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THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OP SOUTHI- WALES. VII 1:UU'±J4 NVYALJB5. I V RIicH a-s Wales is icc mineral Wealth, largle as haye rn, been the outlays of imoney in establish~ing, cnor- lihi mons works. railways, and docks, famous as her Ye: mineral produce has bccomc all over the wor