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Publications. Publications f|lßß QAHTESBUBY IM E 8 feidayTapeil 15, TABLE OF CONTENTS Page. &DVS&TiS£tfxSTS 1« 2,8, •*. 6, 11, 19, 20. 36.37, 38. 39. 40 .Accipektb 29 Agricultural—•Ptorlcownerß* Mistakes—The Calif >rnuu Thistle" Experimental whcatKrowiug Report on Manila—Periods of Gestation in .Live fctock - Hard Lines— Not£a for Farmers 8.9,10 A’SUBftMxim —Oramatio .Not s—Our Melbourne Let er (by W.Jd.W.) F Gossip— A Vieit to a Popular Loudon Theitre—FugUtth Items .Aq"4l;c Events to Come —Notes »by Jason)... 17 Athlx’iio—> I’eath of a Celebrated Athlete— Auckland Athl-lio Ground Company—Six * Pays’ ' J -ce—Ketiremeni of Ford —An Important fiaoe ••• ••• ••• ••• Austualiaw News ... .. ... 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