Piece Goods, Ir is long since we have had to record a year which has been on the whole satisfactory to importers of textile ies. The position of most of these articles of import was favourable enough at the beginning of the year, and the results would probably have been much more satisfactory had it not been for a very powerful disturbing clement—the violent fluctuations in Exchange. Importers speedily lost all confidence in the value of Silver, were afflicted with a. mania for remitting at any rate which bankers might offer, with hardly an attempt to extort at least the laying down cost of silver remittances, when it was obvious enough even to the most careless observer that bullion was scarce and hardly pro" curable, besides being urgently needed, Instead of making sale son theenstomary
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