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year. The charge for storage there will he very 
little, probably not more than fifty pesos for the 
year for all of them, including the extra crate or 
case you ask about in question No. 7 . 
3. - as the key I had made fits all the locks, 
I believe I can distinguish which chests you refer 
to by the contents. Having no bill of lading, or 
invoice to describe the cases or their contents, and 
as the cases are not numbered or marked in any way 
other than the address, had I not been able to open 
them, it would probably have been impossible to have 
identified them. 
4. - The costal steamers running between Buenos 
Aires and Bunta .arenas take from ten to twelve days 
for the trip. Bailing are about one every week 
during the summer months. The trip to Puerto Llad- 
ryn takes about five or six days . I am uncertain as 
to the cost of shipping the three cases mentioned as 
far as Puerto IJadryn, and as to whether they could be 
sent collect, but in any event, if it were necessary 
I could pay here and send you the bill. 
5. - The service between Punta arenas and the 
Palklanda is very irregular and not very good. The 
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