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Page 8, "indebtedness or aid in the preparation of this book": possibly an error for "... for aid ...".

Page 73, “several ladies of great quality ...: the closing quote mark is missing.

Page 180, "steel sheathing": as printed in the source document.

Page 298, "Therefore a large importation ... so to speak": part of the sentence appears to be missing.

Page 378, "in respect of the conditions or changes of traffic": as printed in the source document. The treaty itself reads "... charges of traffic ...".

Page 386, "a vessel from Liverpool to Hamburg to the Panama Canal": possibly this should read "... from Liverpool or Hamburg ...".

Page 388, table: the data for 1925 do not add up to the total given.

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