its accounts, there might be nothing visible but an array of figures
"dry as dust." But if that on-looker could count the heart-beats, as
I draw near to making up the balance, could watch the rising tide of
feeling, could hear the out-burst of thanksgiving sounding through
the chambers of the soul, and now and again breaking the silence of
my study with the cry:--"What shall I render unto the Lord for all his
benefits," he would realise that there was something in those figures
not so very dry. _All bills paid_, and even a balance much larger
than usual left to help out the too scant resources of the new year!
I find myself saying again and again: "How can this be?" It looked
so dark four months ago; it looks so bright to-day. God has answered
prayer, has been true to his promise, has changed to blessing the
stress that we were under by placing thus upon our work the seal of
his own and his people's approbation.
Sixteen missions have been in operation during the year, all but three
of them for the entire twelve months. Thirty-five workers have been
employed, ten of whom have been Chinese brethren. The months of labor
aggregate 354.
The total number who have been enrolled as pupils in our schools is
1,380. This is larger by 249 than the enrollment of the previous year,
and by 336 than that of the year before. The _average_ membership
month by month was in the aggregate, 523; the average attendance, 319.
These numbers are also in excess of the corresponding ones in several
previous years. Among these members of our schools there are 211 that
profess to have ceased from idolatry, and 150 who are believed to be
true disciples of Christ. I cannot now state the exact number who have
professed conversion during the year, but I believe it to be about
_forty_. If so, the total number who have declared themselves to
be Christians and have been accepted as such by our brethren, is more
than 750.
The expenditures have been $11,019, of which more than 1,600 came
from the Chinese themselves, while their offerings for mission work in
China and expenses met in connection with Christian work in California
would show a giving on their part of at least $2,500 during the year.
SOME OTHER TOKENS OF GOOD.--Our helper, Loo Quong, writes as follows
from Los Angeles under date of Sept. 20th: "Now I have some good news
to tell you this time. The first one is this, that _five_ of
our brethren will receive their baptism on Sunday in the First
Congregational Church. I brought them all down to the church to be
proved by the pastor and the deacons, and they all gave their good
testimonies to the satisfaction of all. Dr. Hutchins [Rev. R.G.
Hutchins, D.D., pastor] was so glad on hearing this good news again.
There will now be eleven Chinese members among his white flock.
He spoke very kind towards the Chinese and our school in their
prayer-meeting, as he always did so in his preaching." Another item of
good news is, that by an arrangement among the ladies of this church,
a reduction in the teaching force which I have been compelled to make
is to be made good by volunteer service, each lady giving one evening
in each week. I earnestly hope that this good example may be followed
in others of our churches.
At San Buenaventura the new mission house, finished several months
ago, gives great satisfaction. It is not the property of the Mission,
but has been built for it and is rented to us at cost. We can rely
upon the use of it as long as the work continues in that place,--that
is, if the building lasts so long. We were paying $12.00 per month for
a low, ill-located and ill-built, untidy shanty, yet the best place
that could be had. We now pay $8.00 per month for a neat, commodious
building which furnishes not only an attractive school-room, but
living rooms also, for which our brethren pay a small rent, and thus
make for themselves something very like a Christian home. Four
of these brethren were recently baptised and received to the
Congregational Church.
No mention has yet been made in these columns of the new mission
house in Oakland which we hold by the same tenure as that at
San Buenaventura. It could not be better located, is a very neat
structure, substantial also, and planned expressly for our work. It,
too, is rented to us at cost. A hint of what goes on there, and of
what goes _out_ from there, aside from the labors of the school,
may be found in these few sentences from a letter of Yong Jin: "One
scholar promised to be Christian was two weeks (i.e. two weeks ago),
and he will join our Association to-night. I hope his soul will be
saved. I had preaching on the street last Sunday and before last
Sunday. I shall go next Sunday too. I hope you pray for me and this
school. May [may be] I can conquer the evil and bring more number to
the school and to the Association. I believe God has a great power."
BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.
MISS D.E. EMERSON, SECRETARY.
We are glad to see the State Organizations increasing. Now let every
one become a working Union, bringing funds into the treasury of the
American Missionary Association, toward meeting the imperative needs
of its Woman's Work, and we shall rejoice indeed.
OUR INDUSTRIAL TEACHERS are heavily taxed just now in
providing sewing material for classes. We need basted patchwork, and
basted under garments for the sewing departments throughout the
field, but especially for Anniston and Mobile, Alabama; Memphis and
Jonesboro, Tennessee; Tougaloo, Mississippi; and Austin, Texas. One
missionary writes, "I find my classes very large. In beginning I have
about one hundred girls in sewing, about thirty in Household Economy
and Cooking, and later I shall have a large class in Nursing. This
work added to the care of the Mission Home will, I fear, be more than
I can carry, unless I have help, and I do not see how I can let one
bit of the work stop. I am sure there are plenty of good friends at
the North who will gladly help when they know."
WE HAVE ADDED a special industrial teacher to the force in
Trinity School at Athens, Alabama. Miss Perkins writes: "I am charmed
with the school and the inside of the building. I wish each day that
our Northern friends could look in at Chapel. I think they would feel
repaid in great measure by the goodly sight. I was glad to find a
Christian Endeavor Society in the school, it seemed so like home."
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WOMAN'S WORK IN NORTH CAROLINA.
BY MISS A.E. FARRINGTON.
On Thursday, Oct. 3d, a Woman's Missionary Union was organized for the
Congregational churches of North Carolina. A year ago, at the meeting
of the State Association in Wilmington, the subject was discussed, and
a committee was appointed to confer with the ladies of the churches
in regard to a local organization in each church. The plan met with
favor, and on coming together this year it was found that nearly every
church reported a missionary society in some form. All were therefore
ready for the State Union, when the Association of Congregational
Churches convened in the little country church at Oaks. As there was
no chapel or church parlor to be placed at the disposal of the ladies,
they withdrew to the grove, and there under the tall, symmetrical
oaks by the veranda of the little mission home of Miss Douglass, the
organization was effected with the aid of Miss Emerson, of New York,
who was present.
The following evening a public meeting was held at which reports were
heard from the local societies. The dark countenances were light with
eager interest, as they listened to the account of the work done
by the women. One told of a society, organized in February with two
members who became President and Treasurer. The numbers soon increased
to eight, all of them hard-working women, one of them the mother of
twelve children for whom she found it difficult to provide, yet that
society reported $10.61 as the result of their eight months' work.
Another reported a weekly Bible reading in connection with the Woman's
Society, at which one who could read took the Bible while others
gathered around, and "as they got to understand the Word" they spoke
to one another of the work of the Lord in their own hearts.
Report was made of a contribution to the Indian work at Fort Berthold,
also a quilt made by the little girls for a Christmas present to the
Indian children.
One society, embracing both home and foreign work, cared for the sick
and needy of its own church, and also sent contributions to Africa.
Knowing, as I do, the poverty of this people and the sacrifices they
make, I could but feel that if in the North there should be as ready
and proportionate a response, the treasury of the Lord would be
overflowing.
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WOMAN'S STATE ORGANIZATIONS.
CO-OPERATING WITH THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.
MAINE.
WOMAN'S AID TO A.M.A.
Chairman of Committee--Mrs. C.A. Woodbury, Woodfords, Me.
VERMONT.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President--Mrs. A.B. Swift, 167 King St., Burlington.
Secretary--Mrs. E.C. Osgood, 14 First Ave., Montpelier.
Treasurer--Mrs. Wm. P. Fairbanks, St. Johnsbury.
MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President--Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer, Cambridge, Mass.
Secretary--Miss Nathalie Lord, 33 Congregational House, Boston.
Treasurer--Miss Ella A. Leland, 32 Congregational House, Boston.
CONNECTICUT.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President--Mrs. Francis B. Cooley, Hartford.
Secretary--Mrs. S.M. Hotchkiss, 171 Capitol Ave., Hartford.
Treasurer--Mrs. W.W. Jacobs, 19 Spring St., Hartford.
NEW YORK.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President--Mrs. Wm. Kincaid, 483 Greene Ave., Brooklyn.
Secretary--Mrs. Wm. Spalding, 6 Salmon Block, Syracuse.
Treasurer--Mrs. L.H. Cobb, 59 Bible House, New York City.
OHIO.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President--Mrs. J.G.W. Cowles, 417 Sibley St., Cleveland.
Secretary--Mrs. Flora K. Regal, Oberlin.
Treasurer--Mrs. Phebe A. Crafts, 95 Monroe Ave., Columbus.
INDIANA.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President--Mrs. C.B. Safford, Elkhart.
Secretary--Mrs. W.E. Mossman, Fort Wayne.
Treasurer--Mrs. C. Evans, Indianapolis.
ILLINOIS.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President--Mrs. B.F. Leavitt, 409 Orchard St., Chicago.
Secretary--Mrs. C.H. Taintor, 151 Washington St., Chicago.
Treasurer--Mrs. C.E. Maltby, Champaign.
IOWA.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President--Mrs. T.O. Douglass, Grinnell.
Secretary--Miss Ella E. Marsh, Box 232, Grinnell.
Treasurer--Mrs. M.J. Nichoson, 1513 Main St., Dubuque.
MICHIGAN.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President--Mrs. George M. Lane, 47 Miami Ave., Detroit.
Secretary--Mrs. Leroy Warren, Lansing.
Treasurer--Mrs. E.F. Grabill, Greenville.
WISCONSIN.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President--Mrs. H.A. Miner, Madison.
Secretary--Mrs. C. Matter, Brodhead.
Treasurer--Mrs. C.C. Keeler, Beloit.
MINNESOTA.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President--Mrs. E.S. Williams, Box 464, Minneapolis.
Secretary--Miss Katherine T. Plant, 2651 Portland Ave., Minneapolis.
Treasurer--Mrs. W.W. Skinner, Northfield.
NORTH DAKOTA.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President--Mrs. A.J. Pike, Dwight.
Secretary--Mrs. Silas Daggett, Harwood.
Treasurer--Mrs. J.M. Fisher, Fargo.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President--Mrs. A.H. Robbins, Bowdle.
Secretary--Mrs. T.M. Jeffris, Huron.
Treasurer--Mrs. S.E. Fifield, Lake Preston.
NEBRASKA.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President--Mrs. T.H. Leavitt, 1216 H. St., Lincoln.
Secretary--Mrs. L.F. Berry, 784 No. Broad St., Fremont.
Treasurer--Mrs. D.E. Perry, Crete.
MISSOURI.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President--Mrs. C.L. Goodell, 3006 Pine St., St. Louis.
Secretary--Mrs. E.P. Bronson, 3100 Chestnut St., St. Louis.
Treasurer--Mrs. A.E. Cook, 4145 Bell Ave., St. Louis.
KANSAS.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President--Mrs. F.J. Storrs, Topeka.
Secretary--Mrs. George L. Epps, Topeka.
Treasurer--Mrs. J.G. Dougherty, Ottawa.
COLORADO AND WYOMING.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President--Mrs. J.W. Pickett, White Water, Colorado.
Secretary--Mrs. Sidney Packard, Pueblo, Colorado, Box 50.
Treasurer--Mrs. S.A. Sawyer, Boulder, Colorado.
Treasurer--Mrs. C.T. Goodell, 24th and Eddy Sts., Cheyenne, Wyoming.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President--Mrs. Elijah Cash, 937 Temple St., Los Angeles.
Secretary--Mrs. H.K.W. Bent, Box 426, Pasadena.
Treasurer--Mrs. H.W. Mills, So. Olive St., Los Angeles.
CALIFORNIA.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President--Mrs. H.L. Merritt, 686 34th St., Oakland.
Secretary--Miss Grace E. Barnard, 677 21st. St., Oakland.
Treasurer--Mrs. J.M. Havens, 1329 Harrison St., Oakland.
LOUISIANA.
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.
President--Mrs. R.D. Hitchcock, New Orleans.
Secretary--Miss Jennie Fyfe, 490 Canal St., New Orleans.
Treasurer--Mrs. C.S. Shattuck, Hammond.
MISSISSIPPI.
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.
President--Mrs. A.F. Whiting, Tougaloo.
Secretary--Miss Sarah J. Humphrey, Tougaloo.
Treasurer--Miss S.L. Emerson, Tougaloo.
ALABAMA.
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.
President--Mrs. H.W. Andrews, Talladega.
Secretary--Miss S.S. Evans, 2612 Fifth Ave., Birmingham.
Treasurer--Mrs. G. Baker, Selma.
FLORIDA.
WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
President--Mrs. S.F. Gale, Jacksonville.
Secretary--Mrs. Nathan Barrows, Winter Park.
Treasurer--Mrs. L.C. Partridge, Longwood.
TENNESSEE AND ARKANSAS.
SOUTH ASSOCIATION.
President--Miss M.F. Wells, Athens, Tenn.
Secretary--Miss A.M. Cahill, Nashville, Tenn.
Treasurer--Mrs. G.S. Pope, Grand View, Tenn.
NORTH CAROLINA.
President--Miss E. Plimpton, Chapel Hill.
Secretary--Miss A.E. Farrington, Raleigh.
Treasurer--Miss Lovey Mayo, Raleigh.
RECEIPTS FOR SEPTEMBER, 1889.
THE DANIEL HAND FUND,
_FOR THE EDUCATION OF COLORED PEOPLE_.
Income for September, 1889, from the invested funds $1,500.00
Income previously acknowledged 35,499.71
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Total $36,999.71
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CURRENT RECEIPTS.
MAINE, $1,792.36.
Bangor. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc., 75; First
Cong. Ch. and Soc., 30 105.00
Bangor. Central Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Rosebud
Indian M._ 1.00
Bath. Mrs. Anna Covel 1.00
Belfast. Mrs. E.F. Cutter and Miss C.M. Cutter 8.00
Bluehill. "A Friend." 1.00
Cumberland Center. Cong. Ch. to const. REV.
DANIEL GREENE L.M. 35.00
Ellsworth. "A Friend." 2.00
Gorham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 34.28
Hallowell. H.K. Baker 5.00
Kennebunkport. First Cong. Ch., _for Girls'
Sch._, _Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 5.00
Lyman. Cong. Soc. 2.60
Machias. Centre St Cong. Ch. 7.48
Portland. St. Lawrence St. Ch. 10.00
Wells. Second Cong. Ch. 7.00
West Falmouth. Second Ch. 20.25
Woman's Aid to A.M.A., by Mrs. C.A. Woodbury,
Treas., _for Woman's Work_:
Albany. Mrs. H.G. Lovejoy 3.00
Alfred. Ch. 14.15
Bangor. Hammond St. Ch., 19.75;
First Ch., 12.50; Central Ch.,
8.25 40.50
Bar Harbor 4.90
Bath. Winter St. Ch. 35.00
Belfast 3.25
Bethel. First Ch., 18; Second
Ch., 10.75 28.75
Biddeford. Pavillion, 13.25; Second
Ch., 19 32.25
Blanchard 7.60
Blue Hill 1.75
Brewer. First Ch. 37.35
Brewer Village 10.00
Bridgton. Mrs. D. Stone, 1; Mrs.
Julia P. Hale, 1 2.00
Brownville 5.00
Brunswick 62.00
Burlington 1.10
Calais 10.00
Castine 10.00
Cape Elizabeth. North Ch. 1.30
Cornish. Ch. 10.00
Cumberland Center 22.00
Dedham 3.00
Dennysville 5.00
Dennysville. Dea. P.E. Vose 5.00
Deer Isle 2.50
East Baldwin 8.00
East Machias 5.50
East Orrington 1.00
Eliot. Sab. Sch. 20.00
Ellsworth 7.60
Ellsworth Falls 1.00
Falmouth. First Ch. 6.00
Falmouth 10.00
Farmington 13.00
Freedom 7.00
Freeport 21.52
Gardiner 21.00
Gorham 20.00
Gray 5.00
Greenville 13.00
Groveville. Buxton Ch. 6.00
Harrison 6.00
Harpswell Center 7.40
Harpswell Center. "Friend, thank
offering." 5.00
Holden 17.00
Houlton 5.00
Island Falls 2.50
Jonesboro 1.25
Jonesport 1.00
Kenduskeag 5.00
Kennebunk. Ch. 11.00
Lewiston 32.00
Limerick. Ch. 11.00
Limington. Ch. 7.00
Litchfield 3.00
Litchfield Corners 6.00
Lyman. Ch. 3.35
Machias 20.00
Machiasport 10.00
Marshfield 3.00
Minot Center 18.52
Newcastle 22.65
New Gloucester 23.50
Norway 4.05
North Yarmouth 7.00
Orland 6.50
Oxford 2.50
Phillips. "Glad Helping Ten." 10.00
Piscataquis. Conference Collection 5.11
Plymouth 0.25
Portland. High St. Ch., 80; State St
Ch., 50; Second Parish, 38; Bethel
Ch., 18.05; St. Lawrence St. Ch.,
10.28; "Mission Cadets" Second
Parish, 10; West Ch., 4.10 210.43
Pownal 3.00
Rockland. W.H.M.S. 20.50
Saco. Ch. 11.00
Sandy Point 4.75
Sanford. Ch. 8.75
Saint Albans 2.00
Searsport 20.00
Skowhegan 10.00
South Berwick. Ch. to const. MISS
HANNAH LORD and MISS MATTIE TOBEY
L.M.'s 61.00
South Bridgton. Ch., 12.26; Ch.
Ladies, 9.35 21.61
South Freeport 37.50
South Paris 8.75
Standish 8.00
Steuben 4.00
Sweden 2.00
Thomaston 8.00
Topsham 8.00
Turner 16.00
Union 6.00
Upton 4.00
Waldoboro 7.40
Wells. First Ch.,18; Second Ch., 18 36.00
West Auburn 3.00
West Lebanon. Ch. 7.50
West Woolwich 5.00
Whitneyville 2.60
Wilton 9.63
Winthrop 5.00
Woodfords. L.M.S., 22.65; Y.L.M.C.,
10, to const. MRS. IDA S. WOODBURY
L.M. 32.65
Yarmouth 50.00
York. Ch. 21.50
Berlin, N.H. 6.00
Shelburne, N.H. 2.00
Woman's Aid to A.M.A. of Maine 96.58
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1,539.75
Ladies of Maine, by Mrs. J.P. Hubbard
_for Williamsburg, Ky._:
Auburn. Mrs. H.F.B. Root, Box Patchwork
North Fairfield. Ladies of Cong. Ch.,
Bbl. _sent to a needy sch._,
_Meridian, Miss._
Portland. Mrs. Z.W. Barker 1.00
Rockland. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl.
and Package
West Falmouth. First Cong. Ch., Bbl.,
and _for Freight_ 2.00
Woodfords. Ladies of Cong. Ch. Bbl.,
Sab. Sch. Class No. 10, _for
Student Aid_, 5 5.00
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8.00
NEW HAMPSHIRE, $2,664.38.
Auburn. Cong. Ch. 9.76
Bennington. Cong. Ch. 5.79
Center Harbor. Cong. Ch. 3.00
East Jaffrey. Cong. Ch. 17.00
Goffstown. Cong. Ch. 41.04
Hampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.26
Hollis. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.00
Manchester. Mrs. Mary E. Hidden 10.00
Manchester. South Main St. Ch., _for Indian M._ 10.00
Lisbon. First Cong. Ch. 5.08
Nashua. Pilgrim Sab. Sch., 8.45; Herbert E.
Kendall, 2, _for Rosebud Indian M._ 10.45
Pelham. "A Friend." 2.00
Penacook. Rev. A. Wm. Flake, _for Fisk U._ 5.00
Walpole. First Cong. Ch. 22.00
Colebrook. "E & C.," Package New Clothing, Val. 6.28
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$164.38
ESTATE.
Amherst. Estate of Rev. William Clark, D.D.,
by A.A. Rotch, Ex. 2,500.00
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$2,664.38
VERMONT, $1,000.21.
Bakersfield. Cong. Ch., _for Williamsburg,
Ky._ 13.50
Barnet and East Barnet. Cong. Ch., _for
Williamsburg Ky._ 34.50
Burlington. First Ch. 155.00
Cambridge. Second Cong. Ch., _for Williamsburg,
Ky._ 7.85
Chester. J.L. Fisher 10.00
Enosburg. Cong. Ch., _for Atlanta, Ga._ 20.00
Granby. Infant Class, by H.W. Matthews, _for
Rosebud Indian M._ 1.20
Jamaica. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.38
Jeffersonville. "A Friend," _for Williamsburg,
Ky._ 25.00
Montpelier. "A Friend," _for Williamsburg, Ky._ 1.00
Newbury. Cong. Ch., 30.75; Two Little Boys,
1.51, _for Williamsburg, Ky._ 32.26
Northfield. Cong. Ch., _for Williamsburg, Ky._ 25.00
Northfield. Cong. Ch., 10; Y.P.S.C.E., 3, _for
Student Aid_, _Williamsburg, Ky._ 13.50
Northfield. "A Friend," _for Williamsburg, Ky._ 1.00
Pawlet. "A Friend," _for Indian M._ 5.00
Peacham. Cong. Ch., _for Williamsburg, Ky._ 32.98
Post Mills. Cong. Ch., 25.68; "A Friend," 5,
"A Friend," 5, _for Williamsburg, Ky._ 35.68
Saint Albans. F.S. Stranahan's S.S. Class, _for
Student Aid_, _Fisk U._ 25.00
Shoreham. Cong. Ch. 2.00
Springfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 26.91
Springfield. R.M. Colburn, _for Avery Inst._ 15.00
South Hero and Grand Isle. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.45
Saint Johnsbury. Col. Franklin Fairbanks,
100; Mrs. T.M. Howard, 25; Mrs. E.D.
Blodgett, 25 150.00
Swanton. Mrs. Eliza Stone and Harriet H. Stone 2.00
Waterville. Smoothing plane, val. 1., _for
Williamsburg, Ky._
Wells River. "A Friend," _for Williamsburg,
Ky._ 1.00
West Fairlee. "A Friend," _for Williamsburg,
Ky._ 1.00
West Randolph. S.E. Albin, 8; Sarah J.
Washburne, 2 10.00
Windsor. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.00
----. "A Friend in Vermont," _for Indian M._ 300.00
Woman's Home Missionary Union of Vt., by
Mrs. William P. Fairbanks, Treas., _for McIntosh, Ga._:
Jamaica. "Sunbeam Band," 3.00
Manchester. Y.P.M. Soc. 25.00
Westminster. Ladies' Soc. 5.00
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33.00