In another column there is an 50 per cent., the millet and the buckwheat at 50 to 80 per cent., and the red bean at 50 per cent, Strange as it may sound. the bean crop is promised average returns. The vegetable crops have a hope o° being somewhat improved yet by weather conditions. The disappointment and gloomy prospects of petty armers, whose expectations for the returns of their hard labour and attention have been blighted, deserve sympathy. extract from the Chinese press with regard to the position of silk filatures. The maintenance of work in the silk filatures in Shanghai has been possible, principally through the help rendered by the foreign banks. The latter have lent several millions already. The terms under which the banks are willing to lend money are very reasonable, in view of the fact that one is not certain
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