The spelling of non-English words was not checked.
Simple typographical errors were corrected.
Ambiguous hyphens at the ends of lines were retained.
Page [100]: Closing quotation mark added after “valuable consignments.”
Page [126 or 127]: Missing footnote anchor “62”.
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Pages [134–138]: Missing footnote anchor “75”.
Pages [207–208]: Missing footnote anchors “123” through “127”.
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Page [254]: Paragraph beginning “The external reason” probably should be “The internal reason”.