The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-12
THE COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK, April 1l.-Cotton oull,
middling gulf, SIS; middling rs; net ana
gross receipts, 1854 bales sales 2Oi
bales. all spinners; stock, 14S'Ss2 bales.
Total o-day and so far this week-Net
receipts. 6.s76 bales: exports TO Great
Brtain, 1902 bales; Continent 500
bales: stock, 512.324 bales.
Total since September 1st-Net receipts,
4S44.359 bales: exports 70 Great Britain,
1927 .O07 bales; France. 45s,SJS bales; Con-
tinent. 1,511,570 bales.
Futures closed dull; sales. 10000 bales;
April, 7.6l: May, 7.62, June, 16l; July,
TG2: August, 7.63; September 7.3O; Oc-
tober, 100; November, 7l2; December,
7.15; January, 7.2O
The total visible supply Of cotton for
the world Is 3.2917J2 bales, of which
2.7SO j52 bales are American, against
4.319. 325 bales and 3.997 12j bales, re-
spectively. last year; receipts Of cotton
this week at all interior towns. 1926
bales; receipts from the plantations,
44gl2 bales: crop in sight, 64G9, 500 bales.
NEW YORK, April 1.-THE Suns cot
ton review says:
Cotton declined 1 to points and closed
dull. with sales of 20 900 bales. Liver
pool declined 1-32d. on the spot, with
sales Of 5000 bales. Futures declined
u to IL points New Orleans declined
about / point. The port receipts to-day
were 6S66 bales. against 7,44S bales last
week. s.4Ol bales last year, and III bales
i'm 1894 Houston expects on Monday
500 TO COO bales, against 2,l75 bales last
year. The exports from the ports APP
proXimated at 1900 bales.
The Chronicle states that reports from
the South are generally Of n favorable
tenor: that planting is progressing very
well in most sections. and in South
western Texas IS nearly completed that
in some districts Of Texas rain has in
terfcrred with farm work, but has in
other respects been very beneficial that
as a rule the rainfall has been light.
and that advices from few points indi-
cate that early planting are coming up.
To-days features: They were conspicu-
Gus by their absence. What were? To
days features. IL was a small scalpng
market, and the closing prices were
without important change. Liverpool
was dull and lower. spot markets in
this country were almost lifeless, the
dry goods trade is still stagnant and
the crop news was Of more favorable
character, while the Chrosicle's weekly
weather report was regarded as quite
bearish.
NEW ORLEANS. LA. April loot
ton futures quiet; sales, 1900 bales:
April, IA, May. iJl. June, az july,
74S August, 7.30: September, 705: Oc-
tobcr. COZ: November. $50, December.
col; January. 600
LIVERPOOL. April 11.-l2:30 =. M
Cotton demand limited and prices easy:
American middling. 4 1882: sales, 5000
bales; American. $500 bales speculation
and export, 800 bales, receipts, 1000
bales; American, 6.lO0 bales Futures
opened quiet and demand potr; April.
1854; April and May. 1864. May and
June 4 1864: July and August, 1854:
August and September. 4 9-G4q4 S-64.
September and October, 4; October and
November. 1874; November and De
cember, 57-64: December and January,
3 57-64 Futures quiet at the decline.
12:45 +. M.-Spot grades, 1-32 lower:
American middling. fair 4 l1-l6 good
middling, 7-l6; middling, AS: low mid
ding. 9-32: good ordinary, 4 5-32; ordi.
nary. 3 1872.
lP. M.-American mitldling. Az April,
4 l7-G4. buyers: April and May, 4 1864.
BUYERS; May and June. 1864 sellers.
June and July. 4 1864 sellers; July and
August. i1-64Q4 1854 buyers; August
and September. S-64. buyers: Septem-
Der and October. 4. buyers; October and
November. 3 59-Gf buyers; November
and December, 57-G4; December and
January. 3 57-Gi. buyers. Futures closed
quiet.