The market has been very steady It was not marked by any great activity, but there was a distinct improvement in the tone. The Yangtze ports came in strongly for Fancies, the demand for these scerning to be general. The. brighter outlook is attributed to the sudden apparent cessation of all terest in military politics. quiet has the situation become, that traders did not even' allow themselves to be worried by the rumours Gf a clash so near as Che kiang. The purchases of the week indicated that there has been a In!) in the placing of orders, but this is taken to he only temporary, for there has been a great depletion of stocks and there is bound to he another spurt when the acquisitions of the past few weeks have been digested. The Home market has taken another turn and some orders have been turned down.
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