Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-10-23

therefore, the spinners were now without
any stock, and if their stock, Jan. ], was
correctly given by the Liverpool Cotton
Brokers Association, they would have con-
sumed during the 40 weeks weekly ave-
rage of 65,465 bales of 365 TBS. each. But
the leading Liverpool authorities give the
stock of the mills now at about 7O,W) }
bales, which would leave the actusl con-
sumption at about 1000 bales per week less,
or say 63,700 bales, making the account
for this year and lest year stand as follows ::
-Bales~ Average Total
Per week Total. weight. weight.
10 weeks. $500 2,54S,coO S65 s3O,O2o,OOo
20 weeks. 81 ,64s 2.465,721 1888 956, sss ,74S
The consumption of last year is obtained
by adding the takings at Liverpool to Oct.
4, 1871 (2,527, $40 bzles) to the tIkings at
London during the same time (3S, 10l bales),
and deducting from the total the estimated
increase of stock held by the mills az that
date 600, 900 bales), which leaves the con-
sumption for the 40 weeks OF 1871, 2,465,
72l bales, as given above. The Sc results,
of course, are not exact, being subject to
decrease or increase on revision of the
SOCKS, etc., at the end of the year. The
final figures for 1871, as received and made
up by the Liverpool Cotton Brokers Associ-
alton, vera a weekly consumption Of $1,000
bales of 3S3 TBS. each, or a total Of 8, III, 7sO
bales, or POI, 154,170 pounds. A similar
decrease this year woald bring the official
weekly consumption to about 10000 bales
of 365 TBS. each, or a total for the 81 weeks
of 1872 of 3,120,000 bales, or I,13S, 500, 900
pounds.
1t is, perhaps, scarcely necessary to re-
mind our readers that there is one, and
always must be one, uncertain point in
these and similar statements, and that Is,
the stock held by the mills at the periods
mentioned, which is always estimated.
Hence 9 discussion has arisen as to the
actual consumption, a very strong argu-
1nent being made, based on the capacity of
the working spindles of Great Britain,
tending to show that the consumption
Lust have been less, and that the mill
stocks consequently must be greater. We
may refer to this point another week; but
it is sufficient for us to say now that the
above conclusions are based simply upon
the official figures.
BOMBAY SHIPMENTs.-AccoIdi ding to our
cable dispatch received to-day, there have
been 1000 bales shipped from Bombay to
Great Britain the past week and 900 bales
to the continent, while the receipts at Bonn
bay, during the same time have been 800
bales. Compared with last year there is a
decrease this year in the weeks ship
ments to Great Britain Of Is, 600 bales, and
that the total movement since Jan. now
shows decrease in shipments of 10000
bales over the corresponding period of 1871.
Our dispatch tonight also says that all the
reports with regard to the crop are very
favorable.
VISIBLE SUPPLY OF CoTToN MADE UP
BY CABLE AND TELEGRAPH.-By cable
we have tonight the stocks at all the Eu-
ropean ports, and also the India cotton
afoat for all of Europe, and the American
afoat for each port as given below. From
figures thus received, we have prepared the
/ following table, showing the quantity OF
cotton in sight at this date (Oct. 16) of each
oftha two mast seasons: