The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-11
COTTON.

The local spot trade was quiet during
the past week. The trade conditions
throughout the country not having i'm
proved the business in spot cotton neces-
5arily remained dull. Prices however, were
unchanged with a steady tone up to the
dose to-day, when there was decline of
The following were the official spot quo
tations at the close of the market at the
Cotton Exchange to-day:
Good Middlng ..'.'.'''.'''..'.....'...l2
MldQllng OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Low Mlddllng .-...'.'..'.'''.'''....'..' pig
Good Ordinary ........::..............7 Lilo
Market steady; sales, 49,
Receipts-The receipts of cotton at this
port from all sources Tor the past week
were $685. bales upland and 427 bags sea
island. against 1913 bales upland and SO
bags sea island last year.
The particulars of the receipts have
been as follows: Per Central railroad, 3.605
Western railway, $50 bales upland; per
Charleston and savannah railroad, SIG
bales upland; per Florida Central and
Peninsular, 341 bales upland per South
Bound railroad, $50 bales upland; per river
steamers, bales upland; per Georgia
and Alabama railroad, lG9 bales upland;
per Hawkinsville steamers 4 bales sea is
land.
Note-The receipts above include 423 bags
sea island per various railroads.
Exports-The exports for the past week
We're 1855 bales upland and l,S97 bales sea
Island, moving as follows To Ba ~ re-
upland and 536 bags sea island; to Bos-
ton 1910 bales upland and 1861 bags sea
island; mill consumption, L bales upland.
StOcks-The stocks on hand and on ship
board to-day were 30,017 bales upland and
6,498 bags sea island, against SR bales
upland and 1854 bags sea island at the
corresponding time last year.
Sea Island Cotton-There was fair
business done during the past week at
unchanged quotations. Sales amounted to
l,157 bags. The following were the quo
tauons at the close Of the market:
Ghoice FlorIdas ..................-..I5 aII
Extra fine Floridas .................l512
Fine FlOridas. nominahy .l3l2n14
Extra choice GeOrgias .l412nl5
GhOlce GeorgiaS ..---.-..........-..1372 IL
Extra fine Georgias ................. l212e1l3
flne Georgias go. -.-......-.....--l2 4lZA
Medium fine Georgias ..............1l12
Medium GeorSlas .lQ12GI
Common Georgias ..................10
The total receipts for the past week were
AZ bags, against 90 bags for the CORE
Spending week last year.
The exports for the week were 1887
bags, moving as follows: To Liverpool,
1901 bags; TO Hayre, Il bags; domestic, 465
bags
The total receipts from Sept / to date
amount to 1854 bags, against 1886 bags
for the corresponding time last year.
The total exports from Sept. l 10 date
amounts to 81, SO bags moving as fol-
lows: TIC Great Britain, l0,473 bags; to
France. 1856 bags: 10 the continent, 400
bags; coastwise, -, go bags.
The total exports for the same period
last year were ei,93s bags.
stock on hand and on shipboard to-day
as 6,i9o bags, against 2,59i bags this day
last year
Charleston. S. C.. April lO-Sea island
cotton market: Medium hnt islands, &c;
the islands, pc. fully fine islands, 26c;
extra fine Islands. 3ic. Receipts for the
week, s; exports. 3i5 bags; sales. lZ5 bags.
The total receipts since Sept. ]. 1895.
have been % .135 bags. against 5.l3f bags
loF che same tire iaat year. The exports