According to the "Times" City Editor insurance underwriters, ge: erally are quoting ten shillings per cent. on goods between Britain and against risk of damage owing to civil commotion or war. He mentions that brokers@in some cases are preferring risks on goods about to be exported from China as com. pared with merchandise which would not reach China for some time, while twenty shillings par cent. is quoted to cover merchandise in' Shanghai for one month after arrival at warehouse. Underwriters, however, ate not enthusiastic for business.—Reuter.
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