The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1875-12-29
AMERICAN STANDARD OF CLASSIFICATION.
Gpnl'n Ouot'u tx QuUh'n

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The market opened inanimate and
continued quiet throughout the day.
The better qualities showed little or nc
change; being In light supply. they
were held firmly at previous rates. The
medium and lower grades. on the con
trary, were offered freely and sold at IT.
regular prices, some transactions, In
fact. being at less than our inside figures.
A high style of middling, especially
of even running and with fine staple,
could hardly be found under 12hc., but
average lists could be bought &C 12ic.
The supply on sale was more liberal
than usual, but with scant proportion
of the better qualities. Sales Of the
medium and lower grades could not be
pressed unless at some concessions, and
exceptional tran sactions were reported
at a fraction less than our inside figures.
The sales of the past three days sum
up II 300 bales. none reported on Satur-
day, $500 yesterday. including $50 not
reported until to-day, and 1900 today
against 25,7N for the corresponding
time last week, and 27,2OO the week
before.
Receipts since Friday evening 20, 1874
bales, embracing 1921 from other de-
livery ports, (of which 1869 from Mobile
and 1852 from Galveston, ctc.) and 1858
proper, against 81, 65S proper last week
and 39,O52 last year; total proper since
August 81, 612, l19 bales, against 535, 232
last year-incrcase 76,SS7.
Thc exports comprise $3.50 bales, en-
bracing A75 to Havre and 2ll4 to New
York.
The Exchange kilograms make the
receipts at all the ports from II m.
yesterday to II IN. to-day SO, 4G2 bales,
against 81 1858 last week, and 32,237 last
year, and since Friday with corrections
OF telegrams) $500 bales, against 1885,
O39 last week and 79,74S last year. Total
since August 81, 2.2i7 $40 bales, against
2.O28, 573 up to Monday noon, Dec %,
last year Excluding the above 30, 237) -
increase 2l8,797.
Exports FRIDAY to Monday incIusivc)
to Great Britain 2O,S22 bales, against
$4,000 last week and H. 32 last year,
and to the Continent 1898 bales, against
26, 3f2 last week and l3,A7 last year.
up to IL M, S06, 115 bales, against 49, 1921
last week and S32, 315 last year.
The Exchange makes the amount on
shipboard, not cleared, before to-day's
cxports) 1O4, 142 bales, embracing 55,411
for Liverpool, 1926 for Havre, S401
for the North Sea, 1903 for Bremen.
945 for Spain, 1857 for the Medi-
terranean and 243O for coastwise
ports, leaving In presses, agrecably
to its account ut II M, 154, sos bales.
III we deduct from this the amount
sold, but not yet delivered, the balance
will be about $4,000 bales to represent
the quantity unsold, large part of
which is withheld from the market, in
transit, or not yet sampled.
At noon to-day middling was quoted
at Galveston at 12sc, ut Mobile 12i at
Savannah at 122, at Charleston at 12S a
13, at Wilmington at 12s, at Norfolk at
l2g. ut Baltimore ut l2S, at New York at
13i, ut Boston ut 13k, at Memphis at 1874
and Mt Augusta at 12l a 12s.
The Exchange reports: "Sales 1900
bales; market dull and easy" It's quo
tations for ordinary and good ordinary
are reduced lc, and for low middling kc,
with no change in middling and the
higher grades.
COTTON STATEMENT.
Stock on hand Sept 1. 1875. .... (haleSl 9976
Arrived since last statement....... 1854
Arrived previously. ia 6l5-72l, 269
=, 73l.245
Cleared previously .4ss' 654-472. 5y7
Stock on hand and on shipboard not
Do same time last year ....... aIS o
Io-day's exports embraced 1869 bales
TO Havre and 21l4 to New York.
Receipts proper since last evening
1929 bales, against 1O,20f on last Tues |
lay and 1857 last year. For compare
tive totals for the past three days OK
ports and receipts see above report.
TOBACCO-Not a transaction has
been reported since our last issue. |
The amount on sale is estimated at
300 hhds. Our quotations are nomi- |
nal, but for the present we repeat
hem as follows: Low lugs at ia |
&c, good at S(G9c, low leaf at /
'a@12c, medium ut 13M14ac, good at |
5a@l7c, and fine at 1S(d2Oc.
TOBACCO STATEMENT.
'tock on hand Sept. l. 1875, hhds.. 32l2
Ind past three days........ 40
Ind previously. Observation-Disclosures. 623- 672
-
1854
Exported past three days
exported previously ...... 6s3
Sroken up for baling. city use. etc. 554- 1898
eock on nahu &C.. ........ 26a6
FRE1GHTS-A vessel was taken up
or Bremen to-dayfat 5-16c for cotton.
yesterday we reported two vessels for
atEd, l for Havre at 3-16c.
ND Tor Antwerp at 5-16c. We quote
IS follows:
BY steaW-cotton to Liverpool I'd,