The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-02
REVIEW OF THE MARKETS.
CONDITION OF GENERAL TRADE
DURING THE PAST WEEK.


CONDITION OF GENERAL TRADE
DURING THE PAST WEEK.
The General Markets Fairly Active.
Cotton Market Continued Quiet
and steady and Unchanged With
Light ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Tur-
pentine Advanced and Subsequent
Iy Declined i'm Price-Prices of
ROsin Lower ON All Grades-StOclSs
and Bonds Market Quiet.
Savannah, April 1.-The general trades
were fairly active during the past week.
the volume of business being remarkable
for the lasi week in March, which is usual
ly very dull The most conspicuous ac-
tivty was in naval stores. Spirits tur-
pentine advanced during the early part
of the week, but declined at the close
Rosin took a tumble in prices, but after
the decline there was active buying, The
cotton market continued quiet and steady
during the week, with transactions light
The lumber trade was steady and sew
eral vessels arrived for cargoes. The Sc
curity market was quiet. The following
resume of the different markets, local and
telegraphic. will show the tone and the
quotations at the close to-day:
COTTON.
The local spot cotton market was quiet
throughout the past week, The sudden
advance in futures about the middle of
the week steadied the spot market, but
the transactions were light each day.
At the Cotton Exchange at the first cali
to-day the market was bulletined steady
and unchanged. with no sales reported
At the second call it was unchanged, with
sales of 1853 bales. AT the last call the
market closed steady and unchanged, with
further sales of 10 bales
The following were the Official spot quo
tations at the close of the market. at the
Cotton Exchange to-day:
GOOD middllng ............................5 3S
Mlddllng ACCOMMODATIONS. ......... 59-l6
Low mAddling ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. IA
Good ordinary ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Market steady; sales, spot. 176; + . b.
$50. For the week, spot, 1116; f. o. b.
1875.
Receipts-The receipts of cotton at this
port from all sources for the past week
were $3.50 bales upland and 20 bags sea
island, against 5,491 bales upland and 22S
bags sea island last week.
The particulars of the receipts were as
follows: Per Central Railway, S,431 bales;
per Savannah Florida and Western Rail-
road, 553 bales; per Charleston and Sa-
vannah Railroad, 106 bales; per South
Bound Railroad, 25s bales; per Florida
Central and Peninsular Railroad 226 Bales;
per Georgia and Alabama Railroad 285
bales; per Savannah river steamers, 81
bales
Exports-The exports for the past week
were II ,26S bales upland and 456 bags sea
island. moving as followsI TO New York,
1,S65 bales upland and 206 bags sea island;
to Boston, 2,94S bales upland; to Baltimore,
1.4O4 bales upland and go bags sea island;
to Bremen, $3.50 bales upland; to Hamburg,
1900 bales upland.
Stock-The stock on hand and on ship
board to-day was 1920 bales upland and
APPS bags sea island. against 30,315 bales
,, upland and 1913 bags island a the
corresponding time last year.
Sea Island Cotton-There was a good
demand during the past week The re-
ported sales were 1,04S bales. The receipts
were very light. The quotations remained
steady and unchanged, as follows
Extra choice Fioridas .............14 Gl41s
Choice Florldas .....................1S d1Sh
Extra fine Floridas .............. .12I4C12#
Fancy Georgias ....................121a0 12%
Choice Georgias .10AM1lA
Extra fine Georgias ................10 J105
Fine Georgias ....................... $40 915
Medium fine Georgias .............. S1a
Common Georgias .................
The receipts for the past week were 70
bales, against 22s bales for the same
week last year.
The exports for the week were 456 bags
of which 250 to Liverpool and 206 bags to
Northern ports for domestic consumption
Exports same week last yea~, 1853
The total receipts from Sept. l. TO date
amount to $3.50 bales, against So $50 bales
for the corresponding time last year.
The total exports from Sept. l. to date
have been 4S,512 bales. Of which 202i were
to Great Britain, 1886 TO France. 1905 to
the continent and 20, $50 bales domestic
The total exports for the same period
last year were 7l16O bales.
Stock on hand and on shipboard to-day
were 1925, against BIB this day last
year, and 1868 year before last
Charleston, S. c., April Sea island
cotton market: Receipts for the week,
u bags; exports, $40 bags; sales, POI bags;
stocks, 3,618 bags.
Quotations-Medium fine 15IbG16c. fine
lie; fully fine. 19Q20c; extra fine, 2sa33c.
The total receipts since Sept l. 1897
have been 10,528 bales, against 94O6 bales
for the same time last year The exports
since Sept l, 1897, have been 900 bales,
against S,1s2 bales for the same time last
year
Savannah receipts, exports and stocks
received this day .................. 1923
Received same day last year,. D2
Received same day year before last 1855
Received past week ....,...-........ $3.50
Received same week last year.. 5,n9
Received same week in 1896 7e55
Receipts since Sept. l. 1897 123 314
receipts same time last year,. 794, $50
receipts same time year before last 7Oe,920
| Receipts same time in 1895 .... s9t 222
Exports this day, coastwise .... 2s48
exports past week, continent 80. $3.50
Exports past week coastwise...... 6,64
l9tal exports Tor week r-.......... 1i,7A
Exports since Sept. /, 1897
10 Great. Britain ....".e......,." 1910