The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-08-03
COMMERCIAL MATTERS, Etc.

TIE assignees of the Enterprise Insurance
Company of Philadelphia have now paid alto
gether IS per cent on their liabilities.
The Boston Manufacturing Company, Of
Waltham, has issued an order to close its
mills from August to September IS. 1t is
the first time such action has ever been taken.
During the year ending June 80, 1875,
lS,287 vessels entered the port of Liverpool
q decrease Of 899 as compared with the pre-
vious year. The total tonnage was for the
same period 6,588, ISL, against 6. 710,0 in
1874.
Reports from the mackerel feet are un-
favorable, the catch being very light and ar
rivals small. Prices have advanced 81 bar
rel for No. l and further advance is probable
Last year the mackerel were plenty and cod
scarce. This year the reverse is the case.
Australia shows an increase during seven
years of $4,000, 600 sheep and 2, OOO, 600 he ad
of cattle, without counting home consump-
ton and the quantity of meat imported in
tins. In New Zealand, during the same
period, the increase in the number OF sheep
and cattle was equally remarkable, the former
multiplying from g. 418. $40 to II, 694, 1863, and
the latter from 3l2 800 to 494, ll3.
Cotton Crop Report.
We are indebted to the Superintendent
(Mr. He-ter) of the Cotton Exchange, for
copy of the compilation Of the National Cot
ton Crop Report, made up by the Committee
on Information and Statistics, of which Mr.
Harrison Watts is chairman. We make the
following extracts:
Louisiana. I'VE have received 63answers from
81 parishes, and their average date is y the
18th inst. The character OF the weather is
generally reported as favorable, more SO than
at the same period last year, though our latest
dates bring us complaints of drouth. The
stands are generally good and better than last
year. The plant is blooming and boiling
well-labor efficient, and present condition OF
the crop much better when compar d with
last year. except in certain districts where
rain is needed.
Mississippi 100 letters have been received
from 32 counties in this State, nearly all
dated on the 18th of the month, their uni
rformity of date being great improvement
over the past. The character Of the weather
for the past month has been mainly favorable,
with however, considerable exceptions. Some
Letters complain Of too much rain, others of
the want OF it, these opposite reports coming
often from the same county, showing an un-
usually partial distribution of rain, or local
showers. Plantations not five miles apart
have had too much rain on some and too little
or none at al on others. One-fourth of the
letters state the ''plant is too large and grow
ing too fast to fruit we'll" and il in very I'M
favorable condition to receive either pro-
tracted drouth or wet spell. A very few
complain of boil worms and shedding, but no
apprehension is expressed of caterpillars,
none in noticea BILE numbers having appeared.
Stands generally good and laborers working
well
Arkansas 40 answers received from 81
counties. The weather has been generally
dry; occasional showers, however. have pre-
vented any damage, and on the whole it has
been more favorable than last year and
almost as good as could be wished. Stands
are reported uniformly good, and the plant
fruiting re narkably well. The general con-
dition is undoubtedly the finest known for
a number Of years, and excepting some appre-
hension Of q possible drouth, the tone of our
correspondence is IS cheerful as could be
desired.
Alabama. replies from 4S counties. In
80 counties the weather is reported as having
been seasonable; in 9 too dry; and as COM
pared with last year, in only 81 Choctaw, Macon
and RusselD has it been less favorable; in all
moro favorable. The stands are universally
reported good and better than last year. The
plant is forming, blooming and boiling WELL
Laborers are working we'll and are very for
ward in farm work. The present condition
lis good and the promise better than last year.
There is nothing unfavorable but the need Of
gain in few counties in the sandy lands.
counties-embracing the period between the
18th of June and 18th of July. 40 replies re-
port the weather dry; IS very dry and hot,
and 80 favorable; 81 replies report the
weather more favorable up to this period than
during the same time last year As report less
favorable, while ~ say "about the same" q
of our responses report good stands; IS better
than last year; rs q OF as good as last year, and
a6 report "aboIt the same" LOG replies say
kl4k 4 IL, =. os~,rn kSrHn
ing well !; while "a report the plant small and
Backward, and not as promising as at this
time last season. Our replies indicate that
the labor is much more efficient and reliable
than in any previous year. So reply that the
present condition of the crop is better than
last year 26 report it not as good, and A the
same. In all sections Of the State the plant is
much smaller, and is considered from one to
three weeks later than same time last season.
There il general complaint Of dry weather
only few localities having been visited with
sufficient rain.
California Refined Sugars.
The San Francisco Bulletin, of the Goth,
notes another advance in refined sugars.
This is the third or fourth advance there
within few weeks The reasons given are:
the decline in the gold premium, which bars
out i'm portations from the East to . certain
extent, and the increased demand here Incl
dent to the season of the year. It is esti-
mated that the consumption for the first six
months of the year was 1000. 600 pounds
larger than for the same time last year. and
the result for the year will doubtless show
an increase OF from 5000, 900 to 10000, 600
pounds over 1874
4 New Port On the PaciAc.
Santa Monica is the name of new port on
the sou,heasterly coast, which promises some
day to be rival, it may be, of San Francisco.
Senator Jones, Of Nevada, is said to be its
principal protector. According to San
francisco correspondent of the Baltimore
Sun, the "bonanza millionaire" is making |
line of railway from the new port through
the city of Los Angeles and the rich valleys Of
San Gabriel and Santa Anita, thence through
The mining di ,tricts in the northeast Of Los |