The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-28
COTTON.

ferent markets will show the tone and the
quotations at the close to-day:
COTTON.
After a duh and dragging market for
several weeks the spot market, during the
past few days, was strengthened by the
advance IN futures a New York and LlV-
erpool and prices rose 1sc on all grades.
After The advance the tone of the market
became firm and there was good de-
mand with slightly increased sales. To-
day the market remained unchanged, with
the tone firm, with sales, of IFS bales spot
reported.
The following were the official spot quo
tations at the close of the market at the
Cotton Exchange to-day:
Good middling ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 3-lo
Middling OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Low middling Observation-Disclosures s-to
Market-Firm; sales, spot, 1lS; f. o. b.,
1852.
For the week, spot S9i; f. o. b., 2lG7.
Receipts-The receipts Of cotton at this
port from all sources for the past week
were 2,422 bales upland and l bag sea
island against 1910 bales upland and IL
bags sea island last week.
The particulars Of the receipts were as
follows: Per Central Railway, LIZA bales;
per Savannah Florida and Western Rail-
way sos bales; per Charleston and Sa-
vannah Railroad, none; per South Bound
Railroad % bales; per Florida Central
and Peninsular Railroad, 81 bales; per
Georgia and Alabama Railroad, 1877 bales;
per Savannah river steamers, bales.
Exports-The exports for the past week
were 2,lG4 bales upland and 766 bags sea
island, moving as follows: To New York,
40 bales upland and AS bags sea island;
to Boston. sos bales upland and 326 bags
sea island; to Baltimore 12B bales up
land and % bags sea island.
Stock-The stock on hand and on ship
board to-day was 1882 bales upland ana
7446 bags sea island, against o,52 bales
upland and 9,109 bags sea island at the
corresponding time last year.
Sea Island Cotton-The market remain
ed quiet during the past week, with no
change in the quotations. only bale
was received during the week. The total
sales were $50 bales. orders are slow to
arrive and buyers as well as sellers are
quietly awaiting a turn in the situation.
The quotations are as follows:
Extra choice F'loridas ............A QliR
Choice Floridas .....................l3 0l3h
Extra fine FlOridas .12B4l24
Fancy GeorgiaS .........-..........l2124l 2A
Extra choice Georgias .............12 @l2A
Choice Georgias .lOA@llA
Extra fine Georgias .................1O 4l0la
Fine GeOrgias NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $40 512
Medium fine Georgias ............. Sh
Common Georgias ..................
The receipts for the past week were
bale, against IS bales for the same week
last year
The exports for the week were 766 bags.
of which sol bags to Liverpool and 165
bags TO Northern ports for domestic con-
sumption.
Exports same week last year, Cos.
The total receipts from Sept. / to date
amount TO IS. 1888 bales, against So, Isl bales
for the corresponding time last year.
The total exports from Sept to date
have been IS, 754 bales, of which 2503S were
to Great Britain. 4035 to France, 2,605 TO
the continent, 22,005 bales to Northern
ports for domestic consumption, and 2,075
to Brunswick.
The total exports from the same period
last year were U0H
Stock on hand and on shipboard to-day
We're 7446, against 9,109 this day last year.
Charleston, S. c., May 27.-Sea Island
cotton market Receipts for the week,
bag; exports none; sales, none stock, g. 10S
bags.
Quotations-Medium fine, 15c; fine. lie;
fully fine 1890; extra fine, 2lQ33c.
The total receipts elnce Sept l, 1897 have
been 1858 bags, against, 1856 bags for the
same time last year. The exports since
Sept /, 1897 have been 9,515 bags against
S,846 bags for the same time last year.
Savannah receipts, exports and stocks
Received this day .................... PA
Received same day last year........ 166
Received same day year before last 231
Received past week .....+.......... 2423
Received same week last year,. 1858
Received same week in 1S96...... BASS
Receipts since Sept. 1, 1897.....1,1 ia, 426
Receipts same time last year,. S37, gil
Receipts same time year before last IA SAT
Receipts same time ia 1S95.......... 931 500