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\caption{\label{tab:fieldsSummary}Summary of the bulge minor axis fields (Paper~I) characteristics.    
$z_{\rm GC}$ is the height of the field along the bulge minor axis, assuming a distance Sun -- Galactic Centre of~8~kpc.
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Field & $l$  & $b$ & $z_{\rm GC}$ & $N$ & $\langle V_{\rm r} \rangle$ & $\sigma_{\rm r}$ & Skew & Kurtosis\\ 
 & (\degr) & (\degr) & (pc) & & (km~s$^{-1}$) &  (km~s$^{-1}$) \\
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$b = -4\degr$ & 1.1 & $-4.0$ & 606 & 194 & { }~{ }~5 $\pm$  7 & 104  $\pm$  5 &  $-0.07  \pm  0.1$ &  $-0.54  \pm  0.2$ \\
$b = -6\degr$ & 0.2 & $-6.0$ & 844 & 201 & $-10 \pm 6$ & { }~83 $\pm$ 4 & { }~0.01  $\pm$  0.1 & $-0.19  \pm  0.2$ \\
$b = -12\degr$ & 0.0 & $-12.0$ & 1700 & 99 & $-14 \pm 8$ & { }~80 $\pm$ 8 & { }~0.38  $\pm$  0.4 & { }~1.71  $\pm$  0.7 \\ 
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\end{tabular}\vspace*{-2mm} \tablefoot{$N$ is the number of stars.
$\langle V_{\rm r} \rangle$ is the mean heliocentric velocity.}\vspace*{-2mm}
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