Mid-Americans have improved slightly. The ginning reports are good, and a bumper crop, which some estimate at 16,000,000 bales, is expected. Reports from India also show that the crop this season will be unusually big. Reports from Liverpool state that sellers are scarce and that Manchester is improving. The latest New York quotations are 7.32 cents December and 7.50 cents January.
Local crop conditions are good. Prices, however, continue to be low, and holders of cotton are expecting better times in the near future. Business is extremely restricted.
The yarn market on the whole has been dull this week. Bombar, however, reports a favourable mar. ket. Very few sales of local mill yarn have taken place.
There is little change to report in the piece goods market, At the auctions, quantities were prac tically unchanged and prices lower, especially for greys and blacks
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