The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-24
COTTON.

ouotations at the close to-day:
COTTON.
The strong demand for spot cotton kept
the local market firm during the past
week There was but little offering. The
Gales for the entire week were S24 bales.
on Saturday there was an advance of lis
cent on all grades. The stock of uplands
on hand is only 2,176 bales. The reported
sales at the Cotton Exchange We're 9S
bales.
Tn. following were the official spot quo
t9tions. at the close of the market, at The
Cotton Exchange to-day:
Good middinS ...........................
Niddling I9s
Low middling OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ia
Good ordinary ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ...o1s
Market firm; sales, IS; for week, S24.
Receipts-The receipts of cotton at this
port from all sources for the past week
were 81 bales upland and 9 bags sea ISL
and, against 249 bales upland and bags
sea island last year.
The particulars of the receipts were as
follows: Per Central railway. 80 bales;
per Savannah, Florida and Western rail-
way % bales; per Charleston and Savan-
nah railroad, none; per South Bound rail-
road. bales; per Florida Central and PEN
insular railroad. bales; per Georgia and
Alabama, > bales.
Exports-The exports for the past week
were 954 bales upland and "a bags sea
island, moving as follows: To Baltimore,
$50 bales upland and no bags sea island;
10 New York. 80 bales upland and "a bags
soa island; to Augusta, p bales upland.
StOck-The stock on hand and on ship
board to-day were 2,176 bales upland and
I'LL bags sea island, against 5446 bales
upland and 1922 bags sea island at the
corresponding time last year.
Sea Island Cotton-It was another quiet
daV in sea island COTTON market with
sales nominal, amounting to 1877 bags. The
situation remained unchanged and the
market was quiet and nominally unchang-
ed as follows
Extra choice Floridas ..............14h
Choice Floridas .1S14q14
Extra fine FlOridas ..................13
Idhcy Georgas .....................12 q121a
Extra choice Georgias .1115G11%
Oholce Georgias ....................n @1112
hAua me Georgias .................10 dl0is
i"v 1eorSlds ....'.''................ "a S12
Medium fine Georgias ........,..... 81
Ngnhoh Georglas .................. 8
The receipts for the past week were
bags against bags the same week last
year.
The exports for the week were 81 bags,
moving as follows: To Liverpool, "a bags;
70 northern ports for domestic consump-
ton, 40 bags.
Exports same week last years were 50
The total receipts from Sept l to date
amount to SS,SS3 bags, against n, 1870 bags
AJr the corresponding time last year.
Inc total exports from Sept. l to date
amount to 1902 bags, moving as follows:
10 Great Britain, 40,150 bags; to France.
W. bags; to the continent, 1854 bags; to
292GO. ''"'
The total exports for the same period
4asl year Were IS 3Ol bags
sock on hand and on shipboard today
were llI' bags, against 2292 bags this day
Charleston, S. G. July 2s.-sea island
nal market; Receipts for the week,
bags VI "'"~A' i'Vl'
Quotauons--Medlum fine. off color. 14c:
nedum me, l6G17c fine. 1Sc; fully fine,
|g-Vc' extra fine. 2sd:3c.
~, me 'olal receipts stree Sept /, 1896. have
s,rne 80, "a bags against 1854 bags for the
g. "lue last year. The exports since
~ j. 1896 have been 9,464 bags. against
"ass Ior the same time last year
p,',. aHnan Receipts, Exports and Stocks.
49, tillo Gay ..-................
biHel same day last year... 50
P.,ai'.eg same day year before last
80 'IFed past week a,
T..,tt,ee same week last year,. GA
- wed same week year before last 1co
Nus since Sept. J. 1896. Gas
PN same time last year.. IA 925
Fp's same time year before last 9i3 91e
- MS week, coastwise. ....... O4S
~ ,Pofls Since Seps. /, 1896
~ tieat Britain ............ 40 oe9
II, ''"le .'.........-..A........... * g2f
yr foreign ................ zoe -
T,t1i lDaet wise ...-............. 4ta o1e
Et.ot ~ w. 's.....-................. Sj5 g5g
Sol, w han1 this day............. = Boa
mana same day last year. 7Tss
He.,,,,''' ana Stocks at the PORTS
This d ~. "dS .~................ GIG
Ttl Iis last week ........,... 20
T. NJ. Gay last year ...'''.,' '''''''' ~
y 'at year before last 80,
f' past week ..... -,
SIN. week last year ......... 80 80,
Tofs. year nef ore last . SD
sumo Ina 'pls since Sept. i. 1896 .Gcof.0i,
me um. ves, eat '.''............5 .15Lgi,
Stock 49,. l'iis today .......... 1iO IA
u.n.'e oay lust year -. i77 a59
G4t..',ii9F ements al other Porte
coIp,- Easy; middling "a. rct o.,
NrW G,i saleA, is2; stock, 262
tose.rt. Ah.-Firm. middiinr. "a. ,ot
Mobile aales' soO; stock, n,0s5
H. raecIBts es'Ns doing; middllng TX:
hsa ''h-flrrn; mlddiine. IA. s,oo,,
c,n.. '', 20 ion-Fffu: middil,g g. ,.,
Nsr,.in,' stock. i.sa. '-'''''S' o. net re-
oH1s q. lifmi middling. 81. net 70.
IalHm6r, li Is. y. stock. 1899
SOW yo s.s. 20 eIs. 1903. s' "a net
receipts. 49, slteady; middllng. 7 is.le. no,
a.rrers. s,o"t sross. go; sales. SOL I'M
o'.nta ID l.Imi middiing, ts-ie. mo, o..
ileIrhia-
".e.pis. 55 '''- FIRM middilng, 8 s-is; ne,
Augusta ,nts az Interior Town.
"Iuu st middiiuR, s. uet re-.
A.mpa.s ~, -li stock lilo
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