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year. The charge for storage there will be very little, probably not more than fifty pesos for the year for all of them, including the extra crate or case you ask about in question No. 7.

3.- As the key I had made fits all the locks, I believe I can distinguish which chests you refer to by the contents. Having no bill of lading, or invoice to describe the cases or their contents, and as the cases are not numbered or marked in any way other than the address, had I not been able to open them, it would probably have been impossible to have identified them.

4.- The costal steamers running between Buenos Aires and Punta Arenas take from ten to twelve days for the trip. Sailing are about one every week during the summer months. The trip to Puerto Madryn takes about five or six days. I am uncertain as to the cost of shipping the three cases mentioned us far as Puerto Madryn, and as to whether they could be sent collect, but in any event, if it were necessary I could pay here and send you the bill.

5.- The service between Punta Arenas and the Falklands is very irregular and not very good. The "Sociedad Anonima Ganadera y Comercial Menendez Behety" during