New Orleans Republican., 1872-09-01
1l9,745 in 1s67-68t 158.230 in 1861, 81. .s8I
in 1865 sc and 3. .887 in I8e4.R5

1875 in 1867-68. I58,23O in 1867. 67 as1
in 1865 &c and 1887 in I864-65.
4 considerable portion of tta receiDts 10
sold by receivers to factors, and is not re-
| ported hence the limited amount of the
| reported sales compared with the supply.
Dry SALTED MEAT-The receipts Of this
article exhibit an increase in bulk and a
| decrease in casks, showing q net falling off
| of nearly 10000 GEO TBS. The statistics of
| both bacon and dry salted meat are unre-
| liable one often being entered on the steam
| boat manifesfs for the other. We assume.
| however thst there has been a decrease of
| 10 to II " cent. In 1873 cur receipts OF
| bulk meat were So ,29I lbs. Al that time
| q large business was done by city smokers,
and no little portion of the amount noted
| was cut and put up in boxes for tie British
market This export trade has almost en-
| tireiy disappeared. At the commencement
OF the year the SUPPLY consisted mostly
ot shoulders, whicl ruled at 50 n 6e
but soon assumed an upward move,
ment, and by the close of September
had advanced to rs 0724c. Ii October thev
ruled still more in favor OF sellers. and
closed at Sc, but in November they gave
way and declined TO 64c. In December
shoulders opened at 534c, and closed at
6l4, clear rib sides op ned at &c, and closed
at bs4, touching IN Sthe interim 4c, and
clear sides opened at 7c and closed at 7Ne
touching in the interim 712c; in January
shoulders opened at &c and after sinking to
5tsc, closed at the opening rate. Clear rib
sides opened at lac, and after sinking to
Size, closed at 634 C. and clear sides opened at
7i+c, and after sinking to &c, closed at sac;
in February shoulders opened at GiS 064c,
and, after some fluctuations, closed at 512c.
Clear rib sides opened at Sac and
after ruling at 8@S33c. declined
towards the close to 6l2c, and
j, .l,.- 4 ~
the course of clear rio, closed at &c; in
March shoulders opened at 5lse and closed
at Use, clear rib sides opened, at 634c, and
after sales as low as sac, closed at Gle %
sac, and clear sides opened at 7c and
closed at sac; in April shoulders opened at
u 4 / sc and after touching &c, closed at
sc. clear rib sides opened at &c and closed
at 338 a 6c. and clear sides opened at 64c
and after touching 634c, closed at 6l4 q 6}5c;
IN May shoulders opened at 5l2c and after
sinking to 434 di78c, closed at 5 5lBc, clear
rib sides opened at Ga C and after touching
j34c, closed at G3lc and clear sides sold to
a limited extent at 6l3e; in June shoulders
opened at 54c and after giving way lac
closed at the opening rate, and clear rib
and clear sides sold to limited extent at
6i4c and 619c in judy shoulders opened at
"a 0l2C and closed at Gao, clear rib sides
opened at 07Ac and closed at 749c, and
clear sides opened at 713c and closed at
6i2c; and during the past month shoulders
have ruled at ga a812c, closing at S1ac,
clear rib sides have ruled at 7 a q 10c, clos
ing at l0c, and clear sides opened at 8l2c
and closed at l012.
BACON-The receipts of bacon embrace
81 ,712 casks against 2s, ,642 last year, q $40
tiercesf against 20,8i2, 0,56I boxes, etc,
against 9537 and q $50 lis in bulk, against
1000; showing an increase of 9l30 casks,
l92S tierces, 1924 boxes, etc, and 23,760 TBS
III bulk. The exports show present increase
OF 923l packages, and embrace 1870 to for
eign ports, of which l20 were to Cuba. Sc
to Northern Atlantic ports, and IL 800 to
Southern ports, mostly Gulf. As the stock
EXHIBITS only slight variation, it follows
from the above that nearly 81, 600 packages
have been taken for consumption. Prices
have fuctuated in accordance with the
course Of the Western markets and the pro-
portion of the supply to thedemand butt Ish0W
less range than last year. the extremes for
shoulders being 53B 0814c, against 7 II a I6c
last year; i8 q 9t4c for cearrib sides, against
: &c and 22G last year, and Il3G and. I01hc
for clear sides, against l9c and 92c last year.
While the general course of the market has
been downward, it mas not been without
some marked fluctuations, opening
at 1l2c for shoulders and rs 87a4o
for clear rib sides and subsequently
advancing q ole and 1&e, aud after
some variations rating in January at
|oOuJ lAc opcHIu9 fGtGSf then e8ulOlGlng q
general downward tendency until about
the latter part of May, when shoulders had
declined to Sic, and clear rib sides to 7lBc,
showing net decline from the.commence-
ment OF &c in shoulders and % a % in clear
rib sides, since which prices have rallied,
and under very limited supplies shoulders
have advanced to sac, and clear rib
sides to ll2sc. Hams have exhibited
even wider variations, but have generally
followed the course of sides, opening in
September at l0al5c touching the highest
l6l4 q l914c, sinking to their lowest point in
May, when they sunk to" lOOl14c, since
which they have advanced to 17l2 a l8c.
The reported sales furnish only partial
Indication of the actual movement, not ex-
oeeding 10000 packages, while the amount
taken for consumption reaches 50 900. The
msnthly receipts were as follows: