Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-12-27

| the week having drawn ont, in consequence of
there being no available freight room, and the
| market closes easier, though with prices uE-
| charged. There still exists a good demand f r
| high grades of Cotton but these very scarce
! and the transactions are small in consequence
/ The lower grades are not much sought after as
they are thought not to be very desirable styl S
| to hold. AT the time of closing our report the
market may be written quiet and steady at our
quotations given below. The receipts are slow
| ly but gradually decreasing from week to week,
Tut the exports owing to the obstacle noted
above, very small and the stock shows
slight improvement.
The cotton movement for this week. as COM
pared with last week shows a slight decrease
in receipts and a considerable increase in ex-
ports The receipts at all the ports for the week
were 1855 bales, against 1885, 64 bales last
week, 1873, 1913 bales the previous week, and 1884,
429 bales three weeks since. The total re-
eeipts since September 1872 are ,529 22O bales,
against 25O ,579 for the corresponding period of
the previous year, showing an increase since
September 1 this year of N8,8n bales. The
exports from all the ports for the week were
IS $50 bales, against 81, 5o5 bales the same date
last year. The total exports for the expired
portion of the cotton year are 1858 bales,
against 642. 334 bales for same time last year.
against 1872 ,93S bales for the samedate last year.
The stocks at the interior towns are Sc 1877 bales,
against 50 SEQ bales last year. The stock OF cot
ton in Liverpool is 336, 900 bales, against 43ooOO
bales last wear. The amount of American cot
ton afloat for Great Britain is 14l 600 bales
against 100 900 bales last year. The amount CT
Indian cotton afloat for Europe is 81, 900 baies'
| against 223 ,OG0 bales last year.
| COTTON-The following were the transac-
! tons for the week:
Friday-Sales of bales at 18h cents, . 90 at
187; cents 10 60. at Is cents, 10 do at ~ cents
and do. at 1917 cents.
! Saturday-Sales of 80 bales att cents dc.
at IS cents.
| MEMBERSHIPS of 1i0 bales at l. 4, HA, IS,
t 184, 18x. 19@194 cents.
| Tuesday-Market quiet and nominal
! wednesday-Generai suspension of business.
! Thursday Market quiet and nominal.
! We quote as follows:
! Ordinary, ~ NN1A'"'
| Coed Ordinary. ..17H
I Low Middling.. --..-'.'h4
| Strict Low Middling.
| MidtlJing ....-...-.-..-.....'to1a
| Strict Middling. .182l to ~
! TAR-In Tar during the week there has been
7 considerable movement, but the condition OF
! the market has been very weak, dull ana de-
! Ginning. The principal decline occurred on
t SATURDAY. when the market gave way and de-
/ cIined 10 cents. Monday there was no change in
| the market The receipts were placed at N arket
| price but nothing satisfactory was agreed upen,
and the market closed without established
| prices Tuesday the dizziness continued, ana
/ the market settled with decline of cents
! Wednesday nothing trapspired, and to-day
! (rhur sday) the market closed quiet snd steady
at 50 So per Dbl. The receipts for the week,
,252 bbls, against f027 bbls. for last week, are
an increase of 225 bbls. The exports were OF
| minor in portance, and the stock in market
shows an increase. The following table contains
| the transactions fer the week