The Sun.
London, England, 1866-12-18 00:00:00

GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA.

The report of the directors of this company on
the Buffalo and Lake Huron agreement states that
the Buffalo Company had unanimously accepted. the
Act legalising and confirming that agreement at a
special meeting held on the 25th of October last.
Explanations had from time to time been afforded
to the bond and stock holders of the Grand Trunk
Company since the special meeting held on the 9th
of June, 1864, when the heads of the arrangement
with the Buffalo and Lake Huron Company were
approved, and the directors now added that the ex-
perience of the working of the agreement made them
regard it, all things considered, as mutually satisfac-
tory ; and were it not for the notion entertained in
some quarters, that the American Bonding Act might
be suspended, little question could arise. Taking the
figures as they had been from time to time stated in
the report and accounts, they showed that in two
years ending June last £63,536 had been the total sum
paid to the Buffalo Company under that agreement,
and that the net receipts on the Buffalo line
amounted to £51,282, or a loss of £12,251, and to
which must be added some loss on a portion of the
through traffic. The traffic, however, which origi-
nated on the Buffalo and Lake Huron line, and was
transferred to the Grand Trunk, or originated on
the Grand Trunk, and was transferred to that line,
and which might not pass over any portion of the
Grand Trunk at all unless this company had the
euntrol of the Buffalo line, must be caleulatei and
taken into credit on the other side. In addition to
to this, the agreement enabled the Grand Trunk
Company to make arrangements for through traffic
passing between the eastern and western States of
America by interchange with the New York Cen-
tral and Erie lines via Buffalo. It secured, in short,
to this company a rapid and " all rail" communica-
tion between the west and New York and Boston
and other eastern cities, and so assisted in maintain-
ing their position as owners of a great trunk line,
available for the traffic of the United States as well
as of Canada. The Buffalo and Lake Huron line
was 161 k miles in length, the Grand Trunk 1,131
miles, and the Champlain 84 miles, making the total
of the united system 1,378 miles ; thus the Buffalo
mileage was one-eighth of the united Grand Trunk
and Buffalo and Lake Huron mileage. The distance
between Detroit and Buffalo by the Buffalo and
Lake Huron line was 259 miles, as against the dis-
tance from Detroit to the suspension-bridge of the
Great Western of 229 miles ; thus practically the
Buffalo gave as good a through route for east and
west through traffic as the Great Western of
Canada.

Railway Stations in the Metropolis.

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Various calculations and comparisons have been
made with the view of illustrating the extent of the
metropolis, and the number of inhabitants ; but we
know of no plan by which an adequate idea of the
vast magnitude of the great metropolis may be
brought home so vividly as by a statement of the ex-
tent of its railway system, and the number of its sta-
tions. A reference to "Bradshaw's Itinerary" shows
that there are in the United Kingdom very nearly
4,000 railway stations, while in the metropolis alone
the number already constructed, or sanctioned, ex-
ceeds 300, and taking into account different lines
using the same stations the number would consider-
ably exceed 1,000.
The mere enumeration of the several stations
within the metropnlitan district conveys a very in-
adequate idea of the actual accommodation provided
within the area by means of local lines and junctions,
and the arrangements of the companies for running
powers over them and the use of stations. It is clear
that every station beyond its own to which a company
has access is practically an additional station. Taking
this view, it will be found that the actual number
within the metropolitan district has been enormously
increased, and particularly by the North London
and West London lines. Taking the North Lon-
don, for instance, it will be found that many of its
stations serve trains by which there is continuous
railway communication with all parts of Great Bri-
tain. In illustration of multiplied use of stations it
will be found that Broad-street, Chalk-farm, Cam-
den-road, Caledonian-road, Islington, Newington-
road, Dalston Junction, Fenchurch- street, Shore-
ditch, Poplar (two stations), Stepney, West India
Docks, Limehouse, Blackwall, Hackney, Bow, and
Victoria Park stations are served by trains from
the North London, the London and North-Western,
the Great Eastern, the London, Tilbury, and South-
end, the South-Western, the South-Eastern, and
the Brighton—an increase practically of 124 stations
in a single batch.
In like manner the stations on the West London
line—Kensington, West Brompton, Chelsea, and
Battersea—are used by the trains of the Great
'Western, the London and North-Western, the
South-Western, the South-Eastern, and the
Brighton. The Victoria Station is used by the
London, Chatham, and Dover, the Brighton, and
the Great Western. The South-Western and the
South-Eastern reciprocally use each other's stations,
for certain trains at Waterloo and London-bridge.
There is, or shortly will be, a double use by the
Brighton, and the London, Chatham, and Dover,
of the stations from Peckham to Victoria—five in
number. Reverting to the Metropolitan, the Great
Western uses nine, and the Great Northern and
London, Chatham, and Dover four of its stations.
In the east and several other stations, such as Strat-
ford, Barking, Lew Leyton, and Leytonstone, used
by more than one company. There are numerous
other stations ; such as the great junctions, Willes-
den and Clapham, used by two or more other coin-

parries that might be enumerated ; it may perhaps
suffice to say that the metropolis has now, or will
have when the works in progress are completed,
the benefit of considerably more than 300 passenger
stations, about 30 of them being within the walls
of the city of London proper.. Railwag News.

Unprincipled Concoctors of Lying Rumours
on the Stock Exchange.

The correspondence which we append exhibits the
daring temerity of the unprincipled concoctors of
"lying rumours" for Stock Exchange operations,
and it is to be hoped that the efforts of Mr. Wat-
kin to bring to justice the perpetrators of these out-
rages will be seconded by all who can in any way
asssist him in this endeavour. The members of the]
Manchester Stock Exchange deserve every credit
for the prompt assistance they rendered Mr. Wat-
kin as soon as the matter was brought under their
notice. They have thoroughly cleared themselves
from having had anything whatever to do with the
dastardly plot, which has not only succeeded in de-
pressing the stocks of the companies of which he is
the chairman, causing a fall of 2 to 3 per sent. in
South-Eastern and Sheffield, and a corresponding
fall in the shares of the Great Western Company,
with which he is also intimately connected, but
likewise to ruin his character and credit ; and it now
remains for the London Stock Exchange, as no
doubt they will, to render an equally prompt as-
sistance to have the originator of the slander, who-
ever he may be, brought to the bar of justice.
Annexed is the correspondence :
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No. 1.
• London-road Station, Manchaater,
Dec. 14, 1866, 4.45 p.m.
_ _

My dear Sir,—l have just been informed that some
person has sent, and some person on your Stock Exchange
has received, a message to the effect, " that the chairman
of the South-Eastern has failed." I hardly need say that
it is an iniquitous falsehood.
I appeal to you, as Chairman of the Manchester Stock
Exchange, at once to aid me in finding out the scoundrel
who set afloat this rumour.

I hope you will read this note to the Stock Exchange
on its assembling to-morrow.
I am, my dear sir, yours very faithfully,
(Signed) EDWARD W. WATKIN.
Henry Rawson, Esq., Chairman, Stock Exchange,
Manchester.
No. 11.

3, Exchange-arcade, Manchester, Dec. 14, 1866.

My dear Sir,--I received your lotter this evening. You
may rest assured that I will use my best endeavours to
assist you in tracing out the author or authors of the re-
port you refer to.

At the present timo I am sorry to say there are base
efforts made to damage many public undertakings, both by
insidious statements through the public Press, and the cir-
culation of all kinds of false reports, including dastardly
attacks on private credit like the one you complain of.
I take this opportunity of stating that I fool sure I
shall have the assistance of tho members of our Stock
Exchange as far as possible the originators of
these scandalous in
exposing
rumours.

I am, dear sir, yours truly,
(Signed) HENRY RAWSON.
Edward Watkin, Esq. ,M.P. _ _ _

3, Exchange-arcade, Manchester, Dec. 15, 1866.
My dear Sir,-- I enclose you copy of a resolution
passed by the Committee of the Manchester Stock Ex-
change, and the telegram referred to.
I trust the information given will enable you to trace
the author of the report. I have no doubt you will receive
every assistance from the respectable London house named
in the accompanying telegram.
Yours very truly,
(Signed) HENRY RAWSON.
Edward Watkin, Esq., M.P.

No. 111.
Manchester Stock Exchange,
Manchester, Dec. 15, 1866.
Sir,— I have the pleasure to furnish you with a copy of
the resolution adopted this morning by the Committee of the
Manchester Stock Exchange with reference to the subject
brought by you under their notice, viz. :
" Resolved,

" That the committee having made full inquiry with re-
spect to the report having reference to Mr. Wetkin, M.P.,
find that it did not originate on the Manchester Stock Ex-
change, and was thoroughly discredited there; but the
committee have ascertained that a telegram was received
in Manchester from London making en im;uiry on the sub-
subject, and enclose to Mr. Watkiu a copy of the same."
I am, sir, yours most obediently,
(Signed) Joux EywAnns, Secretary.
Henry Rawson, Esq.,
Chairman of the Manchester Stock Exchange.
No. IV.
Stamp Office-buildings, 9, Cross-streot,
Manchester, Dec. 15, 1866.
B.enry Rawson, Esq., Chairman of the Manchester Stock

Exchange.
Dear Sir,—No beg, agreeably to your request, to annex
the copy of a telegram wo received from London yesterday.
Yours faithfully,
(Signed) FIELDING and HATES.
Cory OF TELEGRAM.
Manchester, Dec. 14, 18GG.
Grisewood to Fielding. .

I hear the B. Chairman has failed—please say if true or
no.

COPY OF REPLY TO TELEGRAM.
Fielding to Grisewood.
Not named here—B. one to qr.
No. V.
At Manchester, Dec. 15, 1866.
Sir,—A report was circulated here yesterday that I, the
chairman of the South-Eastern Railway, had failed.
Having traced the statement to a member of the Man-
chester Stock Exchange, I immediately appealed to the
chairman, Mr. Henry Rawson, who convened a committee
of the exchange for the earliest possible hour this morning,
and I enclose you copies of the correspondence which has
passed between us, and of the resolution of the committee,
with copy of a telegram from London accompanying the
same.
I must now call upon you, as chairman of the London
Stock Exchange, one of your body being implicated in this
base and too successful attempt to depreciate the property
of the South-Eastern proprietors, to trace out the real
author of the rumour ; and, in the belief that you will do
so, and that 1 shall hear from you on Monday, I suspend
any proceedings in the matter, fully determined, however,
to thoroughly expose a system of which I fear this is but
an instance. I need not say there is not a shadow of foun-
dation for this vile report, as I have no personal engage-
ments of any kind.—l am, sir, your obedient servant,
(Signed) EDWARD WATIEIN.
Tho Chairman, London Stock Exchange,
Thregmorton-street,
No. VI.
London Stock Exchange, Share and Loan
Department, Dec. 17.
My dear Sir,—Your note and correspondence arrived
too late for a committee on Saturday. They will, how-
ever, be gone into this afternoon ; the chairman and de-
puty chairman have already seen the
papers, they fully
of the case, and I need scarcely
investigation of the whole mat-
teroansstuerre
my dear sir, yours truly,
will follow.—I am,
(Signed)
iynoteu tthhaet ahrsge:rhcchying
M. SLAUGHTER.
E. Watkin, Esq., 3ii•P•

An enormous steam engine, which has been made
at Indret for the Universal Exhibition, has been
shipped at St. Nazaire on board two Government
vessels, which are to take it to Havre. Thence it
will be brought to Paris by the Seine. This engine,
nominally of 960-horse power, but really of about
4,000, is intended to work several large pumps. It
will be placed in position by means of an immense
crane now being erected in front of the Champ de
Mars.

The working classes will be well cared for during
their visit to the Paris Exhibition. A "committee
of encouragement for the studies of working men"
in the Exhibition, has been formed under the
presidency of M. Dcvinck. Members of the
various trade societies of Europe are to be in-
vited to send representatives, who will be formed
into sub-committees, to look after the moral and
intellectual wants of the visitors of the labouring
class. These visitors will be taken to all the great
industrial establishments in Paris, where the various
manufactures will be explained to them by CJlllpe-
tent persons. Similar explanations will be given to
them of the various departments of the Exhibition.
The committee will also take steps not only to obtain
cheap board and lodging for the workmen, but to
secure their conveyance to and from the Exhibition
at the lowest possible expense. There is a special
international jury sitting at Paris to consider the
best systems
o f the
physical,
intellectual, and moral condition of
the working classes.

Jterday afternoon a deputation from the Royal
Agricultural Society of England held an interview
by appointment with the Lord President of the
Council (the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos,
K.G.), to draw attention to the following points
Firstly, the importation of foreign cattle ; secondly,
the re-opening of fairs and markets ; and, thirdly,
the necessity of extending the time during which
the powers granted to the Privy Council under the
Acts of the last session may he exercised. The de-
putation consisted of Mr. E. I). Holland, M,p.,
C. S. Read, M.P., and Mr. Albert Pell, of !Easel-
beach, Northamptonshire. His Grace entered frAy
into all the points, the opinion of the deputation
being evidently in favour of the abolition or altera-
tion of the present restrictions upon the importation
of cattle, and the embodiment in a Government bill
of the recent Orders in Council, so that the English
producer should be placed on the same footing with
his continental rivals in trade. Mr. Pell called the
attention of his Grace, inter alia, to the constant
evasion of the Orders in the inland districts, which
drew from the Lord President the observation
that the evasions of the Orders were almost en-
tirely confined to Great Britain, the foreigners
being much more scrupulous. Sundry suggestions
were made with reference to carrying into opera-
tion the existing state of the law, the Lord Pre-
sident regretting that there was such great laxity
on the part of the local authorities, who thwarted,
instead of assisted, in carrying out the Govern-
ment regulations. His Grace said finally, in
thanking the deputation for calling on him, that
the present state of the cattle plague would necessi-
tate some Parliamentary legislation in the ensuing
Session ; but that, meanwhile, the Lords of the
Privy Council would be glad to receive intima-
tion of any infractions of Orders, so that speedy
remedial measures might be adopted, and also such
further suggestions as agricultural societies could
furnish those bodies, bearing in mind how much
they could aid the Government by enforcing in their
own localities those regulations which had been
framed for the benefit of all parties. The deputa-
tion then withdrew.

BRUSSELS, Dec. 14.
The Belgian Moniteur publishes thefollowing par-
ticulars concerning the cattle plague in Holland
" The cattle plague appears-to be making dreadful
ravages among the cattle in Holland. The number
of fatal cases do not cease to increase, and if the
progress observed to have been made by the disease
since the end of November continue, the losses of
the Dutch farmers will soon exceed those of the
English cattle owners when the plague was most
violent. According to the official reports the num-
ber of cases among cattle were for the weeks ending
Nov. 3, 1,443 ; 10, 1,551; 17, 1,595 ; 17, 3,257 ;
and Dec. 4, 7,162. The last number is more than
double that which was recorded when the epidemic
was at its worst in Dec., 1865, and everything tends
to show that it does not indicate the greatest height
of the disease. The cattle plague was especially
virulent in the provinces of Utrecht and Southern
and Northern Holland, but it has also shown itself
in Frieslandand Overyssel, and has lattery attacked
many parishes of Guelderland and North Brabant.
Belgium having such extended and frequent traffic
with the Netherlands is especially menaced by these
circumstances. She will only succeed in keeping her-
self free from contagion by never for a moment re-
laxing the most rigorous vigilance and circumspec-
tion. The authorities and farmers on the frontier
especially ought never to lose sight of this line of
conduct."

Yellow Fever at Demerara.

The Demerara Royal Gazette of the 22d ult. says :

—" We regret to say that yellow fever has played
sad havoc among the troops in the garrison, particu-
larly among the men of the 16th Regiment. On the
10th inst. such of them as survived and were capable
of removal were shipped off to Barbadoes in a brig-
antine, as their only chance of safety. When the
disease first made its appearance, had the troops
been at once removed to Berbice, the Arabian Coast,
or the neighbourhood of the Penal SAtlement, the
probability is that they would now have been en-
joying good health, as it is a remarkable fact that,
although yellow fever is among the shippisg, not a
single case has occurred in Georgetown or the neigh-
bourhood, except at the garrison. Lieut. Platt was
attacked on the night of the ith inst., died on the
10th, and was buried on the following afternoon
with military honours. The unfortunate outbreak of
yellow fever at the garrison has led to much discus-
sion, not only in the Court of Policy, but out of
doors. A committee was appointed to confer with
the military authorities, but in consequence of the
removal of the troops the action of the committee
has been practically checked. This is to be re-
gretted, as it is very desirable that the cause of the
prevalence of yellow fever at the garrison should, if
possible, be ascertained, with a view to prevent the
recurrence of the evil at some future day, and for
the credit of the colony, which will probably suffer.
When the great mortality among the troops comes
to be reported in England every one will at once
ascribe it to the climate, and British Guiana will be
looked upon as a soldier's grave,' because no proper
efforts have been made to investigate the matter.
Some of the members of the Court of Policy were
inclined to think that the fever was to be ascribed
to the flushing of the garrison trenches with salt
water, but, as
long itthe trenches in Kingston
havefora
of time, probably always,
b
water,
taondthletowwceso
westward di t that
althougheen liushe h
e
happens,period
south-westward of the garrison grounds, and the
t
district is well populated, the fever has not touched
a single victim in Kingston ? The remarkable fact
d withr
are salt
streets l't
that, while the troops were more than decimated by
yellow fever, not a solitary case occurred in George-
town, not even among those who live in the imme-
diate vicinity of the garrison, shows beyond all
doubt that the mortality is owing not to the climate
but to some special local cause which the military
authorities have not taken the trouble to investi-
gate, or have not had the keenness to discover. It
is hard that the sickness should be ascribed to the
climate, when there are strong facts to show that
the climate has nothing to do with it, beyond this,
perhaps, that European troops are brought from a
country where the cold is severe direct to a warm
country, instead of the change of their position being
gradual. It is said that the garrison doctor objected
at first to the men being removed to another locality;

Lf so, much of the blame of the mortality which fol-
[owed must be laid on his shoulders."

A number of French and Italian artists are con-
tinually engaged in painting and otherwise decorat-
ing the interior walls of the Prince Consort's
iStellipchorar
mausoleum at Frogmore. The Queen
in-
terested in the progress of the works, which are
almost daily inspected by her Majesty, but it if/
expected they will not be in a sufficient state of
completion for the next twelve months to allow of
the removal of the Prince's coffin from its
abode to its final resting-place in the granite sar-
c"AhNagls.
INCIDENT—A LESSON FOR TILE POLITICIANS.
—Whilst the old country has been suffering from
the old feuds, born originally of the war, and kept
alive by vengeful politicians, a scene was witnessed
at the great horse Fair at Baltimore, which should
set these mischief breeders to thinking. It hap-
pened that General Grant was present at the fair,
and occupying one of the
was called to the fact that General n
nelriae
In
jhoi
.s
Johnstonattentio n
was upon the other—the question being put—
" Would he like to see him ?" " Certainly," was
the reply of the General. " There is no man on
the ground I would be more pleased to see !"
General Johnston wa3 sent for, and a cordial
greeting took place betwixt the distinguished sol-
diers ; and whilst this was going on, Gen. Stone-
man also made his appearance, a like cordial meet-
ing occurring, the three occupying the stand for a
couple of hours in company. Now this may seem
a trifle ; but it nevertheless conveys a deep and
much-needed lesson; for until the masses of our
people can in like manner consent to bury old
antagonisms, none need ever expect that we shall
have a Union to be proud of and worth cherishing.
—Baltimore Weekly Commercial.

T_
lIEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE.—
..1- Solo Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. CHATTERTON.
THIS EVENING, FAUST. Mr. Phelps ; Messrs.
E. ',helps, W. Harris an, and Johnstone ; Mrs. Hermann
Vezin; Miss Poole, and Mrs. H. Vaudenhoff.
To conclude with the Comedy of KATHARINE AND
PETRUCHIO. Potruchio, Mr. T. Swinbourne ; Katha-
rine, Miss Isabel Adams.
Doors open at half-past six; performances commence at
von o'clock.

rfEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET,
Sole Lessee and NI anager, Mr. Buckstone,
'VHS EVENII,IO, A M t, PECULATION.
Messrs, C. Mathews, Chippendale, Kendal, Rogers, ('lark.
Braid, .so.; Mesda.mcs Fitzwilliam, Laws, Wrigtit, Sidney.
Followed by ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA. Mr. Chas.
Mathews, 3lr. Compton, Mr. itogers. Sir Clark, &c.; Mes-
dames C. Mathews, hill, Wri,rnt, Colman. Sidney, &c.
To conclude with FISH OU T OF IVATELL Mr. Compton
Commence at Seven.

AIR. SOTHERN.—On BOXING NIG ELT, in
-I- a New Comet', "A LESSON FOlt LIFE," by Tom
Taylor, lir p...arket Theatre.

THEATR R
E OYAL ADELPHI.
sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.
TADS EVENING. at Seven precisely, TIIE BARONET
ABROAD. Al iss Roden.
titer which. at Eight, A SISTER'S PENANCE. miss
gate Terry, Miss Hughes, Miss Emily Pitt; Mr. Herman
Vez;n ; Messrs. BMW:4ton, Ashley, J. A. Shaw, Stephenson,
Nburixe, and R. Roma*.
To conclude with A. PAS DE FASCINATION. Miss
Furtado. Miss Emily Pitt. Messrs. Eburne, Ashly, Romer,
C. J. Smith.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
New Management.--Boxing Night.

MR. AND MRS. CHARLES MATHEWS.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress, lire. Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, NErGHBOURS. Messrs. Parselle,
Belford, and G. Murray ; Misses Swanborough, Johnstone,
and llnglics.
Alter which, will be produced the Grand Burlesque of
KENILWORTH: Messrs. Thorne, James, and Fenton;
➢l.esdames Swanborough, Johnstone, and Raynham.
To conclude with BOOTS AT THE SWAN.
Commence at Seven.

HOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry.
TIII S EVENING, a new Farce, MY TURN NEXT. Mr.
13e1more, Miss Foote, Miss Lennox.
After which, Boucicault's drama of FLYING SCUD.
Messrs. Neville, Belmore, Blake. Garden, Vollaire ; Mesdames
F. Josephs, C. Saunders, B. Foote, Eaym nd.

-r) OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Mina._
.1.1)

.1:111S EVENING, at 8, a Drama, in 4 Acts, founded on the
popular tale by Charles Dickens, Esq., entitled BARNABY
If U DOE, adapted to the stage, and expressly for this Theatre,
by Messrs. Watts Phillips and Vining. Characters by Mrs.
John Wood, Miss Augusta Thomson, Mrs. Henry Vining,
Mrs. Chao. Horsman, and Miss Katherine Rodgers; Messrs.
S. Calhaem, F. Villiers, J. G. Shore, H. Forrester, Charles
llorsman, E. Shepherd, H. Mellon, C. H. Fenton, W. R.
Robins Chapman, &c. Act lst, The Mystery ; 2d, The Re-
cognition ; 3d, The Riots ; 9th, Caught at Last. Entirely
new Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds, and Music by Mr. Charles
'Hall. The Drama produced under the stage direction of Ur.
Vining.
Preceded by THE MISTRESS OF THE MILL.

Commence at Seven.

rriIIEATRE ROYAL, ASTLEY'S.
-I- Under the Sole Management of Mr. W. H. C. Nation.

On BOXING NIGHT, Dec. 26, 1866, and every evening
until further notice, a Grand Christmas Pantomime (on a
scale of splendour never before attempted at this Theatr
entitled lIUSH-A-BYE BABY, ON TUE TREE TOP;
Or, Harle
Island,
Fortunio, Princess Olive Branch, Ring Frog,
of Frog and the Magic Toys ot Lowther Arcadia.
Box-office open daily from eleven till four.

THE “SUN" NEWSPAPER.—
G. R. GLENIE, Sporting Library, 4, Connaught•
terrace, Edgware-road, is specially appointed AGEN 1' to
d ,liver the LATE EDITION of " TUE SUN" at the
earileit possible moment after leaving the press. tie is able
to deliver copies in Town, the Suburbs, and in many parts of
the Country at a comparatively early hour the same evening,
say 40 miles by 9 o'clock.
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