The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-03-03
THE COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK. March Spot cotton
closed quiet ,ales. 2T7 bales; uplands,
giL. Orleans. OK. low middllng l1-16:
good ordinary. s. Futures closed steady;
sales. 1853 300 bales; March, S.05; April,
900; May. 900: June, 0.17; July, D..3;
August, 9.25, September, 900; october,
0O3: November. $50: total net receipts
at all ports. 1871 bales; exports TO Great
Britain. O52 bales France, 400 bales;
Continent , O37 bales: stock. 033, 4lG bales.
Total so far this week-Net receipts,
547l4 bales; exports TO Great Britain,
1871 bales: France, 1857 bales; Cont
nent 1906 bales.
GALVESTON. March 2.-Cotton nomi-
nal: middling o; net receipts, l,Gl1 bales;
sales. lag bales; stock, 1852 bales; Coast
wise, 3 SO6 bales.
NORFOLK. March 2-Cotton steady;
middling. -; net receipts, l,O41 bales
sales. 81 bales: stock, 4I,6l6 bales; Coast
wise. go bales.
BALTIMORE. March 2.-Cotton nomi-
nal middling. Ok; stock. O00i bales
BOSTON, March 2.-Cotton quiet; mid
ding. s. 3-1G: net receipts, $50 bales; gross
receipts. ]. 563 bales; Great Britain, 1852
bales
WILMINGTON. March 2.-Cotton
steady; middlinC. So; net receipts. 81
bales: stock. 1O26s bales.
PHILADELPHIA. March 2.-Cottnn
steady: midilng. 93.; net receipts, 226
bales: stock. 11,737 bales.
SAVANNAH, March 2.-Cotton steady;
middling. g 1916; net receipts. 36i bales;
gross receipts 365 bales; sales. 40 bales;
stock. 1927 bales.
quiet; midding, 5-lG; net rec sirts' Sooo
bales; gross receipts. 3.4i7 bales sales,
1900 bales: stock, S2s.255 bales; CONT
nent. 400 bales.
MOBILE. March 2.--Cotton dull; mid
ding, 81: net receipts, 200 bales sales
200 bales; stock, 81 $50 bales; Coastwlse,
4S3 bales.
MEMPHIS. March 2.-Cotton steady:
middling, o; net receipts. $50 bales; gross
receipts, S57 bales; sales. LOO bales;
stock. los. 795 bales.
AUGUSTA. March 2-Cotton firm;
middling. 222 bales; sales, DID bales;
stock. 81 .2S6 bales.
steady: middling. o; net receipts. o93
bales; stock, So GOA bales Coastwise,
bales: Continent loo bales.
CINCINNATI, March 2.-Cotton STEADY;
middling. 9h; net receipts, Dos baies'
stock. 20 bales; Great Britain. $500 bales.
LOUISVILLE, March 2.-Cotton quiet
middling. 93s.
ST. LOUIS, March Z.-'OltOn st'a"S
middling, o lie; net receipts, 7Ol bales:
gross receipts, 1.45s bales; sales, 100
bales: stock. 102 POI bales.
HOUSTON, March 2.-Cotton dull; mid
ding. Q: net receipts. LIB bales; sales,
III bales: stock, 23.9l7 bales.
NEW ORLEANS. March FIXTURES
quiet; sales, "a. 200 bales; March. 81.
April, SIT; May, $50; June. SY2, July,
sg7: August S.07: September. $40; Oc-
tober. sec; November. $50.
Crop movement for six months TO
March 1st-Port receipts. 4,2os, 736 bales.
against 6,9O4, 67s bales and j.Sl4,S4O bales;
overland TO mills. T10SS6 bales. against
1.OOO47s bales and s72. bales: interior
stocks I'm excess of September 1st. 3d.
073 bales. against 44s,627 bales and S0I,-
G64 bales; Southern mill takings. exclu-
sive OF consumption at Southern out
ports, 42G,694 bales. against 1927 bales
and 375. 49G bales: crop In sight at the
close Of February, 5,745.3S9 bales, against
7.95G954 bales and 74G0.2s3 bales; crop
brought into sight for February, 4l3,4I7
bales, against 47s,529 bales and 6lS,eo3
bales.