The Archive · 1900

The Orange Trade Dull

The se. Pungshun called here on the Ist inst. on her way to Amoy. On hor return trip she favoured us with another visit. The exports of the district harb dropped down to zero. The Wenchow orange crop is rather poor for this ye The growers wish the dtuation in the North would clear up, a it has almost entirely stopped the shipments to which they look for their profits. Locally, oranges are in consequence cheap.

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