Maintaining a Dialogue


floods in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. Sowings in most of the groundnut- producing areas have been completed and the area sown is expected to be about the same as in the previous season, the easier tendency in oil prices notwithstanding. Last week's recovery has been particularly marked in linseed and castor futures where strong bull manipulation has induced hectic bear covering. Support for castor futures, which provided the lead, was said to have been inspired by reports of fresh large business in castor oil with socialist countries