The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-18
COTTON.


COTTON.
The market continued quiet and unchang-
ed throughout the week. The sales for the
entire week were only IS bales. While the
running stock as shown by the official re-
ports to-day were l,6g7 bales Of uplands.
there will be added tomorrow 1900 bales
TO agree with an actual count which was
finished yesterday after the Cotton Ex-
change statistics were made UP. Noting
thai the total receipts SO far this season
have been nearly 100000 bales, and there
was about l,000 bales of city cotton not re-
ported, the count shows that the statistics
for the season have been remarkably well
kept
The following were the official spot quo
tations, at the close of the market, at the
Cotton Exchange to-day:
Good mlddllng ....................,.....6 GIG
Mddling ...........t.............6
Low middhng ........,.................5 Ills
Good ordinary ......,...........,..,,....,.5 7-l6
Market, quiet; sales to-day, none; for
the week, spot IS; 0. b., 927.
Recoipts-The receipts Of cotton at this
port from all sources for the past week
were 800 bales upland and 2 bags sea ISL
and against 337 bales upland and II bags
sea island last week.
The particulars of the receipts were as
follows: Per Central Railway SIS bales;
per savannah, Florida and Western Rail-
way, 259 bales; per South Bound Railroad,
26 bales; per Florida Central and PENN
sular, bales; per Georgia and Alabama
Railroad, 4 bales; per Savannah river
steamers 4 bales.
Exports-The exports for the past week
were 6,S10 bales upland, and 1877 bags sea
island moving as follows: To New York,
724 bales upland and 1856 bales sea island;
to Baltimore, 826 bales upland and bale
sea island to Bremen. AGO bales upland.
Stock-The stock on hand and on ship
board to-day were 1857 bales upland and
SAP bags sea island, against 5,SH bales
upland and 1913 bales sea island at the
corresponding time last year.
Sea Island Cotton-The market remain
ed quiet and steady. There was a fair
demand The sales for the week were 161
bales. The sales were made on q basis of
the following quotations:
Extra choice Florldas ...,..........H M14ik
Choice Floridas ......................B Ml312
Extra fine Floridas ................. 121s012M
Fancy Georgas 1215ql2A
Extra choice Georgias .....,........12 M12M
Choice Georges .....................lOA 4llA
Extra fine Georgias ................10 Npl01A
Fine Gecrgias ...........,."........ Sfs0 W.
Medium fine Georgias .............. Sh
Common Georgas ..................
balesg against Il bales for the same week
last year.
The exports for the week were 1877 bags,
moving as follows: To Liverpool, rs bales i;
t. Havre, IS bales; to Northern ports for
domestic consumption, q bales.
Exports same week last year. ALB.
The total receipts from Sept. to date
amount to 5922 bales, against 1886 bales
for the corresponding time last year.
The total exports from Sept ! to date
have been 57173 bales, Of which 1929 were
to Great Britain, ABB, to France, 2.60j
TO the continent, 23,0S7 bales to Northern
ports for domestic consumption, and 2,075
TO Brunswick.
The total exports from the same period
last year were 1888.
Stock on hand and on shipboard to-day
were S,472 against $500 this day last year.
Charleston, s. c., June 17.-Sea island
cotton market: Receipts for the week.
none; exports, none; sales, none; stock,
1907 bags.
Quotatlons-Medium fine. 15c; fine, 17c;
fully fine, $4,000; extra fine 2lU33c
The total receipts since Sept. /. 1897. have
been 1853 bags, against 9474 bags for the
same time last year. The exports since
Sept. /, 1897, have been 9G1G bags against
9222 bags for the Same time last year.
Savannah Receipts, Exports and Stocks:
Received this day ............,....... 80
Received same day last year 80. u
Received same dny year before last. 70
Received past week .................. GIL
Received same week last~year go. 40s
Received same week In 1896 ........ 99i
Receipts since Sept. l. 1S97..........1, 1872 147
Receipts same time last year ......,. S39 6S5
Receipts same time year before last 100 6S7
Receipts same time. IN 1895 ........ 94T 9G5
Exports past week, continent 800. :. 4760
Exports past week. coastwise $50. 1.747
Total exports for week .............. 6507
Exports since Sept. ], iS97-
To Great Britain ................... 1910
TO France .......................... 32547
TO the continent ..................... -837 62l
Total foreign ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 73S 515
Total coastwise ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 44G us
Total exports 1,1S0 1923
Exports Same Time Last Year
To Great Britain ...,................. 1925
To France OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1881
To the continent ........................ 373 $40
Total foreign .......................... 1885, i0
Total coastwise ........,...........s. 4l3363
Total exports ........................... $40 500
Stock on hand this day ............. II. 1853
stock on hand same day last year 1896
Receipts and Stocks at the Ports
Receipts this day .................... 1852
This day last week .................. 1855
This day last year .......-.......". 1495
This day year before last ......... asa
Receipts past week ,.............. 1902
Same week last year ................ 4599