Ar the first glance the Returns of Trade for the last quarter of 1888 which have just been issued by the Statistical Department are disappointing, as the collection shews on the whole a falling-off from the' same quarter in the previous year; but on closer examination we find, which is reassuring, that the deficit, which amounts to Tls. 176,751, is much more than covered by the falling-off in the opium duty, 59,100, and in the opium likin, I 174,945. The following is the total collection
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