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- ↑ Suikerfabrieken 1857, p. 3.
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- ↑ Handelingen 1853, p. 318.
- ↑ Suikerwet 1870, p. 1.
- ↑ Suikerwet 1870, p. 5.
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- ↑ Bosma 2013, p. 120.
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