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130. Table, butchers', carving, cooks', hunting, kitchen, bread, butter, vegetable, fruit, cheese, carpenters' bench, curriers', drawing, farriers', fleshing, hay, tanners', plumbers', painters', palette, artists' and shoe knives, forks and steels, finished or unfinished, without handles, 25 per centum ad valorem; with handles, 30 per centum ad valorem: Provided, That all the articles specified in this paragraph, when imported, shall have the name of the maker or purchaser, and beneath the same the name of the country of origin indelibly stamped or branded thereon in a place that shall not be covered thereafter.

131. Files, file blanks, rasps and floats, of all cuts and kinds, 25 per centum ad valorem.

132. Muskets, air rifles, muzzle loading shotguns and rifles and parts thereof, 15 per centum ad valorem.

133. Breech loading shotguns and rifles, combination shotguns and rifles, and parts thereof and fittings therefor, including barrels further advanced than rough bored only; pistols, whether automatic, magazine or revolving, or Firearms. parts thereof and fittings therefor, 35 per centum ad valorem.

134. Table, kitchen and hospital utensils or other similar hollow ware composed of iron or steel, enamelled or glazed with vitreous glasses; table, kitchen and hospital utensils or other similar hollow ware composed wholly or in chief value of aluminum; all the foregoing not especially provided for in this section, 25 per centum ad valorem.

135. Needles for knitting or sewing machines, latch needles, crochet, needles and tape needles, knitting and all other needles not specially provided for in this section, bodkins of metal and needle cases or needle books furnished with Needles. assortments of needles or combinations of needles and other articles, 20 per centum ad valorem; but no articles other than the needles which are specifically named in this section shall be dutiable as needles unless having an eye and fitted and used for carrying a thread.

136. Fishhooks, fishing rods and reels, artificial flies, artificial baits, snelled hooks and all other fishing tackle or parts thereof, not specially provided for in this section, except fishing lines, fishing nets and seines, 30 per centum ad valorem: Provided, That any prohibition of the importation of feathers in this section shall not be construed as applying to artificial flies used for fishing.

137. Steel plates engraved, stereotype plates, electrotype plates, halftone plates, photogravure plates. photo engraved plates and plates of other materials, engraved for printing, plates of iron or steel engraved or fashioned Engraved for use in the production of designs, patterns or impressions on glass Steel Plates. in the process of manufacturing plate or other glass, 15 per centum ad valorem; lithographic plates of stone or other material engraved. drawn or prepared, and wet transfer paper or paper prepared wholly with glycerin, or glycerin combined with other materials, containing the imprints taken from lithographic plates, 25 per centum ad valorem.

138.

Rivets. studs and steel points, lathed, machined or brightened, and rivets or studs for non-skidding automobile tires, and rivets of iron or steel, not specially provided for in this section, 20 per centum ad valorem.

139. Crosscut saws, mill saws, pit and drag saws, circular saws, steel band saws, finished or further advanced than tempered and polished, hand, back and all other gaws, not specially provided for in this section, 12 per centum ad valorem.

140. Screws, commonly called wood screws, made of iron or steel, 25 per centum ad valorem.

141. Umbrella and parasol ribs and stretches, composed in chief value of iron, steel or other metal, in frames or otherwise, and tubes for umbrellas, wholly or partially finished, 35 per centum ad valorem,

142. Wheels for railway purposes or parts thereof, made of iron or steel, and steel-tired wheels for railway purposes, whether wholly or partly finished, and iron or steel locomotive, car or other railway tires or parts thereof, wholly or Wheels. partly manufactured, 20 per centum ad valorem: Provided, That when wheels for railway purposes or parts thereof, of iron or steel, are imported with iron or steel axles fitted in them, the wheels and axles together shall be dutiable at the same rate as is provided for the wheels when imported separately. 143. Aluminum. aluminum scrap and alloys of any kind in which aluminum is the component material of chief value, in crude form, 2 cents a pound; aluminum in plates, sheets, bars, strips and rods. 3 cents a pound; barium, calcium, magnesium, sodium and potassium, and alloys of which said metals are the component material of chief value, 25 per centum ad valorem. 144. Antimony, as regulus or metal, and matte containing antimony, but not containing more than 10 per centum of lead, 10 per centum ad valorem; antimony oxide, salts and compounds of, 25 per centum ad valorem.

145.

valorem. 146.

Argentine, albata or German silver, unmanufactured, 15 per centum að Bronze powder, brocades, flitters and metallics; bronze or Dutch metal or aluminum, in leaf, 25 per centum ad valorem. Copper, in rolled plates, called braziers' copper, sheets, rods, strips, pipes

147.

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and copper bottoms, sheathing or yellow metal, of which copper is the component material of chief value, and not composed wholly or in part of iron unCopper. galvanized, 5 per centum ad valorem.

149.

148. Gold leaf, 35 per centum ad valorem. Silver leaf, 30 per centum ad valorem.

150. Tinsel wire, lame or jahn, made wholly or in chief value of gold, silver or other metal, 6 per centum ad valorem; bullions and metal threads, made wholly or in chief value of tinsel wire, lame or lahn, 25 per centum ad valorem; fabrics. ribbons, beltings, toys or other articles, made wholly or in chief value of tinsel wire, lame or lahn, or of tinsel wire, lame or lahn, and India rubber, bullions or metal threads, not specially provided for in this section, 40 per centum ad valorem. 151. Belt buckles, trousers' buckles, waistcoat buckles, snap fasteners and clasps by whatever name known, any of the foregoing made wholly or in chief value of iron or steel; hooks and eyes, metallic; steel trousers buttons and metal buttons; all the foregoing and parts thereof, not otherwise specially provided for in this section, 15 per centum ad valorem.

152. Lead bearing ores of all kinds containing more than 3 per centum of lead, -cent a pound on the lead contained therein: Provided, That on all importations of lead bearing ores the duties shall be estimated at the Lead port of entry, and a bond given in double the amount of such esBearing Ores timated duties for the transportation of the ores by common carriers bonded for the transportation of appraised or unappraised merchandise to properly equipped sampling or smelting establishments, whether designated as bonded warehouses or otherwise. On the arrival of the ores at such establishments they shall be sampled according to commercial methods under the supervision of government officers, who shall be stationed at such establishments, and who shall submit the samples thus obtained to a government assayer, designated by the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall make a proper assay of the sample and report the result to the proper customs officers, and the import entries shall be liquidated thereon, except in case of ores that shall be removed to a bonded warehouse to be refined for exportation as provided by law. And the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to make all necessary regulations to enforce the provisions of this paragraph.

153. Lead dross, lead bullion or base bullion, lead in pigs and bars, lead in any form not specially provided for in this section, old refuse lead run into blocks and bars, and oid scrab lead fit only to be remanufactured; lead in sheets, pipe, shot, glaziers' lead and lead wire; all the foregoing, 25 per centum ad valorem, on the lead contained therein.

154. Metallic mineral substances in a crude state and metals unwrought, whether capable of being wrought or not, not specially provided for in this section, 10 per centum ad valorem; monazite sand and thorite; thorium, oxide of and salts of; gas, kerosene or alcohol mantles treated with chemicals or metallic oxides, 25 per centum ad valorem; and gas mantle scrap consisting in chief value of metallic oxides 10 per centum ad valorem.

155. Nickel, nickel oxide, alloy of any kind in which nickel is a component material of chief value, in pigs, ingots, bars, rods or plates, 10 per centum ad valorem; sheets or strips, 20 per centum ad valorem.

156. Pens, metallic, not specially provided for in this section, 8 cents a gross; with nib and barrel in one piece, 12 cents a gross.

157. Penholder tips, penholders and parts thereof, gold pens, fountain pens and stylographic pens; combination penholders, comprising penholder, pencil, rubber eraser, automatic stamp or other attachment, 25 per centum ad valorem: Provided, That pens and penholders shall be assessed for duty separately.

Writing
Utensils.

158. Pins with solid heads, without ornamentation, including hair, safety, hat bonnet and shawl pins; any of the foregoing composed wholly of brass, copper, iron, steel or other base metal, not plated with gold or silver, and not commonly known as jewelry, 20 per centum ad valorem.

159. Quicksilver, 10 per centum ad valorem. The flasks, bottles or other vessels in which quicksilver is imported shall be subject to the same rate of duty as they would be subjected to if imported empty.

160.

161.

Type metal and types, 15 per centum ad valorem.

Watch movements, whether imported in cases or not, watchcases and parts of watches, chronometers, box or ship and parts thereof, lever clock movements having jewels in the escapement, and clocks containing such moveWatch ments, all other clocks and parts thereof not otherwise provided for in Parts. this section, whether separately packed or otherwise, not composed wholly or in chief value of china, porcelain, parian, bisque or earthenware, 30 per centum ad valorem; all jewels for use in the manufacture of watches, clocks or meters, 10 per centum ad valorem; time detectors, 15 per centum ad valorem; enamelled dials and dial plates for watches or other instruments. 30 per centum ad valorem: Provided, That all watch and clock dials, whether attached to movements or not, shall have indelibly painted or printed thereon the name of the country of origin, and that all watch movements and plates, lever clock movements with jewels in the escapement, whether imported assembled or knocked down for reassembling, and cases of foreign manufacture, shall have the name of the manufacturer and country of manufacture cut, engraved, or die-sunk conspicuously and indelibly on the plate of the movement and the inside of the case, respectively, and the movements and plates shall also have marked thereon by one of the methods

The largest empire in the world in area is Russia, whose territory covers 8,518,250 square miles.

indicated the number of jewels and adjustments, said numbers to be expressed either in words or in Arabic numerals; and if the movement is not adjusted the word "unadjusted" shall be marked thereon by one of the methods indicated; and none of the aforesaid articles shall be delivered to the importer unless marked in exact conformity to this direction.

162. Zinc bearing ores of all kinds, including calamine, 10 per centum ad valorem upon the zinc contained therein: Provided, That on all importations of zinc bearing ores the duties shall be estimated at the port of entry, Zinc Bear- and a bond given in double the amount of such estimated duties for ing Ores. the transportation of the ores by common carriers bonded for the transportation of appraised or unappraised merchandise to properly equipped sampling or smelting establishments, whether designated as bonded warehouses or otherwise. On the arrival of the ores at such establishments they shall be sampled according to commercial methods under the supervision of government officers, who shall be stationed at such establishments, and who shall submit the samples thus obtained to a government assayer, designated by the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall make a proper assay of the sample and report the result to the proper custom officers, and the import entries shall be liquidated thereon, except in case of ores that shall be removed to a bonded warehouse to be refined for exportation as provided by law. And the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to make all necessary regulations to enforce the provisions of this paragraph. 163. Zinc in blocks, pigs or sheets, and zinc dust; and old and wornout zinc fit only to be remanufactured, 15 per centum ad valorem.

165.

164. Bottle caps of metal, collapsible tubes and sprinkler tops, if not decorated, colored, waxed, lacquered, enamelled, lithographed, electroplated or embossed in color, 30 per centum ad valorem; if decorated, colored, waxed, lacquered, enamelled, lithographed, electroplated or embossed in color, 40 per centum ad valorem. All steam engines, steam locomotives, printing presses and machine tools, 15 per centum ad valorem; embroidering machines and lace making machines, in. cluding machines for making lace curtains, nets or nettings, 25 per centum ad valorem; machine tools as used in this paragraph shall be held to mean any machine operated by other than hand power which employs a tool for working on metal.

Steam
Engines.

166.

Nippers and pliers of all kinds wholly or partly manufactured, 30 per centum ad valorem.

167. Articles or wares not specially provided for in this section; if composed wholly or in part of platinum, gold or silver, and whether partly or wholly manufactured, 50 per centum ad valorem; if composed wholly or in chief value of iron, steel, lead, copper, brass, nickel, pewter, zinc, aluminum or other metal, but not plated with gold or silver, and whether partly or wholly manufactured, 20 per centum ad valorem.

SCHEDULE

D-WOOD AND MANUFACTURES OF.

168. Briar root or briar wood, ivy or laurel root, and similar wood unmanufactured, or not further advanced than cut into blocks suitable for the articles into which they are intended to be converted, 10 per centum ad valorem. Woods. Cedar commercially known as Spanish cedar, lignum-vitæ, lancewood, ebony, box, granadilla, mahogany, rosewood and satinwood; all the foregoing when sawed into boards, planks, deals or other forms, and not specially provided for in this section, and all cabinet woods not further manufactured than sawed, 10 per centum ad valorem; veneers of wood, 15 per centum ad valorem.

170. Paving posts, railroad ties and telephone, trolley, electric light and telegraph poles of cedar or other woods, 10 per centum ad valorem.

171. Casks, barrels and hogsheads (empty), sugarbox shooks and packing boxes (empty), and packing box shooks, of wood, not specially provided for in this section, 15 per centun: ad valorem.

172. Boxes, barrels or other articles containing oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruit, shaddocks or pomelos, 15 per centum ad valorem: Provided, That the thin

wood, so called, comprising the sides, tops and bottoms of fruft boxes Barrels. of the growth and manufacture of the United States, exported as fruit

box shooks, may be reimported in completed form, filled with fruit, without the payment of duty; but proof of the identity of such shooks shall be made under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.

173. Chair cane or reeds wrought or manufactured from rattans or reeds, 10 per centum ad valorem; osier or willow, including chip of and split willow, prepared for basket makers' use, 10 per centum ad valorem; manufactures of osier or willow and willow furniture, 25 per centum ad valorem.

174. Toothricks of wood or other vegetable substance, 25 per centum ad valorem; butchers' and packers' skewers of wood, 10 cents a thousand. 175.

Blinds, curtains, shades or screens, any of the foregoing in chief value of bamboo, wood, straw or compositions of wood, not specially provided for in this section, 20 per centum ad valorem; if stained, dyed, painted, printed, polished, grained or creosoted, and baskets in chief value of like material, 25 per centum ad valorem.

Blinds.

176.

House or cabinet furniture wholly or in chief value of wood, wholly or partly finished, and manufactures of wood or bark, or of which wood or bark is the component material of chief value, not specially provided for in this section, 15 per centum ad valorem.

The least populous of the Latin-American republics is Costa Rica, which had 360,000 inhabitants in 1908.

SCHEDULE E-SUGAR, MOLASSES AND MANUFACTURES OF. 177. Sugars, tank bottoms, sirups of cane juice, melada, concentrated melada, concrete and concentrated molasses, testing by the polariscope not above 75 degrees, seventy-one one-hundredths of 1 cent a pound, and for every addiSirups. tional degree shown by the polariscopic test, twenty-six one-thousandths of 1 cent a pound additional, and fractions of a degree in proportion; molasses testing not above 40 degrees, 15 per centum ad valorem; testing above 40 degrees and not above 56 degrees, 2 cents a gallon; testing above 56 degrees, 42 cents a gallon: sugar drainings and sugar sweepings shall be subject to duty as molasses or sugar, as the case may be, according to polariscopic test: Provided, That the duties imposed in this paragraph shall be effective on and after March 1, 1914, until which date the rates of duty provided by paragraph 216 of the tariff act approved August 5, 1909, shall remain in force: Provided, however, That so much of paragraph 216 of an act to provide revenue, equalize duties and encourage the industries of the United States, and for other purposes, approved August 5. 1909, as relates to the color test denominated as number 16 Dutch standard in color, shall be and is hereby repealed: Provided further, That on and after May 1, 1916, the articles hereinbefore enumerated in this paragraph shall be admitted free of duty.

178. Maple sugar and maple sirup, 3 cents a pound; glucose or grape sugar, 1% cents a pound; sugar cane in its natural state, or unmanufactured, 15 per centum ad valorem: Provided, That on and after May 1, 1916, the articles hereinbefore enumerated in this paragraph shall be admitted free of duty.

179. 180. Saccharin.

Saccharin, 65 cents a pound,

Sugar candy and all confectionery not specially provided for in this section, valued at 15 cents a pound or less, 2 cents a pound; valued at more than 15 cents a pound, 25 per centum ad valorem. The weight and the value of the immediate coverings, other than the outer packing case or other covering, shall be included in the dutiable weight and the value of the merchandise.

181.

SCHEDULE F-TOBACCO AND MANUFACTURES OF.

Wrapper tobacco and filler tobacco when mixed or packed with more than 15 per centum of wrapper tobacco, and all leaf tobacco the product of two

Wrappers and Fillers.

or more countries or dependencies when mixed or packed together, if unstemmed, $1 85 a pound; if stemmed, $2 50 a pound; filler tobacco not ɛpecially provided for in this section, if unstemmed, 35 cents a pound; if stemmed, 50 cents a pound. 182. The term wrapper tobacco as used in this section means that quality of leaf tobacco which has the requisite color, texture and burn, and is of sufficient size for cigar wrappers, and the term filler tobacco means all other leaf tobacco. Collectors of customs shall not permit entry to be made, except under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, of any leaf tobacco, unless the invoices of the same shall specify in detail the character of such tobacco, whether wrapper or filler, its origin and quality. In the examination for classification of any imported leaf tobacco, at least one bale, box or package in every ten, and at least one in every invoice, shall be examined by the appraiser or person authorized by law to make such examination, and at least ten hands shall he examined in each examined bale, box or package.

183.

All other tobacco, manufactured or unmanufactured, not specially provided for in this section, 55 cents a pound; scrap tobacco, 35 cents a pound. 184. Snuff and snuff flour, manufactured of tobacco, ground dry or damp, and pickled, scented or otherwise, of all descriptions, 55 cents a pound.

185. Cigars, cigarettes, cheroots of all kinds, $450 a pound, and 25 per centum ad valorem, and paper cigars and cigarettes, including wrappers, shall be subject to the same duties as are herein imposed upon cigars,

SCHEDULE G-AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND PROVISIONS.

186.
187.

Horses and mules, 10 per centum ad valorem.

All live animals not specially provided for in this section, 10 per

centum ad valorem.

188.

189.

Barley, 15 cents a bushel of 48 pounds.

Barley malt, 25 cents a bushel of 34 pounds.

190. Barley, pearled, patent or hulled, 1 cent a pound.

191.

Macaroni, vermicelli and all similar preparations, 1 cent a pound. 192. Oats, 6 cents Я bushel of 32 pounds; oatmeal and rolled oats, 30 cents per 100 pounds; oat hulls, 8 cents per 100 pounds.

193. Rice, cleaned, 1 cent a pound; uncleaned rice, or rice free of the cuter hull and still having the inner cuticle on, % of 1 cent a pound; rice flour, and rice meal, and rice broken which will pass through a number twelve sieve of a kind prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, cent a pound; paddy, or rice having the outer hull on, % of 1 cent a pound.

194. Biscuits, bread, wafers, cakes and other baked articles, and puddings, by whatever name known, containing chocolate, nuts, fruit or confectionery of any kind, and without regard to the component material of chief value, 25 per centum ad valorem.

195. Butter and butter substitutes, 2 cents a pound.
196.

Cheese and substitutes therefor, 20 per centum ad valorem.

The largest of the Latin-American republics is Brazil, with an area of 3,291,416 square miles,

197.

pounds.

Beans and lentils, not specially provided for, 25 cents a bushel of 60

Beets of all kinds, 5 per centum ad valorem.

198. 199. Beans, peas, prepared or preserved, or contained in tins, jars, bottles similar packages, including the weight of immediate coverings, 1 cent pound; mushrooms and truffles, including the weight of immediate coverings, 2 cents a pound.

200. Vegetables, if cut, sliced or otherwise reduced in size, or if parched or roasted, or if pickled, or packed in salt, brine, oil or prepared in any way; any of the foregoing not specially provided for in this section, and bean stick or bean cake, miso and similar products, 25 per centum ad valorem.

201. Pickles, including pickled nuts, sauces of all kinds, not specially provided for in this section, and fish paste or sauce, 25 per centum ad valorem. 202. Cider, 2 cents a gallon.

203. Eggs frozen or otherwise prepared or preserved in tins or other packages, not specially provided for in this section, including the weight of the immediate coverings or containers, 2 cents a pound; frozen or liquid egg albumen, 1 cent a pound. Eggs, dried, 10 cents a pound; eggs, yolk of, 10 per centum ad valorem. Hay, $2 a ton.

204.

205.

206.

207.

208.

valorem.

209.

Honey, 10 cents a gallon.

Hops, 16 cents a pound; hop extract and lupulin, 50 per centum ad

Garlic, 1 cent a pound; onions, 20 cents a bushel of 57 pounds. Peas, green or dried, in bulk or in barrels, sacks or similar packages, 10 cents a bushel of 60 pounds; split peas, 20 cents a bushel of 60 pounds; peas in cartons, papers or other similar packages, including the weight of the immediate covering, 1-3 cent a pound.

210. Orchids, palms, azalea indica and cut flowers, preserved or fresh, 25 per centum ad valorem; lily of the valley pips, tulips, narcissus, begonia and gloxinia bulbs, $1 a thousand; hyacinth bulbs, astilbe, dielytra and lily of the valley clumps, $2 50 a thousand; lily bulbs and calla bulbs or corms, $5 a thousand; herbaceous peony, Iris, Kaempferri or Germanica, canna, dahlia and amaryllis bulbs, $10 a thousand; all other bulbs, roots, root stocks, corms and tubers, which are cultivated for their flowers or foliage, 50 cents a thousand: Provided, That all mature mother flowering bulbs imported exclusively for propagating purposes shall be admitted free of duty.

211. Stocks, cuttings or seedlings of Myrobolan plum, Mahaleb or Mazzard cherry, Manetti multiflora and brier rose, Rosa Rugosa, three years old or less, $1 a thousand plants; stocks, cuttings or seedlings of pear, apple, Seedlings quince and the Saint Julien plum, three years old or less, $1 a and Seeds. thousand plants; rose plants, budded, grafted or grown on their own roots, 4 cents each; stocks, cuttings and seedlings, of all fruit and ornamental trees, deciduous and evergreen shrubs and vines, and all trees, shrubs, plants and vines commonly known as nursery or greenhouse stock, not specially provided for in this section, 15 per centum ad valorem.

212. Seeds: Castor beans or seeds, 15 cents a bushel of 50 pounds; flaxseed or linseed and other oil seeds not specially provided for in this section, 20 cents a bushel of 56 pounds; poppy seed, 15 cents a bushel of 47 pounds; mushroom spawn and spinach seed, 1 cent a pound; canary seed, cent a pound; caraway seed, 1 cent a pound; anise seed, 2 cents a pound; beet (except sugar beet), carrot, corn salad, parsley, parsnip. radish, turnip and rutabaga seed, 3 cents a pound; cabbage, collard, kale and kohlrabi seed, 6 cents a pound; eggplant and pepper seed, 10 cents a pound; seeds of all kinds not specially provided for in this section, 5 cents a pound: Provided, That no allowance shall be made for dirt or other impurities in seeds provided for in this paragraph,

213. Straw, 50 cents a ton.

214. Teazels, 15 per centum ad valorem,

215. Vegetables in their natural state, not specially provided for in this section, 15 per centum ad valorem,

216. Fish, except shellfish, by whatever name known, packed in oil or in oil and other substances, in bottles, jars, kegs, tin boxes or cans, 25 per centum ad valorem; all other fish, except shell fish, in tin packages, not specially provided for in this section, 15 per centum ad valorem; caviar and other preserved roe of fish, 30 per centum ad valorem; fish, skinned or boned, % of 1 cent a pound.

Edible
Fruits.

217. Apples, peaches. quinces, cherries, plums and pears, green or ripe. 10 cents a bushel of 50 pounds; berries, edible, in their natural condition, cent a quart; cranberries, 10 per centum ad valorem; all edible fruits, including berries, when dried, desiccated, evaporated or prepared in any manner, not specially provided for in this section, 1 cent a pound; comfits, sweetmeats and fruits of all kinds preserved or packed in sugar, or having sugar added thereto or preserved or packed in molasses, spirits or their own juices, if containing no alcohol, or containing not over 10 per centum of alcohol, 20 per centum ad valorem; if containing over 10 per centum of alcohol and not specially provided for in this section, 20 per centum ad valorem, and in addition $250 a proof gallon on the alcohol contained therein in excess of 10 per centum; jellies of all kinds, 20 per centum ad valorem; pine:pples preserved in their own juice, 20 per centum ad valorem, 218. Figs, 2 cents a pound; plums, prunes and prunelles, 1 cent a pound;

Statistics show that $319,000,000 is paid yearly by 3,600,000,000 persons in the United States who attend the "movie" shows.

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