Depending entirely upon. the particular chops which they hav' for sale, different firms vary to some extent in their appreciation. lot the week's business. In certain. Jauetion lines it has been better than fany for three weeks past, this being due to an improved' demand from Korea and local centres. 'Chinkiang does not appear to be interested, but more demand is experienced' from places such as! Hangchow and Changsha.
In. other descriptions of goods! there is nothing nearly so favour-lable to report as the above. These other firms report that Tientsin, which suggests itself ax the most promising outlet at the moment, has only just started inquiring, and that at prices based on the reduced mits recently established for Szochuan, The fact, however, that ithe first reasonably large shipment of native and Japanese cloth since the outbreak of hostilities has been made to that port this week, holds lout hopes of business there during coming week.
The local markets are getting up! more interest in certain lines which have been inactive recently, but. offers are at the moment very low. At the same time while the market jis on the easy side, it is hardly wish to make! lout. The volume of business, how-lever, continues to be lamentedly Cotton, Yarn, Ete, Chinese Cotton—Arrivals of cotton from the interior during the week have been comparatively but stocks here are said to fait compared with what has recently been the case. The offtake by the quotations Shanghai 5 ningpo 35. On the Chinese Cotton Goods Exchange the quota tions yesterday morning were as x3:—-November $6.20; December January 36.20; February
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