The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-08-21
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higher grades taken for Mexico at full prices.
Such descriptions have become very scarce
and are held by factors at extreme rates, from
which they are slow to make any conces-
sions. Nothing transpired to indicate any
quotable change in other descriptions.
A letter from Columbus, Mis-, under date
Of August II, reports that until the last eight
or ten days the prospect of heavy crop was
never better but there has since been too
much rain and the boil worm has commenced
its ravages on some plantations in the vicinity.
II the rains continue the crop will fall short
sat least one half of the former prospect"
The receipts to-day included bales new
crop, mbraciDg proper and from Texas.
This makes total to date of 40 bales, en-
bracng IL proper and % from Texas and the
Rio Grande, against AZ last year, OF which "a
proper and 18 from Texas, etc
The sales of the past three days sum up
538 bales az on Wednesday. 2lo yesterday,
and 2Sl to-day, making an aggregate sale for
the week of $50 bales, against 1850 last week
and 1900 the week before
The weeks receipts ZIG bales, embrac-
ing IL from other delivery ports (all
from Texas), and 204 proper against
233 proper last week and 1856 last
year. Total proper since August 81, $685.
2l2 bales, against L. l7 ,245 last year-decreasc
222 033 bales
York, to which we have added IL bales ship
ped by river steamer.
The Exchange teIegrams make the receipts
Ct Ill the ports from ~ M. yesterday to
II II. to-day 408 bales, against 100 last
week and 764 last year, and since Friday
1904 bales against 1890 last week and 1925 last
year. Total since Aug. 81, 2.459, O28 bales,
against 3.754,995 up to Thursday noon,
August 20, last year Excluding the above 764)
decrease 295, 967.
Exports FRIDAY to Thursday inclusive) to
Great Britain 1895 bales, against 1880 last week
and 1888 bales last year, and to the Continent
S639 bales, against 2466 last week and none
last year.
Stocks at all the delivery ports, made up
10 IL NJ, S7,196 bales, against los. 456 last
week and 124, 58i last year.
The weeks receipts at interior towns en-
brace 206 bales, against 1874 last week and 874
last year; the shipments 63S bales, against
1855 last week and 1878 last year. and the stocks
7542 bales, against 8l42 last week and 20, 159
last year. Compared with last year this shows
. decrease of 668 bales in the receipts, GAO in
the shipments and IL, GIT in the stocks.
the amount on snlpDOaro MOI oieayed,
going on board, and engaged for shipment was
ret down at the opening this morning at
$500 bales, embracing $500 for Liverpool,
500 for the Mediterranean, and 500 for the
North, which, when deducted from the stock
ON hand by our running statement last
evening, leaves Is 600 bales to repre-
sent the quantity at the landing and in presses
unsold or awaiting orders
The Exchange reports "Sales 250 bales.
Market firm"
COTTON STATEMENT.
Stock on hand Sept. l, 1874 baies 1888
Arrived since last statement. 70
Arrived orevnus,v. ..l,145,997
additional bales from city GIN
nings, lntens and loose. 1853 1,t58, 039
1.17s,ss2
Cleared to-day ........-. :. 13
Cleared previOualy 1,155,69S
Consumed at Lehman, Abra-
ham & los cotton mill. 1850 l, 156, 859
Stock on hand and On shipboard not
ol00fod .....--..... lLlo5
Otock same time last year.. ....... 1914
To-day's exports are represented by ID
bales shipped by river steamer. We have
deducted from previous exports 81 bales for
IN excess in clearance to New York over
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