Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-08-04
RICHMOND TOBACCO MARKET.

Richmond, Va, August 3, 1895.
| No auction offerings on Change or loose
Private GALES: Filters, -: wrappers, 6
! dark leaf. 80; Jugs. Z; western, 3. Total, 81
| hogsheads.
Revenue collections: Cigars and cigar.
cites, a,725.a; tobacco S'25i.a. Total
No loose sales tomorrow, but the usual
offerings on sun-cured tobaccos on
Mr.. Alexander Harthilrs report, dated
Louisville, August 1st. says In part:
Somewhat lighter offerings at auction
of both Burnley and dark tobacco, an ir,
regular lower market on all grades OF red
Burey excepting good 10 fine, with TEN
perature ranging from SO degrees to To-
degrees I'm the shade, were the leading
Smokers: Red and colory in large supply
demand fairly active, and all taken al
last weeks figures. Bright was again very
scarce. in active demand at outside hg-
ures.
Filters Red): Trash and common were
in very large supply, and suffered more
than any other grade, although CONSIDER,
able was rejected, stlll the market CLOSED
lie lower on trash and 1-2 to lc. on com
mon. Mediums were in fair supply, and
were we'll sustained. Good and fine were
extremely scarce, and again showed more
animation than Of late, lSc. being paid for
! best offered.
Colory Fillers: Trash and common Jared
the same as the lower grades Of red, and
declined IL to lie. OF the better grade.
the offerings were very ngnt t pv' rv Tns
Darks: The offerings were somewhat
smaller at auction than last week.
The 1896 Crop: There IS little or nc
change in the situation Of the growing
crop from last week. The weather
I throughout the entire tObacco-growing dis
trict has been hot and forcing-tempera'
ture ranging from &c degrees TO lCs degree.
I I'm the shade. All tobacco. where not
/ drowned out. is maturing rapidly and II
most cases looks unusually well, and is es
| timated TO be fully two weeks earlier thar
usual. Where tobacco STOOD on low low i IAN
lev district has Jared much better than th'
| dark stemming district, as most of th'
I land in the former IS either hilly or roll
| ing land, whereas the stemming distrlc
| Is mostly bottom lands.
! Ciarksyille Tenn, reports weather a:
very hot and forcing. All tobacco Twins
! looking well
| gloomy and only one half crop living, bal
| ance entirely ruined by drowning.
| NopskinsVille: The crop. where living
] looking fairly well; won't have over half [
Green-River District: Excessively hot
| dry weather throughout the week. All 10
| bacco on lew lands about totally ruined
! balance looking well. conservative est
mate places loss AT - per cent OF the crop
sr,rsvrsr SHOWING RECEIPTS AID DELIVERIES OF
IL
Ring TIE PERIOD BETwEss oCT0BsE !, 1898
AND JrLY 81. 1896, AND STOCK on HAM
JULY 81, 1896.
| Period. Hhds. Ties & ox's
Month of July: 1885,. -. 2.247 3Y7
| Zen months ending July
| 81. 1895. ............, ..iHo7o hos
! Ton months ending jay 900
81, 1895. .............,..20,9o 1.2l1
DELIVERIES.
Period. Hhds. 7"c's &B'x's
Month OF July, 1896. LEO 249
| Ten months ending jay
/ an 1896 .l7,2l2 1870
| Ten months onding Jniy -
| 81, 1899. ......--..--......@''V'4 i'oo3
| STOCK or HAND.
Period. clnspectec.-
| Hhds- Tierce,
! q Boxes
July 81, $685.. ..-........'-'...ia245 Oh
July 81, 1893. ......."..'''''..to'fso oo'
~Uninspectec.-
| Tierce:
Hhds. 6 Boxes
July 81, 1896. ss'2ss 9.
r Total STOCK
1isrces
uhde. 4 Boxes
July 81, 1900. ..............s, 20! 81:
duly 81, 1870. ..-.......'''''~'''s' 'o'
RECEIPTS or LOOSE TOBACCO.
Pounds
Nine months ending Juno 10, 16o6..3,7ta20l
| Month Of july. 1899. fe'eo
Total ten months ending July 81,
iSgg ......................-.. y fS>sVd'
Total al len sii months ending July ~.
l695. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .s. ssusSoosps'