The steady improvement in our market conditions has continued, and clearances have been upon an active scale,-though somewhat hampered by the wet weather. Rain still continues at intervals throughout the Valley, and it is reported from Hankow that the water in the Han river is very high and that floods are feared, this having caused a certain amount of cessation of buying by Hankow dealers, who during the early part of the week were active purchasers. A repetition now of last year's floods would be most discouraging at a period when the effects of these disasters upon our market have barely been shaken off, and the weather chart is accordingly watched with a certain amount of nervous interest by dealers in general.
From Tientsin it is reported that the country is still suffering from lack of rain, and the market is dull and dragging, while native advices from Newchwang report that although demand is somewhat slow at present, there are indications that business will show considerable improvement in the near future.
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