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Show MiiiM.v iitinu ituinv. Du.x&Cu. In their rcpoil fur the week ending Dec. S, ISM, state that there Is a general Improvement In business. The one sign of unfavorable character It that collections at aome points are slower and harder than usual, Hotteytr, at Chicago, Ht. loula,Cluclnuvtl and St. Paul collections collec-tions are very satisfactory, Theofll-clal Theofll-clal reports show llut the volumeof all Minis of currency In actual cllculu-Hon cllculu-Hon sell,o77,00i),ixJ Deo. 1, against t,WI,0XW,ll Nov, 1st, and $1,603, Oixi.uO'J vterago, The Increatebotli fortlie month and for tho year lua been maluly In the form of gold certl flcati a aud new treasury notes. Tho srcculattve markets have teuded downwards on the whole, although wheat It unchanged In irico with talis of iS.OOO.OciO bushels tu New-York New-York dutiug thu (inst week. Cum dropped sharply about tl cents at the close nf Novemter, and the mar ket has not yet ricovrred Ha nature condition, Oils are half n ri nt better, l-ut Nirk pruuuets aud cclTvcs are a Utile lower, riiere seems tu tie co a( prehension that Congit-sa will Introilueu any legit lallon caliulated to disturb busluess Interests. The Treasury has (ut out during tho week 2,40U,uoj moruthau It lias taken in, bislJts Issuing 11,700,-fKK) 11,700,-fKK) iciru new Triasury liotis, makliu; the volunu of actual Irculalluu at this time fully tl.oS'l.Udii.UuU. Husltitsa failures fur the week mentioned men-tioned amounted to 301 In the United' Htatea nnd .0 In Canada. For thu cor rc)udtii.r week Itit year the figures were --S- In the United HUtea and 30 In Canada. |