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said General Fund shall be paid, as III this section hereinafter provided, all the expenses of the various depart. ments of the City and County, eXcePl such expenses as are by thls CnarIesi to be paid out of the Funds speclncally provided for the payment or sucn eA- penses For the six months endlhs oii the thirtieth day of June, in the yeaf nineteen hundred, each and every
 said departments shall eXpenu tiu moneys set apart to each Of them py the Board of Supervisors or the eNlseIiis ''lL.s municipality. So much of salu inoheys , set apart by said Board of super eINlsots to the Superintendent of PupllG oIeels, Highways and Squares TOT thS llocas year ending on said thirtieth aay or ;J,ne in the wear nineteen hundred, as shall remain uneXpended at the tune this Charter takes effect, snail pc ex- pended during said six months py the Board of Public Works Tn the opera tions of the department committed 10 its charge. All the expenses or the City and Comfy which are not to be paid out of specific funds shall be paid during said six months out of the General Fund. Should the moneys set apart by the Board of Supervisors of the ex- isting municipality to any department of the City and County become or be , exhausted at any time during said six months or should any department cre- ated by this Charter have no money specifically provided for 1t during Sald six months then in each such case the expenses thereof shall be paid out of the General Fund, notwithstanding anything contained in sections six and seven of Chapter I of Article III of this Charter. Such pensions as may accrue to firemen under Article TX of this Char ter during said six months shall be paid out of the General Fund. The existing municipality mentioned in this section is the existing municipality of the City and County of San Francisco, and the several funds which are to be trans ferred as in this section provided are funds of said existing municipality. All the funds of said existing municipality not mentioned in this section, and which are authorized by law, shall be continued in the treasury until the ne- cessity Cor their continuance ceases.
 Sec 3S When the necessity for maintaining any Fund of the City and County in existence at the time this Charter takes effect has ceased to ex- ist. and balance remains in such Fund, the Supervisors shall so declare by ordinance and upon such declara- tion such balance shall be forthwith transferred to the General Fund.
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BR1TAIN's TRADE.

According to the London Economist of March l2 the returns of England's foreign trade for the month of February were not as encour- aging as expected Exports of British produce and manufactures showed decline of 9222 s33. a shrinkage in two months of 2.1 per cent As regards foodstuffs. wheat made heavy con- trihution to the decline in imports, probably due to comparatively high prices The falling off was proportonately divided between the supplies from the United States and Russia Tr5borts of four have increased considerably, the United States having obtained frmer hold on the milling industry.
 According to the report furnished an Eastern paper by an American who visited Birming ham England. not long ago. the street trolleys in that city are constructed of rails made in Pittsburg, the cars were from Philadelphia, the boilers from Erie, the engines from Milwaukee and the general electric fittings from Schenec- tady.
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Repaving Business Blocks.

For several months past the street de- partment of the Merchants Association has been working quietly for the improve ment of a number of streets in the new business parts of the city and the efforts of the agents have met with success. Yes terday the work of repaving Stockton street between Sutter and Post began and in a few days the old round cobbles will be a thing of the past. On April l the workmen will begin tearing up the cob bles on the blocks on Stockton between Post and Geary, and on Post between Montgomery and Kearny, preparatory to repaving. the property owners on those streets having signed for the improve ment. Property owners on Post between Grant avenue and Stockton have signed for better pavement. and this work will begin as soon as the work already laid out IS complete. The owners of property on Sutter street between Grant avenue and Stockton are also in line, and they will have that block repaved as soon as they can
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EASTERN LIVESTOCK MARKET.

CHICAGO. March 30.-CATTLE-Good to prime fat cattle ruled very strong and in some cases 10c higher. Sales of beef steers were s 9O93 s5 for the commonest to s505 40 for choice to prime shipping cattle bulk going for s4 40Q5 10. Stockers and feeders s3 S50D4 S5; calves, s646 65, few sales being made at $40 75: Canning cows, g 259S %: fat heifers, s4 50 Q4 75.
 HoGS-The bulk of the hogs sold at ss 500 go, the commonest heavy packing hogs sell ns breught $ sSs sSs s sS whie prime heavy hogs sHEEP-Prices for sheep and lambs were brSFy at & So for sIfe Wooied and SaseP as s sSS s 15 for shorn. rams selling at s3Q4 and goats shorn going at s4 5o shorn lambs 4 5oS SSt0 un p shorn, S56l6, Colorados selling freely at S5 S50D6 :, Receipts-Cattle. 12,OO0; hogs, 24,OOO; sheep, 16.ooO.
 DENVER, March 30-CATTLE-Receipts so 5 o 0esf f4essf pd t6 sg s4Q4 40; stockers. do. s4Q4 70; bulls and stags, HoGsReceipts. 600 Market steady to strong; light packers packer 8 7o9S 75 mixed, $3 659 1,rs4sas soi heavy; 8 sOqS 121$. @ ,
 fat muttons $SQ4 25; lambs. s4 25G5 50.
 OMAHA
 OMAHA, March 3O.-CATTLE-Receipts 47oo io Western steers 74 7 5ee1 Tesss stesrs s3 25Q4 25; cows and heifers, s3 2eq4 2o; can 10; calves. s4 25G7 bulls and stags, sS 5oSs 70 ., H@OGS-mo;Receipts, HOG 7SeO Market lower; heavy. bulk of sales, s3 60Gg3 65.
 SHEEP-Receipts 10000. Market steady; fair to choice natives, 8 S004 S5; fair to choice Westerns, ss 60G4 65; common and stock sheep. S3@4; lambs. s4 25q5 40.
 KANSAS CITY.
 KANSAS CITY, March 30.-CATTLE+Re- ceipts, 6700. Market active, 5@10c higher though the general quality was not as good yesterday. Native fed steers, s4 45Q5; West erns SAGA 90: native cows and heifers, S2 75 @4 45 stockers and feeders, s 75G5.
 HOGS-Receipts,i official. 14.900. Market heavies and packers s 55@S 70: mixed. s3 50 Q3 65 lights, B 4503 50 :, pigs, s3 20G3 5o tive at recent advance; muttons. largely A 25 g4 60; Western lambs. S4 50p5 60; spring lambs, S8
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NEW YORK. March 3O.-The Evening Post 8 London sfinancial cablegram says: More eagles were withdrawn from the Bank of Eng land to-day for shipment to New York and the bank has since raised the selling price by half penny to 76s Sd. There is possi- bility also of rise In the bank rate soon. After dull opening the stock markets here were practically booming to-day, being led by Spanish As Americans and Grand Trunk There is tendency here again to buy Amer jeans and prices above the New York parity all day. The close in the street was a trifie under the best.
 There was sharp rise in Kaffirs, first on the rllrnors of the death of President Kruger then reports that the Deutsch Bank declined the terms of loan to the Transvaal Govern ment. Neither of the reports was confirmed but the latter credited in good quarters. The satisfactory termination of the settle ment has given fresh heart to the market. but much liquidation must perforce occur.
 Charles Hoare, the banker, died to-day.
 CLOSING.
 Canadian Pacific, S5; Grand Trunk. sA. Bar silver, uncertain. at 25 11-16d per ounce. Money, [10A ont
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MINING STOCKS.

Following were the sales in the San Fran cisco Stock Board yesterday:
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SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVED.


 Wednesday, March 30. Stmr Weeott. Miller, 4G hours from Crescent Stmr Santa Rosa, Alexander, 61A hours from San Diego and way ports. Stmr Santa Cruz. Gielow, = hours from San Stmr coquille River. Johnson. 57 hours from Newport, bound to Fort Bragg; put n Tor Iuei. iand via Astoria 65 hours. flaw bark Roderick Dhu, Williams, 2s days schr Barbara Hernstsr. Jensen. p hours from schr Corinthian North. 30 hours firm Bowens Landing. - Schr Roy Somers, Soiland. days from Grays Harbor.
 CLEARED.
 Wednesday, March S0 Stmr North Fork, Bash. Eureka; Chas Nell son - flaw stmr Alexander, Triton, Petropaulovski; ship St Nicholas. Grant. Karl,IA. Alaska
 SAILED.
 Wednesday, March so stmr Coqulle River, Johnson, Fort Bragg. Stmr Columbia. Goodall Astoria Stmr Samoa, Johnson, Eureka Snip Spartan. Polite. Seattle Ship KeniImorth. Baker, Hilo. Br ship Benares. James Liverpool, Bark Martha Davis, Soufe, Honolulu Schr Lila and Matte, Linbridge Coauilfs Schr Defender Hellingsen, Grays Harbor. Schr Emma Utter, Allen. Wiliapa Harbor
 TELEGRAPHIC. POINT LoBos.Mar @ 80, 10 .. P: nn--Weather
 CHARTERS. The George Perkins loads mdse for Kahu- The Alice Cooke loads lumber on the Sound for Honolulu; Lucille. coal at Seattle for this port. ,,r,,~ M,r % 5n N W Rr ship Clan Macfarlane, from Liverpool for San Err Franeisco: ,,s ,y.,s. < Tacoma for Queenstown.
 DOMESTIC PORTS. MENDoCINo-Arrived Mar 2s-schr Nettie SEATTLE-Sailed Mar 2s-Stmrs Humboldt and Valencia, for San Francisco kane. hence Mar 19; schr Okanogan. he Mar 1s. SAN PEDRO-Arrived Mar 3O-Schr Chas FORT T'6i ToWNsEND-Arived Mar so-schr Queen. hence Mar Is. ''its CAsPAR@Arrived Mar so-stmr Jewel. from HUENEME-sailed Mar 3o-schr saAor Boy, for smE WsstP1rt for san Francseo Msr aR sEATTLE-Arrived Mar 27-schr Vim Rem '0i5 PORT R il' BLAKELEY-sailed s1fls Mar 27-schr Tallant for San Francisco. ioF PONY Gsfs REYEs-Passed REYES Mar so-Haw ship Fort (ieOrge,. rom Depdrture Bay TOT san Francisco.
 BOWENS LANDING-Arrived Mar 2s-Schr Newark, hence Mar 2S. NEWPoRT-sailed Mar so-Schr Mabel Gray. for Eureka.
 EuREKA-sailed Mar so-stmr Homer. for San Francisco. PORT LOS ANGELEs-Arrived Mar so-stmr Whitesboro.
 ASTORIA--Sailed Mar 30 at m-Stmr State ef CaiifeTnia; for r, San II Francisco T. cent City, for San Francisco. SAN PEDRo-salled Mar so-stmr AIcazar Arrived Mar 30-Schr Eclipse. from Eureka EASTERN PORTS. NEW YORK-Sailed Mar 2s-stmr AIlianca. for Colon.
 FOREIGN PORTS. COLON-Arrived Mar 30-Stmr Finance, i'm New York
 MIsTLEY-Arrived Mar 2s-Br ship Loch Linnhe. hence Nov 6. BORDEAUx-Arrived Mar 25-Br ship Eden ba1lynore. from Oregon. SANTA ROSALIA-ArrivedMar 19-Ger bark Antuca, from Hamburg; will discharge ana proceed to Port Angeles to load lumber Tor Guayaquil or west coast
 Sailed Mar 24-Schr Compeer, for Guayrnas. To sail April 20-Br ship Star of Bengal TOT San Francisco mar, hence Mar II.
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NORTHERN WHEAT MARKET.

CoRN-Futures steady March. ss Ed: May, 3s 11ad. 5.q
 HoPs--At London-Pacifc Coast. esa4.
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IOtal .Sl, Zbb, T54
 The official letter from the Justice mine for the past week says: During the past week the winze started at the face of the southeast drift has been sunk 12 feet. making its total depth 9 feet. The rich streak of ore men tioned in the last weekly letter still shows on the south side of the winze and gives aver age assay of s433 0s per ton. The other streak of ore Is a foot wide in the bottom and extends across the winZe. The average assay of this is s36 95 per ton. Work in this winze has been much hindered and delayed by a strong flow of water, and unless this flow abates We will discontinue work in the winze temporarily until the water drains off. During the week we have hoisted five tons of ore, the average car sample assay of which was s4S % per ton.
 In the Savage Mining Companys ground on the Comstock lode, the 130-foot level, the main west drift has been cleaned out and re- paired distance of 16 feet; total length, 457 feet Brunswick lode-The main north drift. 600 level, was advanced 15 feet; total length. 351 feet; face in porphyry and seams of low grade quartz. Incline shaft No. has been sunk distance of 16 feet; total depth. u56 feet; bottom in porphyry.
 The yield of the Belcher mine for the past the average assay value of which $25 49 per ton. Bullion returns have not yet been received from the Brunswick mill The aver age battery sample so far Is S19 53 per ton.
 The yield of the Overman mine for the past week amounted to six car loads of ore of the average assay value of $20 80 per ton. This ore was extracted from the workings above the north drift on the S00-foot level. There is no change in the condition of the mine.
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DRIED FRUIT.
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKETS

CHICAGO, March 30.-Wheat displayed some strength at the start and for about hour after there was quite demand from shorts and not little general buying. Following the extreme weakness of yesterdays market here, Iiyerpool showed surprising strength. It said that farmers had sold their seed Wheat These were the factors in the opening strength starting July 9sc higher at S21s@S29sc. For a few minutes the market displayed nerv- ousness selling between S2%c and S2S@s25c. Then the sharp advance which was taking place in Wall street stocks and more quieting reports as to the Cuban situation lent addi- tional strength to the market and started ouiet buying movement which carried the price up to S27sc. Here the market again sagged under realizing by scalpers and some of the first buyers but the decline was limited to about asc. For more than an hour the market continued nervously within narrow range un- der the operations of scalpers, but around the noon hour the continued strength of Wall street and rumors of impending Cabinet CTS and resulted in an advance in the price to S3Ikc Closing prices at Liverpool and Paris showed substantial advances. May Wheat little heard Of It sold at Sl G3 shortly after the nlained at that figure until the close. Some July buying by Letter cut no small fig ure in the advance in that future to S31sc. though 1t was not on a large scale The mar half hour when realizing caused decline to si'Ss si Ssa iAs ''0'e "As ''-'ss w 'O''' ''' Corn was quiet and steady. May closed a shade higher.
 Oats were very quiet. business being mostly of a scalping nature May closed 1sc higher.
 Provisions strong early, butt heavy real izing did away with most of the advance. The close was steady. May pork unchanged and May lard and ribs each 21kc higher.
 The leading futures ranged as follows:
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200O. s1 47A
 Second Session-De 900 ctls, q 4o1s; 10 0OO s1 4OH; May-eOO0 s1 47; 2000. sl 46H. Regular Morning Sesston-Dec oer-20Oo ctls. s1 39A 400o s1 40s 30 900, s1 4O; May-4oo0, s1 46sx.
 Afternoon Session-December-10.00 900 ctls. s1 40 5000. s1 40ts: 2s, ,oc0, s1 40A.
 BARLEY-Futures dropped back somewhat. but the spot market was steady and un- changed.
 Feed, sl 1sa91 22s4; Brewing nominal at
 CALL BOARD SALES. Informal Session-9:15- O clock-No sales. Second Session-December-S00 ctls, s1 1874; 200o. s1 20; 4OO0, S1 1875.
 Regular Morning Session--No sales. .. Afternoon Session-May-2000 ctls. sl 20ls; 2oo0, s1 2oas; 20O0 s1 20.
 0ATs-Are quiet and steady at the advance. Fancy Feed, s1 32hd1 s5 per ctl:. good to choice, s1 2719q1 321s; common, s1 22leG1 ETA; Surprise. S 30I1 STE; gray, s1 2213Ql 27h; milling, S1 25Q1 30 per ctl. changed
 Small round yellow, s1 1oa1 12ik per ctl; large yellow, Sl o6Aq1 10; white, s1 1oq1 121s. RYE-s1 15GD1 1711 per ctl
 BUCKWHEAT-s1 756l1 90 per ctl.
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San Francisco temperature: Maximum, 6S; minimum, 4S; mean. 53. WEATHER CONDITIONS AND GENERAL
 FORECAST The pressure has fallen slowly over the west ern half of the country. It has fallen rapidly in the upper Missouri Valley. The temperature has remained nearly sta tionary over the. entire western portion of the country, except along the immediate coast of Central California, where there has been a moderate fall. The temperatures in the great valleys about 10 degrees above the normal Forecasts made at San Francisco for thirty hours ending midnight March 31, 1898: Northern California-Fair Thursday; cooler in the interior; westerly Winds fog in the morn ing along the coast.
 Southern Calfornia-Fair Thursday;westerly winds.
 NeVada-Fair Thursday.
 Utah-Cloudy Thursday.
 Arizona-Fair Thursday.
 San Francisco and vcinty-Fair Thursday; light fog in the morning; westerly wind. Special report from Mount Tamalpais taken at D. m.-Clear; wind southeast, F miles per hour; temperature, 59; maximum, 65 degrees.
 ALEXANDER McADIE,
 Local Forecast Official
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POTATOES. ONIONS AND VEGETABLES

The market for all kinds Is steady at un- changed quotations a rule.
 The Bouldin Island cannery has started up on Asparagus which dirninshes the receipts from that quarter.
 POTATOES-EarIy Rose. 5o@65c: River Reds. 50GI55c; River Burbanl5s, 50060c per sack: Ore gon Burbanks 50690c; Petaluma Burbanks, 50 G60c; Sweet Potatoes. 75cQS1 for Merced new Potatoes, 1h@2Ac per ID.
 ONIONS-Choice s2 3592 75 common, s1 759 20 per ctl cut Onions, 5OQs1 25 per sack.
 VEGETABLES-Receipt were T37 boxes As- paragus. 451 boxes Rhubarb and 514 sks Peas.
 Asparagus, 596c per ID for fancy, $1 75@2 25 per box for No. 1. s1@1 50 for No. g. Rhu- barb, 65cG$1 per box; Alameda Green Peas, 262Isc per lb; Dried Peppers, 617c per lb; Dried Okra, i2kc; Cabbage, 60d75c per ctl; Carrots. 25160c per sack: Garlic, 5G5lac per lb; Cucum- bers, 50cGs1 per dozen.
 PERFORATED VEGETABLES
 Potatoes. sliced. raw. 12c per ID in lots of 25 lbs; sliced desiccated. 16@1sc:. granulated raw, 13c; Onions, COG; Carrots, old, 13c; new, 1Sc; Cabbage. BOG; Sweet Potatoes. soc; Turnips. 25c; String Beans 3Oc Tomatoes, soc.
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EASTERN MARKETS.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

NEW YORK March 30-To-day's transac- tions in stocks might fairly be termed run away bull market The overwhelming convic- ton of all operators on Wall street seemed to be that a peaceful adjustment of the contro- versy with Spain is probable Any of the minor developments of the day which seemed to ~ontradict this assumption to threaten the defeat of this outcome were consistently and confidentialy ignored. There were reac- tions at times during the day, but these were evidently due merely to realizing sales by those who were content to take large profit already assured These realizing sales were absorbed without at any time reducing the level of prices to last nights close even near it. and .the market several times rallied to near the top figures of the day under re- newed~ buying The day closed with the buy ing movement in full force and prices near the highest level The day net gains in the rail road list ranged from 1 to points, and in the and nearly seven points in Metropolitan Street Railway were scored. Some of the shorts put out in Mondays bulge were covered to-day and perhaps helped on the advance materially but the leading influences in the market was a rampant speculative buying movement. London but foreign exchange failed to reflect the fact, the tone of exchange being firm. This might be due to slightly easier time money, which was no less significant of the prevailing con hdence in the peaceful outcome than the strength in stocks Prices of Americans in London had risen refore the opening here, but cabled reports said that this was due to buy ing on New York orders. Spanish Government bonds also showed strength in Paris and Lon- don. Early reports from Washington that Spain had agreed to free Cuba for $2OO. GOO. 600 indemnity gave the first p}werful upward inn petus to the market. The underlying conyic- tion in financial circles wss that whatever de- mands made by the United States Spain would accede to them and thus avert hostili- ties
 The bond market was by means active as stocks, but the tone was strong and some notable gains in prices were scored Total sales s2, ,425. .000 United States new fours coup on advanced 1h and do registered bid. There were sales of the fours coupon at 1 per cent over yesterdays bid price and of the fours coupon at IF yesterday $ bid price.
 Total sales of stocks to-day were 561, 600 shares. including. Atchison preferred ss65. C: and O. 5900, Burlington 56. 342 Louisville and Nashville 19520 Manhattan 33 675. Metropolitan Street Railway 2l.S21, Reading preferred 5640, Missouri Pacific 7500. Northern Pacific 16.520, Northern Pacific preferred 26.070. Reading sss0. Rock Island g, 525, St. Paul 7l.116, Southern preferred 46g9. Union Pacific 54320. U. P. D. and G. 4250 American Tobacco 15. .420. People s Gas 1f.3s0 Consolidated Gas d32n. General Eler- tric 5345. American Sugar 159 512, T. c. and I. 3190, Western Union 5s59
 CLOSING STOCKS.
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HIDES. rALLow. WOOL AND HOPS.

HIDES AND SKINS-Culls and brands sell about 1c under the quotations. Heavy salted steers. 1oc; medium, sGs11c; light. Sc; Cow hides Sc; stags. 6c; salted Kip. 919c; Calf. 10c; dry Hides 16a16hc; culs and brands, 13Q131sc dry Kip and Veal, 1S14Q141sc; dry Calf. 17la@ 1slkc; culls, 1sc: Goatskins, 3o937c each; Kids. 5QlOc: Deerskins, good summer. 25Q3oc per lb. medium. 2Oc winter 10c; Sheepskns, shear lings. 20613Oc each short wool, 40Q70c each; medium. 70@soc; long wools, s0c9s1 30 each.
 TALLOw-No rendered. 3q319c per ID; No. 9 2G21kc; refined, 5c; Grease. 2G2Ac.
 WOOI-Fal clip-San Joaquin, defective, 70 sc: Southern Mountain, 9911c; free Northern. 12Cpl3c: Northern, defective 9011c per lb.
 HOPSEls9s crop 296c for poor to fair and s@10c for good: 1897 crop. 11@14c per lb.
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BOSTON WOOL MARKEr.

BOSTON. March 30-The American Wool and Cotton Reporter will say tomorrow of the wool market: The wool market has been so quiet that 1t may almost be said that there has been no market It looks at present, how ever, as if turn for the better has taken place in foreign relations, and that the market would not experience such dullness as has lately characterized it. Much of the dull ness in the trade may be attributed to the state of the money market Very few manu- lecturers have been seen in the market. An other cause for the dullness Is believed to be the increased use of cotton, shoddy and other substitutes.
 The London sales report heavy buying by France and Germany at advancing prices. No sales have been made as yet for American &C., count. Prices are almost purely nominal.
 Practically no one cares to buy at the ex- isting quotations. but on the other hand scarce ly any one will make any concessions.
 The sales of the sweek amount to 293 900 pounds domestic and 6ooo0 pounds foreign. making total of 253, 900 against a total of IF, 800 for the corresponding week last year.
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NOTICE TO MARKERS.

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 Navigators are cordially invited to visit the office where complete sets of charts and sail. ing directions of the world kept on hand for comparison and reference. and the latest information always be obtained regarding lights dangers to navigation and all matters of interest to ocean commerce.
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