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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XIX, Issue XIX, 30 October 1897, Page 592

It is well known that Queen Victoria has a great dislike of smoke, so much so that she does not allow smoking in her immediate neighlsvurhood. And yet the cigar bill for her guests is a very heavy one- The principal item is the thousand of the finest Havana eigars which are specially made for her. and sent to Windsor in glass tubes hermetically sealed. It is said that Queen V ictoria’s eigars eonld not le bad even in Cuba at wholesale prices under one dollar a piece. The men who make them receive 30 cents for each cigar, and none but the oldest and most skilful workmen are entrusted with their manufacture. At this rate they can earn quite a small fortune, for 300 eigars a day can le turned out by the most expert

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