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 Package: readxl
 Title: Read Excel Files
-Version: 1.2.0.9000
+Version: 1.3.0
 Authors@R: 
     c(person(given = "Hadley",
              family = "Wickham",
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-# readxl (development version)
+# readxl 1.3.0
 
 ## Dependency changes