render it necessary to call. fQr an increase of number, he should have no hesita-, tionitreoming down to that House, and offering them such explanation as would be deemed adequate to justify the demand. But, having said this, to pre.' vent the possibility of mistake, he was sure the Com , mittee would pardon him, if he paused there to say, that the present state of things in Europe was one, which they could not debate in that House at that moment with the proSpect of doing more than had, been derived from the preceding discussion, but was one the discussion of which., at that moment, migh t be productive of much harm. He would only add,' that it was as much the wish as it was the want of this country, and of Europe, to preserve the peace of the world—that no effilt had been left untried on the part of this country to obtain that desirable end. 'slut it did not enter into the apprehension of those who conducted the affairs of this country—confident as they are in the unexhausted state of its resources, and in the strength of the nation, while Parliament maintained the integs ity of those re s ources, by main taining publit credit, that these would be any want of means for efficient exertion, if exertion should become necessary—(C'keers). The Resolution for a giant of '25,000 men was then agreed to, as were the following grants: Seamen', Wiges - - - - ,C763;750 - • - 455,000 Wear srd Tear 1:45,730 Ofdraree - - - x 1,4 0 The House then resumed, and the Report was or tiered to be received on Monday. FINANCIAL STATEMENT. On the motion of the CRAItCL/10/1 of the Erentouea, the House resolted Itself into s Committee of Ways and Means. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in rising to make his statement on the subject of the finan-. state of the country, said, if he did not ask of the house any peculiar indulgence, it was not because, he felt he should not Want indulgence, but because having voluntarily undertaken the cluty which he now rose to perform, he was bound to take upon himself all the responsibility which might attach to the fulfil ment of that dtity--411ear, 'hear, hear.V—But he hoped the Committee would listen to bins with pa tience and candour—st ith patience, because it would be necessary to detain them for a considerable time —and with candour, on account of the vast import ance to all the interests °Me itinntry of those -details into which he was about to enter. ITe deemed it still more necessary thus to bespeak their attention, as he could not but feel that he addressed urns on the pre-' sent occasion, under no small disadvantages, when he recollected that he stood in the place of one whose long experience, many virtues alfd unsullied integrity; —(ffear !)—had for 'many years claimed the respect and esteem of the Haixse.-IPlear I)—But .he• con fessed that he approached the performance of his task with some degree of confidence—of confidence grow ing on the great indulgence which he had-experienced, on all former occasions, whersit had been 'his duty to address Them on subjects of importance to the cows try—(Hear, hear !)--,The least return which be could make for that indulgence would be, to makt his pre sent statement as brief and as intelligible.as he could. Brevity was naturally desirable on all occasions ; and he thought it of the most essential importance, when speaking on subjects relating to the finance of the 'country, that everything advanced, should be ren dered perfectly clear and intelligible. No good could result from pursuing an opposite course. If he were so dishonest as to attempt to involve any part of the ' subject in mystery, he very well knew that the at tempt would be tmatailing sand foolish, as there were I many in that House who made it their business to watch the statements of the Minister, who would not fail at once to detecting such effort. Therefore, in every point of view, whether with regard to the correct per formance of his public duty, or to the furtherance of " his personal interests, he considered that it. would be necessary for him to render his statement as clear and as intelligible as possible. With this feeling, the course that he proposed to take was, first to state to the Committee the actual amount of the Revenue in the last year, and then subutitto them the Estimate which had been formed of the Revenue which was expected in the present year. He should nest state the mode in which be would recommend it - te the House to apply the surplus of the Revenue of the year just Closed ; and-lastly, having stated these simple propositions unaccompanied by argument, it would be for him to bring before them such MINIM* as occurred-to him, and to supplrsuch s emplaentdreee: as be might deem it necessary to .offer. ' Therfirsti statesman he should v make was that • relinl*to the Revenue of the lest year, the Expenditisrel of the last year, and the degree in which , the. Revenue had exceeded the Expenditure. This! statement would be found in a paper Already' before the House, and it was therefore unnecessary for him to do more than refer to flail figures con tained in that paper. By teference to that paper it would be seen that the total amount of the Revenue in the year was 54,414,6504 The Expenditure of the last year had amounted to 48,449,1301. In conse quence of this difference between the Income and Ex penditure there was a surplus of 4,965,520/. The next question was, what Revenue might be expected in the present year, what expenditure the Govern ment would call on the House to provide for, and what surplus might be looked for at the close of it. The Estimates for 1823 (he would explain the items by and bye), after deducting all, that it might be ex pected .to lose from the remission of taxes, and adding to it what might beexpected fromthe Commissioners of Half-pay and Pensions, made the income of the country amount to 57,096,9881. He took the ordinary Revenue at 52,096,9881. To this was t 6 be added 5,000,000/. to be paid by the Commissioners of the Half-pay Annuities ind Pensions. The total expen diture of the present year, it was calculated, would amount to the sum of 49,852,0001. The charge for the Funded Debt, the Long Annuities, &c. he took at 28,124,7861. The payments to the Commissioners of Half-pay and Pensions would be 2,800,0004 The other charges falling on the Consolidated Fund, in cluding the Civil List, and various branches of ex kienditure, gave a total of 2,050,0001. The interest on Exchequer Bills was 1,200,(X)0/. For the Army For the Navy For the Ordnance For the The total amount of all these was X 7,362,000 5,442,000 ;7.80,000 1,494,000 X 49,852,000 Of which the sum of 33,071,78G1. was for wh at were called Permanent Charges. The remaining 15,785,000/. was for What were called the Supplie: of the Year, including the interest on Exchequer Bills. The result of the whole was, taking the Revenue at - £57,09C,988 And estimating the Expenditure at 49,852,0 CA There would be a surplus of . - £7,244,988 The next point to be considered was the mode in which this surplus should be dealt with. What he should propose was, that the larger proportion, to the' amount..of 5,000,0001. should be applied on the prin ciple recognised by Parliament to reduce the Public Debt ; and that the remaining surplus, exceeding two millions, should be applieJ to the remission of taxes. In doing this the imposts to which he particularly applied himself were the Assessed Taxes—(Hear). In•the course of that he had to say, he should point out the particular mode in which he proposed that the relief should be apportioned. Having now stated to tho House the amount of the Revenue in the last year, and .the view which he took of the Revenue, Expenditure, and Surplus of the present, as also of the mode in which he thought of dealing with that Surplus, he had now to submit to the Committee such observations as appeared to him material in the consideration of these important matters. The first thing to which he should call the recollection of the, Committee was that part of his Majesty's Speech in which, in reference to the Revenue, the. King had stated that the amount considerably exceeded his ex pectation. He thought he had succeeded in 'hewing that, in point of fact, the King was justified in making that statement ro his Parliament. Though it ap-• prated that the actual surplus of the last year did not amount (it came within a small fraction of it) quite to 5,000,0001. it was very material to consider what the surplus Revenue would have been, if in the last year very important transactions had not taken place, which produced in the first instance a diminution of Revenue, without bringing a cotemporaneous reduc tion of expenditure. The Committee would recol lect that the estimate for the probable expenditure for 1822, had offered a surplus of 5,208,0001. This calculation was made on the supposition that during the last year the rate of taxation would remain the same as in the preceding year. But the Committee would also bear in mind, that not long after that pa per was laid before the House by the Noble Lord then Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, to whom he could not allude without feeling acutely for his loss, but of whom he could not speak what he telt at that moment, that Noble Lord had subsequently come down to the House, and stated that the attention of Government had been given to a subject, and he flat tered himself with success, which had for its object on the one hand to diminish the expenditure of the country, and on the other, to give Parliament an opportunity of diminishing the taxes, be alluded to the plan of reducing the interest on the Five per Cent. Stock to Four per Cent. This plan having been . ' adopted, the Annual Malt Tax was taken off, which, amounted to 1,414,0001. It was calculated that the diminished interest paid by the Public, in conse quence of the measure which he had just mentioned, would balance the amount of taxation thus remitted. But it was obvious that the diminution of Revenue commenced immediately, but the reduction of ex, .pense did not commence with it. The Malt Tax at once ceased, but the Public continued to pay the in terest of the Five per Cents. in July, as well as in the preceding January, so that it was not till • the com ment of the present year that that saving could be felt, which-was intended to counterbalance the re. duction_of Revenue which had taken place. .The de falcation of the Revenue in consequence of the repeal 'of the Malt Tax had amounted to 1,500,0001. No corresponding reduction, as he had already stared, _ was effected at 'the moment. The total loss sustained in the Revenue by the rernission• of taxes amounted to no less than 1,700,0001. It would then be seen that if no such reduction of Revenue had taken place by the repeal of taxes, the surplus of last year, in stead of amounting as it did . to nearly 5,000,0001. would, in point of fact, have exceeded six millions and a half. The Committee would therefore seethes. he was justified in saying that his Majesty had stated. nothing but..what was consistent with fact when be described the excess of Revenue to have been such, as to have oonsidetably surpassed his expectations. He (the Chancellor of the Eichequer) begged that it might not be supposed that he felt the slightest regret at that remission of taxation which had taken place. Far from it ; he considered the measure - to have ken *hely idipted ; and . tante, • he' iterated td , Wait the *Wpm of a. fari "A her l exteii . tion of the .p r i n . .eiple. The' next point to , he should. address !I himself; was the grounds on which he had estimated the produce of the Revenue in the prese nt year. Under all the circumstances,. he considered that be • was entitled to assume, allowing for the eipected di ''minution of receipts in the present year, by the full operation of the reductions sanctioned by parka meta--allowing for all these, it was his belief an d conviction, that the Revenue Of the present year was likely to equal the Revenue of the last. lie svoSid take the Customs at 10,500,0604 Dtiring the last rear the produce of the Customs amounted to 10,652,000/. From this, in the present year, an additional reduction was to be made on account of the repeal of the whole of the,Tonnage Duties; which till now had not come into full operation: These had amounted to 150,000/. The Tonnage Duties had ceased from the sth orJuly. They 1,4 a therefore been paid through the first half of the year 1822, but nothing was to be calculated from that quarter for the present year. Considering that they had not continued through the last half of 1822, be was not bound to allow more than 80,0001. on ac count of them ; but wishing to keep within the mark, and not to overstate the case, but to offer a 6o•ta „i,?de calculation, he would only take the Customs at ten millions and a half. The next branch of Revenue to which he should direct the attention of the Committee was the Excise; the receipts on account of which had amounted in the last year to 27,271,6581. These had been reduced by the repeals of the duties on Malt, Leather, and Salt. It - was true the reduction of the duty on Salt did not take place till the commence ment of the present year; but nevertheless the de ' mand had fallen off in consequence of its being known that at that period the duty was to be reduced, as persons naturally declined buying till that time ar rived when the tax was to cease, and thus the effect of the repeal had been partially felt in the last year. But notwithstanding this, the total Revenue derived from the Excise had amounted, as he had already stated, to the sum of 27,271,655/. Deducting from this amount all the loss that might be expected Isom the full operation of the measures which had been adopted, he thought himself justified in estimating the receipts for the present year, under the head of Excise, at 26,000,0001. The Stamp Duties he felt justified in taking at 6,600,0001. The Post Office he calculated would - contribute 1,400,000/. being some. what less than the actual produce of the last year. The Assessed Taxes and Land Tax it would be seen in • the papers before the House, amounted in the last year to £7,217,969. It would be recollected that, in the course of last year, the Window Tax and Hearth Duty in Ireland had been given up. Those repeals would now come into full operation, and he should therefore take the Assessed Taxes and Land Tax at 7,100,0001. Esti mating the produce of the various small branches of Revenue at 600,000/. he felt justified in taking the probable receipts of the ordinary revenue for the present year at .52,000,000/. being the actual amount received under those branches of revenue which he had enumerated for 1822. It was true that, under all the heads which he had mentioned; the receipts of the last year had exceeded those cf any antecedent year. But when he took into his consideration all the circumstances of the country, there was every reason to anticipate, not merely a continuance of the same flourishing revenue, but a progressive increase. When he looked at the mercantile prosperity—the extending commerce of the country, and the various auspicious features of our present prospects, and es pecially when he looked to the benefit conferred on commerce generally, by getting rid of the antiquated lumber of inapplicable laws which had long fettered enterprise, and when he bore in mind what he had heard from all those most conversant with mercan tile affairs on the advantages likely thence to accrue, he could not help cherishing the hop e an d t h e cona-% dent expectation which he had avowed. The aft. tion of a more liberal policy on our part could not but prove other than beneficial, as, while we opened ne* markets for the commodities of other countries, we of necessity caused in them an increased consump tion of ours. Recollecting these things, and looking to the extensive markets now opening to our trade in all parts of the world, he anticipated a large ex tension—gradual, perhaps, but •not the less valuable because gradual, of our commerce generally. He could nut quit this part of his subject without saying he concurred in all the compliments which had been paid to his Right Hon. Friend and late colleague (Mr. Wallace). Nothing afforded him more satis faction in the course of his political life than to have found himself in office, for the last ten years, with such a colleague, who, animated with the mostlibet ral principles, possessed intrepidity enough to sup port him where he took up a subject in opposition to established prejudices, and intrepidity enough to take the lead where this was necessary for the benefit of the country, or the credit of the Right Hon. Gentle man himself—(Hear, /tear).— He repeated it, he Mt the hopes justified which he had avowed—(Hedr).- , - He might say,while he contemplated the vast field fer commercial enterprise now open to our merchants— " The wide, the unbounded prospect lies before us." But he had no reason to add, in the words of the same Poet— " But shadowv clouds, and darkness rest upon it." On the contrary, while exulting in the bright dawn which had burst upon them, they had every reason to look forward to a still brighter meridian sun (Hear, bear).—lf, turning from this view of our foreign coin .. pierce, he directed his view to our domestic consumpd tion, he there found what he thought•the most tined quivocal demonstrations of increasing prosperity. f 4 could not contemplate bat with the highest sttiafal- , tion the augmented means of consumption whio were to be remarked. In spite of the partial distress complained of in particular districts, be found derne.p. strative proofs of the increasing comforts of the people at large. From the Returns before the House 'it ap peared that on every article of consumption there'bitd been an increase over the averaged the three pt ceding years. He slid not know • that it week" worth while to detain the note details, but in a general under the heads of Beer, Paper,Printed Goods, Foreign Spirits, Tea, and these essential articles, ___ People of England depended, over the average of the inch ,wai emir ill present y the last ? such . cin yroula.at year ? fl that the c, than it hi it their a, what the Where i which h: pecome o what app peace, ha sisbed de which was the sums c ward to a future; bu what had had not be subject WI greater dit thus early gine. lie letting tre it with the and then ii done that ptished, th the wishes fer to the c which occi charge for It would sive reduce branch of 1,3'27,000J the redncti Prima Jam might be commends neglected. ought to i sat three o Friend (the mittee vari the Goveri into effect. all the red were suggi instances i retirement service, c( Cruelty ant moved, th chang!ts % turned to t Much had The Gower port mach Tears ay.*. 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