FLINT STONES, i. 0.4.5 a 0.5, rined in the same quiet state, but prices have ruled remarkably. steady throughout the week, and the boisterous weather we are having now is exercising a hardening tendency on prices. "The American' ship George Washington, with 3,000 piculs or so on board for Nagasaki, having taken fire on Sunday night last;-was sunk in cur harbour. The rate of freight to Nagasaki per mail steamer has been reduced to $l per pul.
EXCHANGE.—We have again to report a small business during the week. Bank paper was sold éarly'in''the mail at 5s. 94d. a 5s: 9§4., but on receipt of news of weakness in Hongkong rates declined, and the best rate quoted now is bs, O}d. Credits can be placed at 5s. 94d., and documentary paper at 5s. 9d. In Rupees, the only rate quoted is 303, with little doing. On Hongkong there is a fair demand for Bank paper. The Banks quote 26} a 264 per cent.
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