Wire the exception of American drills all grey goods were re-exported from this in the quarter ending 31st March, in greater quantities than in the previous three years, and American drills show a falling off only because of. the Into despatch of steamers for Now. chwang. Hankow and Chinkiavg both took good supplies of grey shirtings, and the excess in the re-export thither mainly counterbalanced the falling off in the shipments to Lientsin, Ningpo, and one or two other loss important places. White shirtings show a considerable falling off, the amount sent away from here being the least since 1882. Every other kind of cotton manufactures indicates a Lealthy state of trade, bat the exceptional condition of the public affairs may have caused a larger demand to prevail for them here than was required by the condition of the inland markets, Dealers may therefore have over-supplied themsel ves, so as to be prepared for a far. ther hindrance to trade by an exten. sion of the war operations which wore being carried on early this year. But this can only have been partial, os we learn from Chiveso that dealers in such cities as Soochow and Hangchow, which ate close at. ha Tooting timidly, and only buying imports as they absolutely require them, They do not yet sond either orders or sycee with their former freedom. Bat) the Chinese here are gover ally, if cautiously, extending their operations and making investments in all kinds of goods and other articles, and they seem molined to act with more spirit than they have displayed daring the Inst two years. When nows that peace with France having been surely arranged shall Lave penetrated into the markets of the interior we may expect the dealers in them to buy with a great deal more enterprize than they have lately shown. We may especially look for this from places on the river and in the interior above Hankow, as the crops promise well in those districts, Bat, unfortunately, part of the northern provinces appear still to be threatened with one of those times of famine which occur so frequently.
The re-exports of camlets, Instings and Spanish stripes from this port do not show any considerable variation in the figures since 1882, In the imports camlets exhibit a falling off of 8,000 pieces, and long ells 2,300 pieces compared with last year, while lastings are 2,000 and Spanish stripes 2,500 pieces in excess of the same period. The trad in metals has not been. as good a in 1884, judging by the. figures of the re-exports, which show a falling off of 8,000 piculs in iron, and 40,000 piculs in lead, The explanation of the
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