The market, on the whole, was not very favourable to the trade this week, and the proximity of settlement day is curtailing business, Clearances have fallen off slightly, mostly owing to the bad weather prevailing during the week, a8 well as the monetary string gency, which bids fair to continue till the settlement.
At the auctions quantities put up were considerably reduced, the total for this week being about 25 per sent. less than the total put up two weeks ago. At the Kung Bing auctions, Black Italians and Fancies were better and Greys were about the same as before. Whites fetched slightly lower prices. At the Yuen Fong auctions, prices for Black [talions showed a rise of from 1 to 2 mace. Smaller quantities of heavy Greys were offered, and consequent ly there was a rise in prices. sub. Grey Shirtings were steady, and Jeans were about 1 macd up. In White Shirtings there was a fall of about 1 mace.
Clearances of auction goods con tinue fair, but these also have been interfered with by the weather, With the decreased quantities put up, the auctions on the whole showed better results than in the pre vious week,
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