Silver is rapidly passing out of circulation, "One sees but few silver dollars and the small silver coins, t00, sre rnidy dluappearing. Copper and Emount of coppers in a dollar is stil money is now common. The
changeable, but the number of ten and twenty cent paper pieces ina dollar is Axed. "Our paper money it practically all from Chinese. banks Shanghai. Foreign bank notes are of received locally With the coming of the Banke of communications with its branch of fo Jukzo, bank notes on. that. bank fave greatly increased." Reports are circulating that other banks are contemplating Vepening. ranch fics Business locally 1s not very good The China Soap Company has opened large quarters here and is pushing its soap rapidly into every home. Other big business concerns are not making special efforts to push business at present.
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