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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <alllinks galcontinue="Correction_Wizards" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="139" ns="0" title="Batch Printing GOS Forms" />
      <page pageid="314" ns="0" title="Batch Signing EGOS Forms" />
      <page pageid="128" ns="0" title="Booking an Appointment" />
      <page pageid="132" ns="0" title="Booking an Event" />
      <page pageid="8" ns="0" title="Cash" />
      <page pageid="188" ns="0" title="Cash Reports" />
      <page pageid="286" ns="0" title="Clinical Record Drawings" />
      <page pageid="212" ns="0" title="Clinical Records" />
      <page pageid="269" ns="0" title="Clinical Records Reports" />
      <page pageid="214" ns="0" title="Contact Lenses" />
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>