The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-24

steady and unchanged, with a fair de-
mand The sales were made on a basis OF
the following quotations.
Extra choice Floridas .............14 @15
Choice Florldas ................,.....13 1sQl4
Extra fine Floridas .................13 G13ls
Fancy GeorglaS ...-.................12l 20Il3
Extra choice Georgias .............12 Q12A
Choice Georgias ..................11 oily
Extra fine Georgias .................1oiA
FINE GeorSlaS Observation-Disclosures. "a 9l2
Medium fine Georgias ............. S1A
Common Georgias ...................
Savannah Receipts, Exports and Stocks:
Receipts this day Observation-Disclosures. II 94
Receipts this day last year ......... 4,59l
Receipts this day year before last. 100
Receipts since Sept. l. 1897. SIS S91
Same time last year .................. 600 $50
Same time year before last. .49S 006
Exports, Great Britain, this day go. 6606
Exports, coastwise, this day ..... TABS
Stock on hand this day ............... 164 PSI
Same day last year northumberland 3l OH
Receipts and stocks at the ports
Receipts this day .................... Il ,S91
This day last week ................ 52,221
This day last year .................. 1919
This day year before last ....... 9132
Receipts past six days .............. 303, $50
Same days last year ................2,7 2l, 72S
Same days year before last .......... 1I0SS6
Total receipts since Sept. 1, 1897 =. IS, ia, GIL
same time last year "A, 90, rs
Same time year before last ..........3, 2S1, ITS
Stock at the ports to-day ..........1 ,l26, 342
Stock same day last year ...........1, 2S4, 9S5
Receipts this week last year
Saturday. so, 400 Wednesday . AZ, 666
Monday. ,275 Thursday w AS 49
Tuesday. ......... 69,629 Friday .........35, 179
Daily movements at other ports
Galveston-Firm; middling, 7-16c; net
receipts, 6.03S; sales AL; stock, 1856, 314.
No
receipts, PAL; sales, 1000; stock, 4l3,O42.
Mobile-Steady; middling, 3-16c; net re-
ceipts 913; sales, 800; stock IS, 243.
Enthusiastically; middling, 3-16c net
receipts, 1888; stock, 47,14l
Wilmington-Firm; middling, 59sc; net
receipts, 2,911; stock, Sc. 479.
Norfolk-Firm; middling, 515c net re-
ceipts 1898; sales, 1,190; stock, 22,31a
New York-Steady; middling, 5 15-16c net
receipts, 1880; gross, 11,21S; stock. 104.367.
Boston-Steady; middling, 5Bc; net re-
ceipts, 1853; gross 2,S49
Philadelphla--Fir middling S-l6c;
net receipts. 1856; stock 1O7Os.
Daily movements at interior towns
Augusta-Firm; middling. slice; net re-
ceipts, 1885; sales, 50; stock, 59,27S.
Memphis-Steady; middling, 55-16c; net
receipts, S,211; sales, 300; stock. 150,6S3.
Houston-Firm; middlng, SIC; net re-
ceipts, 1908; sales, 612; stock, 77,765
Exports of Cotton This Day
Galveston-To Great Britain, 1885,
France, 1875; coastwise. 4.5O5.
New Orleans--To the continent, $500.
Mobile-Coastwise, 1853.
Savannah-To the continent, 6,606; coast.
wise, 7,436.
Charleston-To the continent, 6,725; coast
wise, 49,
Norfolk-To the continent, 1898; coast.
wise, 2.055.
New York-To Great Britain, $50; for
warded, 1854.
Total foreign exports from all ports this
day-To Great Britain, 10, 1871; TO France
10, 755; to the continent 12,573.
Total foreign exports from all ports thus
far this week-To Great Britain, 81, 757;
to France, 41,693; TO the continent, 9O,754
Total foreign exports since Sept. l. 1897
To Great Britain. 1654,OSO; to France, 1884,
141 to the continent 1,3i5,s10
Liverpool, Dec. Enclosing: Cotton,
spot, In fair demand; prices hardening,
American midding, fair 3 1920; good
middling, 1-32d; American middlng.
3 1921; law middling, 3 13-32d; good or
binary, 2 29-32d; ordinary, 2Ad
The sales of the day were 1900 bales,
of which 1000 were for speculation and
export, and included i, 400 American re-
ceipts, 5000 bales, including 1900 Ameri-
can
Futures opened quiet, with a moderate
demand, and closed barely steady; Ameri-
can middling, low middling clause, Deem
Der, 3.11G3.12d buyers; December-January,
3.11l312d buyers; January February 3.11G
3.12d sellers; February-March, 3,12d sell
ers; March-April, 3,12q3.13d sellers; April
May, 3.13G3.14d sellers; May-June, 3.140
315d buyers; June-July. 3.15d3. 16d buyers;
July-August, 3.17d sellers; August-Septem-
Der, s1Sd; September October, 3.1Sd; Oc-
tober-N ov ember, 3.2Od sellers.
New York. Dec. 23.-Liverpool cable ac-
counts at hand when the cotton market
opened this morning were distinctly more
favorable than had been expected, and
still later cables gave further lift, show
ing exceptional spot sales for a holiday
market. and finally net gain of 15lI2 lad
in futures. The market. after opening
steady at a net advance OF 1Q3 points, fur
Their advanced 204 points, showed larger
activity than for some time past ana
closed quiet and steady at a net rise Of