American Agricultural Department gives the total up to date at 14,£00,6¢0 bales; henc> it is expected that the total crop should be a full 16,500,000 bales. Prices der:—
December 24, £612,000 in Foreign Gold Coin.
December 24, £402,000 in bar gold.
December 98, £200,000 in bar gold.
December 30, £1,000,000 eet aside on account of the Treasury Currency Note Reserve.
"The additional £1,000,000, set aside as above, makes the total in that Reserve £18,500,000.
The reduction on balance during the week was £1,219,000.
"The West African gold output for November, 1914 was £154,674, as compared with £129,694 for November, 1913 and £159,410 for October, 1914.
"The gold output from the Transvaal for November, 1914 was £3,040,677, as compared with £2,860,788 for November, 1913, and £3,116,754 for October, 1914.
"The Rhodesian output for November, 1914 was £311,711, a6 compared with £239,038 for November, 1913 and £397,241 for October, 1914.""
With reference to silver the ¢itcular contains the following "The rone is fairly good..
"Owing to the Christmas Holidays, business has been rather restrained, and supplies have been far from plentiful.
"The Indian Bazaars have been nibbling, but the mainstay of the market at the present time is China, During the last few weeks, a substantial amount of silver has been bought for that quarter. consequently have weakened slightly. The latest New York quotations are 881 cents May and 9.25
"An Indian Currency Return for December 22 gave details as follows
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