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as they stood before the work of the Committee com-menced rather than what they may be when the timecomes for the Committee to report.
I must mention my obligation to the printers ofthis book, Messrs. R. & R. Clark of Edinburgh , fortheir great patience and accuracy with proof-sheetswhich they have had to keep in type for a longperiod subject to continual alterations and additions.