The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-08-06
COMMERCIAL REPORT.

COTTON ON THE SPOT FIRMER, AT 9c DE-
oLINE-FUTUREs FIRM-FLoUR STEADY
WHEAT UHsETTLED-CoRN EAsIER-oArs
MORE ACTIvE-RYE DULL AND NOMINAL
BARLEY QUIET AND UNCHANGED-BARLEY
MALT sTEADY-PoRK QUIET AND STEADY
LARD QUIET AND UNSETTLED PETROLEUM
FTRM-NAvAL STORES QUIET AND FIRM-eRo-
CERES QUIET AND sTEADY-HIDEs STEADY
LEATHER oUIET-oHs QUuN-wHIsKEY
sTEADY-FREIGHTs ACTIVE AND FIRM
HEMP AND JUTE QUIET AND STEADY
GUINNESS STRONG.
THURSDAY, August Sc P. NJ.
There was but little change in the commercial
outlook to-day, save THAI the reports from the in-
undated sections of the West were a little less
doleful and the grain markets were. accordingly,
less buoyant. Otherwise there was no change IN
the aspect OF business matters. The existing
dulness is widespread, being about as conspcu-
GUS In Europe as in the United
States, II we may judge from the
tone or the business circulars. &C., which
find their way all through the commercial world
On 'Change -four was steady Wheat unsettled
and lower, especially for spot deliveries, In con-
sequence of heavy receipts. FAIR sales made how
for export. Corn was also in demand but shade
easier. Oats without decided change. Whiskey
hrmer Pork and lard were pretty rm, but scarcely
Freighs Cotton the spot &C decline
futures urul GetroleuIn Drmer naval stores but
rm Oils quiet Hides steady. Hemp and jute quiet
steady Gunnes strong Groceries quiet and steady.
CoFFEE.-lhe market tor Rio and Santos was very
quiet but steady Otner kinds also very quiet but
firm. We a copy OF Messrs Wright d Co.'s tele-
gram, dated Rio, August 4. 1875 advising since
2sth ult, $4,000 bags shipments, 5000 bags Loading
II 900 Stock date, 1900 bags Average daily re.
ceipts, $40 bags. Price, $780, Exchange I'D We re-
port stock OF mild coffees foows:-Java, grass
mats 552Ol; Singapore, 1858 grass mats; Ceylon
9 sags POO a So Las sq ltsc 9'l
bags, So 2g1 mats Java and a. s5S mats Singapore we
isSc. lec:; good do lgac. l9ac,; prime do, l9s9c'
days; Java, government bags 25c. .7c.; do. grass
mats 26c &c. SINGAPORE do, re nc Ceylon 2lc.
Jamaica lsc lsc o. Domingo lie l714c.; Porto
&c Angostura, lOc a2l3ac; savaniila, 2Oc BE.
COTTON on the spot under some pressure to SELL was
easier, and though quotations were not marked down
Such reduction with old syle low mlddlings being un-
ana values no
Exporers generally appFehend break in the later
Of reassurng character and called out consider
prices on of showed recession OF
ll6c. and subsequently, business was az decline OF
renewed rains found Inc market sensitive from being
s9meWhat oVerSo1q' wic Arm Drought ou' buyers ana
il6c SIC from the loss in the earlier part the day
River mills the absence Of any export demand aud
before September or to be carried over as an addition to
the growing crop have the effect OF making the nearby
months relatively weak Dispatches from Liverpool 10
market as ioows:-Quiet and feeble at the opening
frmer midday and easier at the close. he
final Ohree NJ qdota0 future deliveries were as
follows-Auggst IS SlS5c; september - 81 32c lic;
October Is Z7-32c. November, Is 2132c.; December
iszSc January, IA IA 52; February, - 7-32c I4lzc
March 7-l6c.; April, l4sSc. May, 2732c. AGE;
lime Is Lice l12c. Quotations based on
standard OF classification in force September l.
1874 and on upland cotton in store running oualitv
not more than hail grade above or below the grade
anoed -Ordinary l27sc. good ordiary, l3ssc strict
good ordinary, I41sc. low middlng, I498c. middlnr
1be good niddhng l61Sc Quotations. based on Ameri.
con Standard of classncatiOn:-