Total to date, 1897 1,073,873 Ibs. 132,816 Ibs.
Do.—1896 1,036,690" 187,303" FreicHts.—For London rates are £1.15.0 per ton of 4oc. ft. Kintuck (s.) and Afenelaus (s.) leave to-day followed by Manila (s.) on 21st inst.
For New York via Suez Canal.—Fallodon Hall (s.) has a full cargo at 25/- per ton of 4o, ft, expects to sail on x6th inst. The rate by Cromarty (s.), sailing about x7th inst., is 27/6 per ton of goo. ft. Sailing vessel Drumeltan on the berth at 17/—The rates by Pacific routes and Overland are x34 Gold cents per pound gross. City of Peking (s.) and Tacoma (s) sail to-morrow, Lombard (s.) on 20th inst., and Empress of India (s.) on 27th inst. For Odessa and/or Batoum the Russian Volunteer Fleet steamer Jareslav/ will be despatched about the middle of theiirith.
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