Lose £400,000
London, Apr. 1f British insurance' firms. will shoulder a loss of £400,000 as a result of the s. Paris disaster.
London, Apr. 17.
British overseas trade showed encouraging improvement in" March when imports totalled £77,970,374, an jinerease of £12,460,862 as. compared to February. Exports totalled £41,~ 'M577, an increase of £3502316 as compared. to. figures for the same mani "Compared with Marc of last however the Imports and exports Showed decreases of 20877275. and £520,700 respectively.
United Kingdom exports in March were valued at £41,634,577, compared with £42155373 a year ago. Imports amounted to £77,910374, against £04,853,049, and re-exports to £5,923,~ 28, against. £5,468,200.
The figures for the Mrst quarter of this year were: Imports £217,543,318 <a decrease of £26,841,727, as compared with the same peried of the Inst year, and of £11,800275, against the same period of 1037.
Exports were valued at £119,129,085 decrease of £1,740.854, as compared with the last year, and of $21,901,581, against, 1997, Te-exports totalling £14,204,058, show a decrease of 21,507,834, ax compared with the last year, and of £4.40817, against 1937.
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Specific Losses Shown, during the last three years, During the same period, Mr. Hull "cm-Phasized, these countries had in-€reased their purchases of German goods by 18 per cent.
Despite his general condemnation of the system. Mr. Hull acknowledged thay there were many circumstances which barter arrangements might be considered necessary 10 Supplement other methods of trade promotion. The latter qualification, according to oficial circles, her would apply to the gigantic plan for fan international exchange of raw materials, advocated on April 10 Senator James. F. Byres, Democrat of South Carolina—Reuter.
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