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referred to in Article T. of the

Protocol has

concluded, the

not get brew

limit of teins.

for cargotiation having bien

retended, by agreement wilt the Japanese Governmeal; for six

mouths, that is

of July next

until the 16th

As

regards

the question

raised by kiss's Jardine

relation

to the price of sugar

six

mouthe

having been exceptionally high during the preceding the Treaty, I am to enclose a statement showing

that English prices, which

mainly

D

mainly govern

the world's prices,

so far from being high

live

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abnormally tow, only out of the sixtein quoted having been below those of the first half of 1894. It is true that for the last six mouths of 1894, (ii. after the Treaty was signed the prices were

still-louse, but

that does not affect the.

isquament. It is also true irguruvat

that the silore frices of sugar

ferre

higher owing to the low price of silver, but this is a separate question.

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