The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-01-04
COMMERCIAL MATTERS, Etc.

The ship-buildiDg trade Of Liverpool
during the year which is now drawing to q
close shows q considerable increase on that of
1874; and the vessels launched have been. on
the whole, of larger tonnage than those of
the previous yaer
the amount OF capital invested in manufac.
turing enterprises in Louisville, KY, is about
So, 900, 600; the number of workman EN-.
ployed, $4,000; the total Of wages paid
$1,000 600, and the annual product S55.
600, OOO
The San Francisco markets, the middle of
December, reported the first OF the new crop
OF green peas, also tomatoes and cucumbers.
and trlng-beans, and asparagus, too, while
the new grass was increasing the supply and
reducing the price of fresh butter and EGGS
This comes of having spring commence in
November, and abolishing winter altogether.
new cereal has been grown in Oregon,
and thus far no one has been able to classify
It Tor while 1t bears general resemb lance to
wheat, yet Its stalk, mode Of growth, and
heavy hlaments cause it to be taken for rye or
barley by the most experienced farmers. The
grain was originally discovered in the stomach
OF Q wild goose, by farmer. From seven to
ten stalks spring from one root, and attain a
height. when ripe, Of tour and half to five
feet. They are very thin, compact, of bright
straw color, and extremely hard, as if they
contained large quantity of sick.
Cheapoess Of Opium.
New York Bulletin y
It is we'll known in the drug trade that
opium is much lower in price now than tor
some years, as the result Of considerable in
crease in the crop in Turkey. Last year at
this time the price for that in bond was Sc IS
gold per pound; now it is 81 379 to 81 50
gold. Then the currency price for jobbing
lots was IS 50; now it is bat IS rs as the ex-
trt me rate, In 1873 the highest price tor
bonded Opium was 50 81 gold in 1872, Sc 80;
in 1871, 81 80; in 1870, So 40; in 1869, So 75;
and in 1868 the extraordinary price Of $l3
was reached, which brought the cost for duty
paid up to SD gold-tne duty being 81 per
pound.
Of course small lots sold still higher in
currency. The Turkish crop of this year prom
lses to reach 1000 baskets against 2200 last
year, 5000 in 1873, 1850 in 1872, 1861 IN 1871,
1878 in 1870 1868 in 1869, and 1000 in 1868.
These packages contain $50 pounds of the
drug. The main American supply OF the
famous drug is derived from Turkey, but now
and then little arrives from Persia. This,
however, is often so inferi # in quality that
it is condemned by the Custom House Off
cials in accordance with government pro-
viso, which orders that opium not containing
certain percentage OF morphine shall be de-
stroyed.
This order has been the occasion of many
disputes, bus the government is tirn in the
matter. Persia once raised large crop of
opium, and years ago the yield, it is stated,
reached the large quantity of 10000 cases,
but opium culture there is now on the wane.
There is not an article of merchandise which
enters into the commerce of the world which
has engaged more universal attention than
opium. l. has propounded problems for
statesmen and governments, and has not un-
frequently been the cause of serious discus
siOns between the nations of the East and the
West
The British trade in the drug has been the
cause of much indignant comment, but if all
that had been said be- true, it is certain that
other nations have been in measure quite AZ
culpabie. The Dutch Trading Company,
which proceeds under the direction Of the
government of Holland, annually purchases
q considerable quantity of opium in Smyrna
and Constantinopie for its Oriental trade
The latest idea on the subject of its consump-
ton coming from China is that the large use
of tbs drug in that country is the result Of
Europeans forcing the drug into Chinese
markets, knowing the weakness OF the Natives
for it.
Monthly Receipts Of Sugar and Molasscs.
Messrs Block & Gerard, gaugers Cont
street, lisingly furnish US with the follow
ing report Of the receipts Of sugar and mo.
lasses during the month Of December:
1874 1875.
dhds sugar ...-...-.....33 303 1858
Bills Molasees. 81, 433 1864
Half bbis Molasses. .............. 1858 LIT
Hhds. Bbls. Half Bbls
1874-Total. ...... "a ,97I. 154. 124. 1914
1S75-Total. IS, 1856. 147,S5S. 1898.
Decisfons Of the United s aies Secretary Of
the Treasury.
The Director of the Mint having recon-
mended the establishment Of SIS SO as the
value of Spanish doubloon, the Treasury
Department recommends the continuation of
that valuation in ascertaining invoice values
certified in that currency.
The Secretary of the Treasury affirms the
decision Of the Collector at New York assess
ing the duty on hemp Irvine at 40 per cent,
instead Of 80 per cent, as importers claimed
should be collected.
The Secretary of the Treasury decides that
books printed more than twenty years before
imp ortation into the United States are en-
titled to free entry; if rebound since that
time, they are also entitled; but if printed
more than twenty years ago, and originally
bound since. they are subj ct to duty AS
books. because that manufacture was not
completed over twenty years ago
In response to request 70 admit two thou
sand head of sheep from Mexico to Texas free
of duty, the Secretary Of the Treasury de-
cides that if they ere common stock they can
not be admitted free for breeding purposes,
only superior breeds being considered within
the category providing free entry fur breeding
purposes.
In letter to the General Appraiser at Phila-
delphia, the Secretary Of the Treasury decides
that " bent glass;" belng window glass bent,
shall be classified as window glass, and not
manuf C ures Of glass.
ROOMS AND BOARD.
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