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spite of the excellent service of life-boats maintained by public subscription, is appalling, the percentage of cargo lost and damaged incredible,"^[1] is likely to survive for many a year to come.

1. Diplomatic and Consular Reports, Annual Series, No. 3571: Trade of Ichang for the year 1905. The words quoted, however, are perhaps calculated to give a somewhat exaggerated idea of the loss both of life and of goods.