{that Wong Kim-yuen, a Chinese merchant resident at Quintaro, a town in Mexico, has refused to accept the office of Mayor of that place, although urged to do so by the principal residents of the town, Ix their Report, dated Manchester, the 23rd of October, Messrs... W, Royse Ca. quote Copper, £58 Pig iron, Scotch No. 3, £2 10s. 3d.; Pig lead, English, £12 58; Spelter, ordinary, £22 10s.; Tin, English ingots, £130; all per Business in Pig Iron has been dull during this month; Scotch Iron is now 1/6 per ton lower than at the beginning of the month, and Cleveland Iron is 14d. por ton dearer. Orders placed have mainly been for small quantities, buyers having no confidence, but during the last few days there is a much better fooling and a general impression that better times are approaching. Certainly there is plenty of room for improvement; the total shipments of Pig Iron from Scotland, Middlesboro and Cumberland in this yar up to early September, us compared with the corresponding period of 1903, show a decrease of 194,564 tons
metals have been moving better or nearly 15%. The Nagher-priced juring mouth. Copper has steadily advanced 20/-per ton and is firm. Tin has advanced strongly some £3 per ton, and is tending further upwards, Spelter has declined about 5/- per ton. Lead has advanced 2/6, and is steady.
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