Tientsin, Mar. 17, For the month of January, 'Tientain hada favourable trade balance of 10,796,701 Customs "units, Imports {or the month totalled 1,020,148 Customs nits and exports 12,710,049, the former showing a decrease of 48 per feet. and the latter an. Increase' of 65 per cent, as compared with the leorresponding month last year.
Both exports and linpoits for Feb: rumy, however, showed a. consid lable decrease, ax a result of the ice blockade at Taku Bar—Central News, Bargains in
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