The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-30
COTTON.

The past week was the dullest recorded
during the season. There was very little
interest paid to the market which drop
ped to TIC for middling. The sales for
the week were only 173 bales. The crop
reports continued favorable, and there
was no room for speculation, as the pros
poets were all one-sided.
The following were the official spot quo
-ations at the close of the market at
the Cotton Exchange to-day:
Good middling ................-........79s
Middling .............-.-......i
Low middling OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 9-10
Good ordinary ...-..--......--. --..... ...f LILO
Receipts-The receipts of cotton at this
port from all sources for the past week
were 1926 bales upland and 123 bags sea
island, against ASP bales upland and
bags sea island last year.
The particulars of the receipts have
been as follows: Per Central railroad, 2 157
bales upland; per savannah, Florida and
Western railway, 123 bales upland; per
Charleston and Savannah railrod 80
bales upland; per Florida Central and
Peninsular, SO bales uplnd; per South
Bound railroad, 2l8 bales upland; per Geor-
gia and Alabama railroad, bales up
Note-The receipts above include 129 bags
sea island per various railroads.
Exports-The exports for the past week
were 1871 bales upland and sol bags sea
island, moving as follows: To Baltimore,
1926 bales upland and All bags sea island;
to New York, 10 bales upland and 800
bags sea island to Boston, 6S2 bales up
land; to Philadelphia, SO bales upland
Stocks-The stocks on hand and on ship
board to-day were Il, 466 bales upland and
2,720 bags sea island, against 2, ITO bales
upland and 524 bags sea island at the cor
responding time last year.
Sea Island COttOn-Ihe market remained
quiet and unchanged during the week. An
actual count of the stock to-day showed
1873 bags in factors hands, and S42 in ex-
porters hands, making 2,3lO bags more
than the running count at the Cotton EX-
change. The business for the year is
about over, and factors are clearing up
their stocks. The quotations We're as fol-
lows:
Choice Floridas ......................16 @1615
Extra fine Floridas .................15 Ql512
flne FIorldaS ........-...-.-.-...-.-l4 gl452
Extra choice GeOrgias ........-....151zQ16
Gholce Georgias ...-...........-.-..14 Ql5
Extra hne Georglas ........-.-..-..l3 Ql312
III me GeolBIds '''..-.-'''.1 IA .o,,
Medium fine Georgias .............l2 Q1214
Medium GeOrgiaS .........--.......1l1.
The receipts for the past week were 12S
bags, against bags the same week last
year.
moving as follows. To Liverpool, 255 bags;
domestic. $40 bags.
The total receipts from Sept. I, to date,
amount 10 1854 bags, against g. 1875 bags
for the corresponding time last year.
The total exports from Sept /. to date
amounts to 1867 bags, moving as fol-
lows: Great Britain. 10,473 bags; to France
1856 bags; to the continent 40 bags, coast
wise, 61.SOS.
The total exports, for the same period
last year were 624 bags.
Stock on hand and on shipboard to-day
was 2720 bags against 524 bags this day
Charleston, S. c.. May 29.-sea island cot
ton market: Medium fine islands, zoe: fine
Islands, 22dz3c; fully fine islands, 25c:
extra fine Islands. 2GQ27c; receipts for
ne week, u bags; exports, los bags sales.
70 bags; stock, 6i8 bags.
The total receipts since Sept. l. 1895.
nave been 1881 bags, against 5,29S bags