New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-12
-EW ORLEANS CLASSIFICATION, AssLAILATED
TO THAT OF LIVERPOOL.
General Exchan

A part of the business was at previous
rates, but the most of it at an irregular ad
vance of 70 a Ac, and in some cases even
| Csc. The supply on sale was very poorly
assorted, with a small proportion of desira
bic cotton, which being in good request
finding good deal of competition among
buyers, commanded very full prices. Good
ordinary sold at l72s 0l743c, strict good
ordinary at 1798, 17& and l7Bc, strict
good ordinary to low middIing at l778 and
I8c, low middling at 1915, 1874, 1875 and as
high as 1890, strict low middling at 1872
and I834c, strict low middling to middling
at 19c, middIing at l9, 1913, 1914 and
l9 5-l6c, strict middling at l9% and 1919,
and strict middling to good middling at 1914
and 1890. The market closed firm at our
revised quotations.
The amount or shipboard not cleared, 60
| ing on board and engaged for shipment was
| set down at the opening this morning at
| $4,000 bales, embracing 10000 for Liver
pool, 10000 for Rayre, 1000 for Spain,
5000 for the Mediterranean $4,000 for
Bremen, $4,000 for the North Sea- and
5000 for the North, which, when deducted
from the stock on hand by cur running
statement last evening left $1,000 bales to
represent the quantity at the landing and in
presses unsold and awaiting orders.
The Exchange reports: Supply ex-
ceedingly poor; strong demand at quota
tons. Sales $500 bales, including 400 after
4 P. NJ. Yesterday" Its quotations are ad-
vanced 4Sc on all grades.
COTTON STATEMENT.
Stock on hand August 81 1872....,.......... 6,359
Arrived since last statement..... 1854 -
Arrived previously ............... 448 438-457,02
Total. .465, 33l
Cleared to-day :................... none o..,,,
Cleared previously. ...'..''..'... 1903 SOP 3o3,9N
Stock en- hand and on shpboard, not cleared 1879 429
Stock on hand same date last year. 997
Receipts proper since last evening 1855
bales, against 3031 on last Wednesday, and
1886 last year Thy singular coincidence the
same as this year,, making an aggregate
since Friday evening of %, 238 bales, against
20, 28l last week and 81, l25 last year,
and since August 81 of 38l ,0l2 bales,
against BOZ ,536 last year-increase 70, 476.
The Exchange kilograms make the receipts
at all the ports since - NJ. yesterday
to IL M. to-day 17,785 bales, against
l6,767 last week and 1887 last year. and
since Friday II ,460 bales, against $3.50
last week and rs, l99 last year. Total since
August 81, 1861, 1877 bales, against l,058,O07
last year-increase 303, 100.
Exports, Friday to Tuesday inclusive, to
Great Britain 26,l6 bales, against 3l,4l4
last week, and to the continent Is, 849 bales,
against %, 206 last week. Stocks at all the
delivery ports, made up to II h. to-day,
463, 1897 bales, against 435, 239 last week.
SUGAR-Only 34l hhds were received this |
The market is quiet with light
supply, with sales to-day Of about 400 hhds
1t 60615c for inferior, 7o for common; 7IA a
q c for good common; FAC for fair; Sac for |
good fair; 8la 1884, for fully fair; 909l4c |
or prime; 80834c for seconds; ga 0I0lhc |
or yellow clarified. and 1024 91Ialc for
White clarified.
MoLAssEs- receipts this morning
we're confined to 1865 bbls and IS half bills
The demand is active and the supplies were
II sold at prices showing an advance Of
02o p gallon common, -040c; centri-
ugal and fair Acc, prime 52053e, strictly
rhine 50 55c . gallon.
FLoUR-The market continues very firm
nth good local trade. The low grades
choice extra are scarce and in demand,
'hile the medium qualities are in supply
nd dull 2740 bbls were sold, of which 100
ne at S.; "a double extra at SIS l2la; $50