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Show Coffee Futures. NFW YORK. Feb. 23. The circulation of March notices and reports that coffee was Included In the list of articles characterised char-acterised as non-esseni lals in ihe Hrit-'tyh Hrit-'tyh ucnmicnt s restrictions upon liu- I ports, caused heavy liquidation in the market for coffee futures here today. The market opened at a. decline of 8 to 11 ! points, wi ih March relatively easy. The I noti- ey, estimated a t ahout 25,0' bags,' were said to be circulating very freely in I the street, and evidently brought In a good many selling orders. Pressure increased in-creased during tiie afternoon on an apprehension ap-prehension that the European outlet would be greatly curtailed, with March selling off to 7.7:tc and July to 8.0H. the lowest prices touched since early In January. Jan-uary. The close was a shade up from the lowest on covering, but showed a' net loss of 13 to 36 points. Sales, including switches, were 5H,0Cmj bags. February and March, 7.77c; April. 7.66c; May, 7.93c; June, S.02c; July, 8.09c; August, S.15c; Sep tern her, 8.22c; October, 8. 2 tic; November, Novem-ber, S.2itc; December, 8.33c; January, S.37c. Spot, easier; Rio No. 7, S'sc: Santos Xo. '4, 10 78c. Cost and freight ofTers were safd to be unchanged to a shade j higher from Santos. Rio 7a were offered at 8.9iic to 9. 0(,-c American credits and O.Hjc London credits. The official cables re- ported an advance of 75 reis at Rio. Santos spots were 100 reis lower; Santos -futures 2-S reis higher. Santos cleared 11,000 bags for New York. |