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prices show some improvement for the week. Yesterday business 

 was done in Santos, May at 30^. gd. to 3 is., September at 3 is. lo^d. 

 to 32s. 3^. and December at 32^, gd. to 335. i\d. per cwt. To-day's 

 auction supplies embraced: — 1 cask, 1 tierce, 4 barrels, Ceylon 

 Plantation, 322 bags East India, 21 half-frazils Mocha, 137 barrels, 

 76 bags Jamaica, 13 bags Trinidad, 27 bags Haiti, 91 bags Colom- 

 bian, 193 bags Nyassaland, 38 bags New Granada, 737 bags Costa 

 Rica, 33 bags Mexican, 11 bags Guatemala, and 140 bags Santos, 

 quay terms. The sales went off quietly and prices ruled somwhat 

 in buyers' favour. A cable from Messrs. PlNTO & Co. estimates 

 the receipts from February to June inclusive, at 3,800,000 to 

 4,000,000 bags and the next Rio and Santos crop at 9 000,000 

 bags. We qnote : — 



London - Santos - - March delivery ... 30.9. 6d, 



New York - No. 7 Rio - „ ... 5.40 cts. 



Hamburg -Santos - - „ ... 30f pf. 



Havre -Santos - - „ ... 37 francs. 



14th February, 1902. 



