The morning news., 1892-02-21

IOuOW1ng cnanReS:
Reserve decreased d....,...,..........S 80 .Q6 275
Loans Increased. d......................lO 10 279 ZOO
| Specie increased ....... ............. ZIG 900
Legal tenders decreased. ............. $40, 400
Deposits increased. observation-disclosures, 1850 900
Circulation decreased. =. .............. 908OO
Banks now hold $50. .ss7, $50 in excess Of the
| requirements of the 25 per cent. rule.
COTTON.
LIVERPOOL, Feb. 20, noon.-Cotton dull and
| dropping; American middling 3szd; sales G. 600
bales-American 1900 bales; speculation and
! $500.
i Futures-Americap mIddling, low middling
clause. February delivery ID; February
and March delivery 46-04d March and April
| delivery 46-64d, also 47-64d; April and May
delivery 35o-64d; May and june delivery
| 56-64d, also 57-e4d; July and August de-
livery eO-e4d; August and September delivery
ID. Futures quiet but steady.
400 .. m.-Futures: American middling, low
mlddling clause. February delivery 8 4564A
$3.50; February and March delivery $500
46-64d; March and April delivery I1-64d,
sellers; sellers; MAJ April and nd May delivery 5os4d.
June and July delivery 56-6iGD3 57-64d; July and
| August delivery 60-64d, buyers; August and
September delivery 63-64d, buyers; September
delivery s-64d, value. Futures closed quiet
! but steady.
American niddlng 3Nd
NEW YORK, Feb. 20.-Futures-Market opened
duh and closed dull, with sales as follows: Fob
ruary delivery opened at 60c and closed at
8 6sc; March delivery opened at 6 zoe and closed
at 73c; April delivery opened at 6 s5c and
closed at 8 $50; May delivery opened at 96c
and closed at 8 92c; June delivery opened at
| z 06c and closed 04c; July delivery opened at
| 7 l6c and closed at 14c.
| New YoRK, Feb. 20, 300 p m.-Cotton closed
| dull; middling uplands TIC, middlinR Or
leans TIC; net receipts H. 1i3 bales gross H. iis
bales; sales to-day - bales
Futures-Market closed quiet but steady, with
sales of 81, 200 bales, as follows: February de,
| g 69Gn6 q
| April delivery 5000 $40. May delivery o86
9ic. June delivery z o4O7 65c, July delivery
1907 l5c; August delivery I 24Q7 Csc, Sep
| TENDER delivery 2 35QD1 3oc, October delivery
5000 46c, November delivery 55@17 Soc.
| NEW YORK, Feb. 90 Hubbard, Price & Co s
cotton circular say: To-day was one of the
| dullest we have had recently to record The
| early trading was upon the basis of last nights
| close, but full port receipts resulted by IL
| o'clock In the decline Of from 20l3 points the
| finish being steady at these figures Weekly
statement Of tie statistical position, as made
| up in the mornings Chronicle, shows an in
crease in the visible supply as compared with
last year OF i,lss, 400 bales, Plantation de-
liveries are 1854 bales, against 1852 bales
| last year. or this years crop there is now in
sight ,7l1,O65 bales, against 7,2sS 0SS bales last
| year"
GALVESTON, Feb. 2O.-Cotton closed easy.
middling -1ec; net receipts s.2iS bales, gross
| 32lS bales; sales 339 bales; stock S6.lS6 bales
| NoRFoLK, Feb. 20.-Cotton closed quiet;
middling o3sc;. net receipts 2.437 bales, gross
coastwise 49,. ~''''0' "a ''' 10
BALT1xOHE, Feb ao.--oottOn closed nominal;
mi1dIing 71sc; net receipts = = bales, gross
| BosToN Feb. 20.-Cotton closed dull ::
middling 71sc; net receipts 1876 bales, gross
| 1885, sales none; stock - bales; exports,
| to Great Britain $50 bales.
! WILMINeToN. Feb. 20.-Cotton. nothing doing;
middling o16c; net receipts 247 bales, gross
247; sales none; stock 9,9s7 bales.
| PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 20.-Cotton closed quiet !:
| mlQullDR hall
142; sales = bales; stock i3. 1913 bales.
! New ORLEANS, Feb 2o.-Ootton dull and easy:
14,Os6; sales 1850 bales stock 4SS $50 bales;
exports to the continent $50 bales, coastwise
1854 bales.
Futures-The market closed steady, with
delivery Q s0c, March delivery 9 32c. April de.
livery 4Sc, May delivery SAC, June delivery
SSc, July delivery 73c, August delivery
| SIC, September delivery Gee October delivery
02c, November delivery 12c.
Cotton crop statement from Sept. to Feb.
10, inclusive: Port receipts were $780, 1oS bales
against 5,637, 05s bales last year and 5. .245 b04
bales the year before last. Net overland move
ment to mills and Canada 966.l13 bales, against
| ISL. .742 bales for the same time last year In
terror stocks In @ excess of Sept. i: 482O07
mill takings, exclusive Of consumption at the
southern outports, 351,146 bales, against
3e0,o97 bales last year. Amount of crop brought
into sight during 172 days to date: {, ,7O4 974
bales, against 1881, ,070 bales last year and
6.oi2 400 the year before last Amount Of crop
brought into sight for the week: 170.227 bales,
against l55,2lS bales last year and 7S545 bales
the year before last. Crop brought into sight
Tor the first 10 days of February: $4,000 bales
this year, against 1850 bales last year and
3iS,2SS the year before last
MOBILE, Feb. 20.-Cotton closed quiet:
mlddling 9-l6c; net receipts S63 bales gross
$685. sales 500 bales; stock $3.50 bales; exports,
coastwise 629.
MEMPHIS, Feb. 20. - Cotton closed quiet:
mddling 91oc; receipts l,099 bales; shin.
ments l,5Co bales; sales 2,6G7 bales stock
156. .449 bales.
AUGUSTA, Feb. 2o.-Cotton closed Quiet.
middling ll-l6@694c; receipts 241 bales; ship
ments olo bales; sales 9o2 bales; stock 81, ,405
bales.
CHARLESTON, Feb. 2o.-Cotton closed quiet;
middling 69sG6szo; net receipts s4S bales gross
s43 sales 55 bales; stock 81, 1855 bales; exports,
| coastwise 2lI bales.
| NEW York, Feb. 20.-Consolidated net re-
| ceipts at all cotton ports to-day we're 22 l32
bales; exports, TO Great Britain ,4s6 bales to
france = bales, TO the continent $3.50 bales:
stock at all American ports l, 2o3, 765 bales,