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It was estimated that the construction of these four canals would require twenty years, the funds being furnished by a 4% loan amortizable in ninety years.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various