Brother, Ld., write in their January Market Report:—Since our December report the complete export figures for 1914 have been published, and it may be of interest to note that yarn stopped short and 5,735,854,700 yards respectively, compared with 210,000,000 and 7,075.252.000 in 1913. The opening month of the new year has provided quite an encouraging contribution towards the restoration of health-has had little practical to put forward beyond a few scattered lots, while Rangoon has hardly been of. For Java and some of the minor outlets requirements have been rather more numerous.
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