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Show t'OREIGN EXCHANGE CONTINUES RECEDING I L'arlier thla year the rock-bol torn pre-1 pre-1 k.lton for sterllnq' exehnnye was f-1 for fho pound, wei-ordiuff to the .Bom ton News 1 tur:au. When It recent !y reached that I'vel a fortnight ayo, the pessimists re-Vistd re-Vistd thefr propheey to $o.7f.. The pound das already covered half the intervening tiifltaneo downward, belling ALonday, demand de-mand $:;.$! 'j. It was on November 20 that demand terMng barely dipped under tho $4 mark, tn tho next four days it rallied almost 7 con (s, only to resume its descent. In the trading days since November '2 i it has : fallen sonic. -x- cents to $:i.S41-j. I . The Wench exchange also made new low I Wednesday, at 10. :rj francs to tho doll:-w I or practicaHy halt' t Pie former par value. Ifallan exchange pr;n-tically repeu ted its I xT.,-ord low of nitd-November at lli. 65 to 1 Ihe dollar, or almost a UO per cent depre- ctnf ion. The recent cour.se of tho, exchanges may be thua aununarlzed: yierllng. Francs. Tiire. K'oomber 3 ?.'!.NS 1 0 . "2 i:.6"i tVeendier 2 ;J.!V; 0.00 U'."! I. 'tvcinbcr 1 V, . fS i .', fi ,n 3 . fiO November '21 4 .n;t8 1.6! 1 1 .77 Xovemher 3 4.17 10.75 To tho dollar. Tor tho first time tlio pound sterllnsr is more than -0 per cent depi-eciated. The extent of depreciation in allied exchanges t.i:;y be Urns indicated (alues in dollars or cents); Depree. Par. Xow. per et. Sterling ?4.M'ii5 ?3.SS 20.3 Kranca 0.0f'7 4i tlJo 0.11V1 0.07S 09.5 |