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Show She Had It Buried. In illustration of (he extent lo which gold and silver are being hoarded In China, the far eastern division of Ihe bureau of foreign and domestic commerce com-merce gives currency to an Incident reported of tin old woman paying for her purchase of a cotton mill with .$500.M)0 worth of gold bars, which she had dug out. of Its hiding place. It Is estimated lhat, due to Ihe disturbed political conditions and lack of adequate ade-quate banking facilities throughout China, at least a billion dollars' worth of silver is similarly hoarded, which may partially account for (he present exchange situation. |