Althoogh the general position of trade bes not +hown any' appreciable chaoge, some erratic transactions and movement rf cargo contione to a limited extent. All are agreed on one point, that if political conditions are such 8 to permit free movement of cargo there is a possibility of good trade solvent are issuing native orders to 1 limited extent, and are considered to be—so far as Chinese Banks go—sound banking concerns. Of the fourteen that failed the Tsin Wo and the Tan Wo banks have psid " dividend of twenty per cent. on their liabilities, and re devising means to realize on the of their assets to pay se much of it liabilities ae they may. The affairs of the Dah banks are being IE
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