The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-05
CnT,rON.

COTTON.
A decline of Il cents in the local market
was the record of the past week. The
demand was very light for spots and the
| sales only reached 1876 bales. The mar
ket appears to be in a very poor con-
| dition, and sellers meet with but little
encouragement. The market to-day OPEN
| ed and closed easy with sales Of /. SO7 bales
| The following were the official spot quo
| tations at the close of the market at the
Cotton Exchange day:
| GOOD middhng ..........................47 Az
| Middhng Observation-Disclosures. a GIG
! Low mIddiing ..........................4 3-16
| GooH ordinary ...........-,.,....,.....3 1916
| Ordinary ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 5-1G
Market easy; sales. 1907; for the week,
5S76.
Receipts-The receipts of cotton at this
port from all sources for the past week
| were 65,4SS bales upland and Also bales
! sea island, against 90, $50 bales upland and
1913 bales sea island for the same week
| last year.
The particulars of the receipts were as
| follows Per Central Railway As 736 bales:
| per Savannah, Florida and Western Rail
road, 1859 bales; per Charleston and sa-
vannah Railway, 2,461 bales; per South
Bound Railroad, $3.50 bales; per Florida
! Central and Peninsular, 1,436 bales; per
| Georgia and Alabama Railroad. 5S3 bales
! per Savannah river steamers, $50 bales ;
per Beaufort steamers, u bales; per carts,
So bales.
Exports-The exports for the past week
were SS,1S2 bales upland and .234 bales sea
| island moving as follows. To New York.
| 600 bales upland and ,044 bales sea island;
to Baltimore, $50 bales upland: to Bos-
ton, 1855 bales upland and 436 bales sea
island; TO Liyerpool $50 bales upland and
| 1,0l4 bales sea island5 to Hsvre 4,374 bales
upland and TAO bales sea island: TO Brem
en-, 52,597 bales upland; to Hamburg, zoo
bales upland; to Genoa, 1872 bales upland;
TO Rotterdam, 400 bales upland
Stocks-The stock on hand and on ship
| board to-day We're 129 $50 bales upland and
| 1929 bales sea island, against 1879, SOP bales
upland and 1895 bales sea island at the
! corresponding tome last year.
Sea Island Cotton Sea Island Cotton
| There was a fair demand for long staple
cotton during the past week, and the re-
ported sales were 3.176 bales. The market
was steady at the following quotations.:
| Extra choice FlorIdas. ............13 1874
| Choice Floridas .....................12Ad
Extra hne tlofidas ...............12 I12A
faucy Georgias ............. .l21a4l3
Extra choice Georgias ............12
| Cnolce Georgias .l0Am11
! Extra fine Georgias ..,...,.........10 6D10M
Fine Georgias Observation-Disclosures. 8 a 91a
| Medium fipe Georgias .......... So
| Common Georgias .................8
The receipts for the past week were
41SO ba,es, against 1913 bales for the same
| week last year
Exports during the week were g. 34 bales,
moving as follows: 1874 bales to Liver
pool, 1855 to Manchester. TAO to Havre, and
995 bales to Northern ports for domestic
| consumption.
Exports for the same week last year.
| lao bales.
The total receipts from Sept. / 10 date
amount to 1921 bales, against 1868 bales
| for the corresponding time last year
| The total exports from Sept 1 to date
| have been 1852 bales, moving as follows:
To Great Britain, 3,l5S bales; to France.
| 1,466 bales; to Northern ports for domes-
tic consumption, 2,6O7 bales.
| The total exports for the same period
last year were 5.S29 bales.
Stock on hand and on shIpboard to-day
were 1929 bales, against II ,696 bales this
| day last year.
Charleston, S. c.. Nov. 4.-Sea island
bales; exports, 90 bales; sales, 1888 bales
stocks, 2.O62 bales.
Quotations--Medium fine, 17u18c; fine,
zoe; fully fine, 21c extra fine. S5GD4Oc
The total receipts since Sept. /. 1898.
have been iii bales against $50 bales
for the same time last year. The exports
since Sept. 1, 1898, have been $50 bales,
against 100 bales for the same time last
year.
Savannah Receipts, Exports and Stocks:
Received this day ..................... ii ,057
Received same day last year ........ II $40
Received same day year before last. 5,455
Received past week ................. 60 66S
Received same week last year 49,. "a 493
Received same week in 1895 ......... S9,lS3
Receipts since Sept. 1, 1898 .44s, 614
Receipts same time last year ....... .459, IA
Receipts same time year before last 3s7 ,e5s
Receipts same time IN 1895 ........ 1926 ga
Exports this day, continent ........ 1872
Exports this day. coastwise ....... 34Ig
Exports this week. coastwlse ........ 1916
Exports past week, continent. ...... 62 O6s
Exports this week, Great Britain. 49, 7,277
Exports this week France MUM. 1894
Total exports past week ........ 81, 41G
Exports Since Sept. /. 1885,
To Great Britain ..................... 1918
To France minimum. ................. II 1886
To the continent ............".......... III $50
Total foreign ..........................2 200, 1925
Total coastwise ......... .,"...-....... 11S ,Sl2
Total exports ......... ............... .313, 97i
Exports Same Time Last Year
To Great Britain .......s..,............ 23,4S9
To France ...............,...... ........ n ,39f
To the continent Ia, 1868
Total foreign ......-...... ........... 49,, 2iS
Total coastwise .12s, 1888
Total exports ..........................s i5. 9sl
Stock on hand this day .............145,12s
Stock on hand same day last year. .i5i, 49s
Receipts and Stocks at the Ports
This day last week .............,.... 6s.Gs3
This day last year .................... 71.6s5
This day year before last .......... 52.672
Receipts past week ................. 44G.143
Same week last year ................ 36s. 344
Same week year before last ........ 308, 400