'There is a little better fee the artificial silk yarn market, and inquiries daring the past week' have come in from both the Shantung jand Tientsin districts, but offered by brokers are generally not acceptable to holders of stocks, even when their yarn was bought before {the new rate of duty was enforced. The volume of business all round has been negligible and the con-ition of the money market has for-joed practically all local weaving conjeerns to shut down, If the present negotiations that jate going on between the British tice bares ae aaa Det es Conces oat come mere a Oe cee see Hoare aut grea et of oe be gems Fag ap ear bela tar eotezen at a seen tee sugar The sugar market during the past week has been lifeless, and there is nothing of interest to report. nen sero te cree eectten Prone aad Eanes eet eae, peri Peper od erceeoe nee, lee ft Pores
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