The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-10-24
AMERICAN STANDARD OF CLASSIFICATION,

The market opened with an active demand
and although the offerings were light, the sales
mp to IL NJ. reached $500 bales, at pric % fully
up to our revised figures of yesterday, after
which the movement continued animated, re-
suiting in further sales to nearly the extent
mostly At hardening prices. closing at the i'm
At the same time considerable portion of the
business was done at yesterdays figures and in
exceptional cases buyers obtained slight conces-
sons, offers being accepted which were refused
yesterday. As has been the case for the past
three days the controlling element was the pres
sure Of the demand on the supply, the former
being general and active aud the latter moderate
To-day twenty brokerage houses participated in
the business
The sales for the past three days sum up 10, 200
bales (4SOO ON Wednesday, $3.50 yesterday, in
Guiding IT'S not reported until to-day, and 1850
to-day, making, with the addition Of 100 bales
to Tuesdays report, an aggregate for the week OF
the week before. Weeks receipts 2S,61S bales
embracing SS1S from other delivery ports (bf
which 1890 from Mobile and 52S from Texas) and
2l,S00 proper, against ,0o9 proper last week and
22,0l6 last year. Total proper since August 81,
99,2O7 bales, against So, 12S last year-increase
1909 bales The exports comprise 10, 753 bales.
embracing 1881 to Liverpool, GA to Barcelona,
45l6 to New York, and $50 to Philadelphia, to
which we have added 46 by rail.
The Exchange kilograms make the receipts at
al the ports from IL M. yesterday to II NJ.
to-day 26376 bales. against q, 49l last week,
aud il O9S last year, and since Friday 49,, 466
bales against II, l75 last week and los, 799 last
year. Total since Angus. 81, sos, 4l2 bales,
against 35S, ASS last year Cup to Thursday noon,
Oct. %, excluding the above ls,O9s)-increass
1868
Exports FRIDAY to Thursday, inclusive,,
to Great Britain IS 1874 bales, against a. 4S3
last week, and 2O,OOS last year, and to the
Continent 0,494, against 1917 last week. and
1912 last year. Stocks at all the delivery
ports made mp to u N: SIS, l54 bales, against
26S O94 last week, and 22l CSC (upto Friday noonl
last year.
Weeks receipts at the interior towns 81, 932
as against 27,96S last year; shipments 6504,
against - 9l6 and stocks 1874, against 1908,
showing an excess this year of 1904 bales in re-
ceipts, 65Se in shipments and 1861 in stocks.
T0e amount on shipboard not cleared, going
down At the opening this morning at $1,000
bales, embracing 27,00s for Liverpool, 5000 for
Havre, 5000 for Bremen, 1000 for the North
Sea, and 6090 for the North, which, when de-
Quoted from the stock on hand by our running
statement last evening, leaves 800 bales to rep
resent the quantity at the landing and in presses
nm sold or awaiting orders.
The Exchange reports: "Sales 500 bales in
Guiding $50 after +. NJ, yesterday. Demand
active" Its quotations for Low Middling a. d
Niddling are raised &c.
COTTON STATEMENT
Stock on hand Sept. l, 1874 bales 1888
Arrived since last statement 49,. 400
Arrived previously ............. i'll ,9l9 lI66oS
lS25Sl
Cleared to-day. 1899
Cleared previously ............ 81, 566 74,965
Stock on hand and on shipboard not
cleared ....................... 57.6l6
Stock same time last year. ............ 52,16l