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The final rejnirt of the Leaseholds committee, which w.'t-takcn as stated that the evidence indicated that prevailing systems leasehold in the county lutd been prouactiwe ol inferior buildint;, of the neglect the property well of freqjent disputes and irrttr'ions on its reversio

rained and rained and rained, until I thought it must have rained itself dry, but it still kept on. The water was rising at a tremendous pace, and were sailing gaily along over cities and trees and hills. The scenes were terrible to witness and too horrible to describe. At last

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WHALE IN THE SOLENT. The latest sensation at Southampton has been the capfeure, and the after exhibition, of whale, which recently made its appearance in the well-known waterway. Having been descried by two well-known Bon faces, they fired at the unlooked-for denizen of the <.eep

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