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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 236. 



WESTERN LIFE ASSU- 

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Directors. 

 H. E. Bicknell.Esq. 

 T. S. Cocks, Jun. Esq. 



MP. 

 G. H. Drew, Esq. 

 ■W.Evans, Esq. 

 W. Freeman, Esq. 

 F. Fuller. Esq. 

 J. H. Goodhart, Esq. 



T. Grissell, Esq. 



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J. A.Lethbndge.Esq. 



E. Lucas, Esq. 



J. Lys Seager, Esq. 



J. B. White, Esq. 



J.Carter Wood, Esq. 



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Age 

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LIBRARY OF VALUABLE BOOKS. 



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Sale of Photographic Pictures, Landscape 

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