The morning news., 1897-07-17
COTTON.


Tor any one day in several weeks On
wednesday there was an advance of 1-16
cent on ali grades. The market remained
arm until the close to-day. The sales for
the week were 65S bales. OF the ship
noents during the week, 130 bales went to
SINNERS AT Augusta. The offerings of spot
cotton are very small at this port. The
entire stock of uplands is only S04s bales.
The following were the official spot quo
iations, at the close of the market, at the
Cotton Exchange to-day:
Good mddling ...............,'........l 1916
Middlng .....................'''.' S-Io
Low middlng ..............".........I 3-l6
Good ordinary .................-........6 1915
Market firm; sales, 81; for week, 65s.
Receipts-The receipts of cotton at this
port from all sources for the past week
were 292 bales upland and bags sea is
land. against 263 bales upland and bags
sea island last year.
The particulars of the receipts were as
follows: Per Central railway, 2S4 bales;
per Savannah, Florida and Western rail-
way. IS bales; per Charleston and Savan-
nah railroad, none; per South Bound rail-
road, / bale; per Florida Central and Pen
insuar railroad, none; per Georgia and
Alabama, bales.
Exports-The exports for the past week
were 46S bales upland and 200 bags sea
island. moving as follows: To Baltimore,
$50 bales upland and no bags sea island; ;
to New York, 215 upland and 200 bags sea
island; to Augusta, 103 bales upland.
Stock-The stock on hand and on ship
board to-day were 3,04S bales upland and
1902 bags sea island, against 5,63l bales
upland and 1857 bags sea island at the
corresponding time last year.
Sea Island Cotton-The situation remain
ed unchanged There were sales of 50 bags
IL
business is about suspended for the sea-
son, all of the buyers having gone away
to spend their vacation. The quotations
remain nominally unchanged. as follows:
Extra choice Floridas .......,,.... .141s
Nholce tlorldas .........s..'......-. .l512gl4
Extra fine Floridas .................1S
fancy GeorglaS ......................H Ml212
Extra choice Georgias ........... .11l2@11%
Cnolce GeorglaS ....................11 IL 0111a
Extra nne Georgias .................10 M1015
T me GeorSlaS ......,................ a 912
Medium fine Georgias .........,.... S1z
common GeorgiaS Observation-Disclosures.
The receipts for the past week were Z
bags, against bags the same week last
year
The exports for the week were 200 bags,
moving as follows: To London, so bags;
10 Manchester, - bags.
Exports same week last year were 50
bags
The total receipts from Sept. l to date
amount to S,S74 bags, against Il, 1856 bags
Tor the corresponding time last year.
Inc total exports from Sept. l to date
amount to 1885 bags, moving as follows:
i o Great Britain, 40096 bags; to France
6sz3 bags; to the continent, 2.664 bags: to
lnOIlhern ports for domestic consumption.
., go bags
Ihe total exports for the same period
last year were IS, 2S2 bags.
STOCK on hand and on shipboard to-day
we're "a2 bags, against 2.357 bags this day
Charleston, S. C.. July 16.-sea island
COTTON market: Receipts for the week.
l.027 bags sum-
Quotauons-Medium fine. off color, 14c:
ne4ium line, l6d17c; fine lSc; fully fine.
lM9c; extra fine, 2SG3Sc.
me total receipts since Sept. /. 1895. have
o7eh siI4 bags, against 1854 bags for the
80 'i.s ''Ihe last year. The exports since
q os- ~, l. 1870 have been 9,454 bags, against
g,' odss Tor the same time last year.
'a' AMMAN receipts, exports and stocks
received this day .............-. %
N received same day last year .... q
tB,.CeiNed same day year before last. 7
~ N'F'u past week ............... 900
~ ..iNeu same week last year 49,. $50
I.1'e.Ved same week year before last T4o
i5,leslNed since Sept. l, 1896 ..........s1. .5g7
eipts same time last year ....... .753 qS2
''pls same time year before last 94S. O56
F,,il-.I 'lls week coastwise ........ 66s
~ e,o ports since Sept. l.. 1886
~ HIeat Britain ......................A AZ 9e9
q. rance .................... AZ 9ot
Tofsl eliieht .372 SAB
To,t IYielsh ...............,.....,.,.. 496 "a
Tot.t 1"StWlse ..................,....4l as 10
Stoc I ~ 's.s.s'..................... .St,4 $40
ST. on hand this day ............ 10 25O
Re-. hdhd same day last year z eSs
Ee,sr,5' ana Stocks at the Ports
T'b, lhla day ............ eq4
T5s J4y i, week .'''..'..:........ 1,l95
This dav 49, year '................ fiS
hocelpfs 49, Niete A"st MUM. 2H
4 ,F'' past week ..... 4 900
/ Same last year ............. z COS
/ Tota1 -.H year before last ..... Goa
. sarl .l'pls since Sept. l. 1896. G. G03. 5S0
Same tl ''st year ................51Ggf gfi
i Stock n, o.. year before last ........7.s2i 7Os
4 SaHl ,"e ports to-day .......... 1n oia
bait. ~, uay last year .... gn5 227
4 G4It,.,tD ,tDFements az Other Ports.
ra,..-.. 'on-Quiet; middlinr 7 fi-te. ,ot
N.w l,' sdles, 86i stock. 4,22S
ro0e.af. ins-Firm mlddling. 7N. re-,
/ NotI u sales. $50. stock. isas ''
cs stock. ara 80 ''e'
n ca., 1n-Firm. middi,r., -,t..
vi cues, 800; stock. Il .32i.
c1ir. fIon-Fifm: mfidiing a.. 49,
No. stock. isio. ''''''s' o net re-
|o.pt II. urn mlddling. sK: net re.
.r.as i8' FIRM niddllng. sh; net re-.
|tspn a ee--0uiet; middlng. S: net re-.
stock s,,-ss' sSs' 'ili sales, 9si. spinner,.
.rf... Firm. fn,ddtt-, . g.
rt.. gross. 5i2 2''''s' lo-ie' net re-
'.eip.s. Il, r,,.'a.-,-lti,rm; mlddllng, 50; net
Augus,a rihen's al Interior Towns
,ipn Oh Imi mlddllng. 8. net r,.
hemph..- lts',-. i53. stock. i.i7s.