Tae Chinese are congratulating themselves on having a magnificent crop of cotton this year, in the districts devoted to its growth generally, and in the country around Shanghai in particular. The return, we are told, exceeds that of any past season for ten years. While lash year they only got seven-tenths of a full crop, which was considered a fair average, they have this season already secured their estimate ofa full return, and hope to get half
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