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Show MONTAGU DISCUSSES ! SILVER SITUATION j Tho preat driving force operatiiiK' in the j Stiver market for the last few years is clearly indicated by the statement made by the secretary of state for India, namely, name-ly, that Indian net Imports of silver during dur-ing tho war hail amounted tu j Hi. 2(1,000 oiinfes, about ?."!. imn.uim (sufficient to coin about 1 .i.iiO.uui'.uijii rupees). In addition addi-tion to this enormous amount of precious metal, net imports of yold total! in: 21.-ino.imo 21.-ino.imo were received during the fame period. Commentinp: upon 1 he reeent advance in silver, Samuel Montagu Co., of London, Lon-don, call at tent ion to the remarkable ' eolneideuce that a war, brought about by (.lermaiiy, should have" been the original cause of the- relapse in the value uf silver from its ancient h iih level, and a not her war, lialf a century later, for which the Fame power was responsible, should have been the actual cause of a phenomenal recovery. The notation of 5sd for sil-ver in 1 ondon recently is of record since January, 1S7T. The following prices, a t any advance In which the principal silver coins (full weight, I xuidonl wmild show a profit when melted, are of interest, though it should he remembered that, with the exception ex-ception of India and the United Kingdom, the amount of such coins in circulation is com para t i vol v small: , Kupee tat Is Sd) r.3.SVl , United States ;"!.; d Dutch 2' guilder HO. -lad Five-franc piece and similar coin . . fio . S7d Sterling silver tifi . d Mark 67.3 d Of these continental banks of issue which differentiate between gold and silver sil-ver holdings in their return, the Bank of Spain shows the largest amount, namely. $1ll,i00 ii'Hi. The Kank of France has about OOO.nOO: Swiss National bank. Sbl.tiun.oeu; Imperial Kmk of Jermanv, f-1.onn.onoi and the Hank of Netherlands, $2,:ii.Ht,nOO. Seattle T'oyt-In telliea.-ncer. |