Thursday afternoon's closing:—June 234: July 237. August 238.70: September 238.7 October 238.60: November 238.5
December 238.60.
Yesterday afternoon's closing prices" were about '¥.3.50 up owing to an increase in the rate for American cotton, quota-ions being—June 236.80: July 239.- August 241.30: September 241. 40: October 241.60: November 241.60:
December 242
In their weekly report issued yesterday Mestrs. "J. Spunt & Ca. star China, Cotton:—While prices remained, steady at the. somme level Goring the previous. period. without eny undue ucteations, hardly any Semand for the local staple transpire? daring th week under" review, and whd: ever business "was. consummated very small parcels to meet ipresting. and there were of very me Such had no other eect than Bringing about a steadier tendency the Fuling rates at the close.
Taking 8 general survey of the situa~ the upward or down the meat future manner, and therefore, be Thooked for export under review. silk The local Steam Filature market han improved and sales have been! made at an advance in price.
The market for thix quality is generally ing. Detter, and there has been more business than a week ago, In other silks the business ha:{hai on the Mr. Fu Chiang, Shanghai Taoyin, has gone to Hangchow.
Mr. R. T. Ryton, of the Auto-Palace Ca., returned by the R. M. Empress of Australia from a holiday trip to Japan, Dr. P. C. Lelie, of the Presby-Church of Canada, stationed in Changteho, Honan, arrived Shanghai last Friday' for a stay.
Mu. M. W. Vaughn, Far Eastern manager for the United Press A: ociation, arrived in Shanghai on Sunday in the Nagasaki Maru.
ApmimaL Tu Shih-kuei, Minister of Navy, left for Nanking with his family Inst Pridzy on his way to Peking to assume his new post. He was formerly Commander-ir,-Chief, Awoxc those leaving for Home on the Blue Funnel liner Antenor A. Cumming. Mrs. expects to remain in Europe until the latter part of 1927.
Gen. Lin Chung-kee, chief of stof? to Marshal Sun Chuan-fang, passed through Shanghai on Monday his way to Nanking from Hangchow, where he celebrated his mother's birthd Mu. Erik Crone, who has had extensive experience' in Shanghai Jestate circle, chiefly with the Credit Foncier d'Extreme-Orient, has established himself as a land and estate Mr, Chen Kung-ching, director of the Shanghai Chinese' Telephone Administration, has one to Hang-confer with the Military vil Governors of Chékiany, teal, Superintendent is toms, left for Nanking on Tuesday night (0 confer with the provincial autho Yuen-ling, one of Mars Chuan-fang's star officers, arrived here from Nanking the same even=
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