The Archive · 1886

PIECE GOODS

The Home Export of Plain Cottons to all China for Avgust is 29,000,000 yarde, viz., 5,00,000 to Hongkong, and 24,000,000 to Shanghai, according to Heuter, andthe total forthe paci eight mouths of the corr. ing peri soma decrease of 69,000,000 yard, or 17% as compared with the figures, As to market and Exchange lias broke clean aw: is factory work. Busivess in private has been all but impracticable, is not free from an holders now wuch comfort promises of m by the f-w dealers whom th thi rtly fall flat upon the listener's very slack, and the duluess is not explained, wor fully accounted for by the space of time thi between the finite of the settleusents and the receipt of advices from the outporte, At our principal dependeuc opefal perhaps as could be expected. Chibi has got rid of muck of her and at Newchwang the foreign itis to be hoped usually 1ay however, th fluous wat tras which must there will be ho daily report presents the following aggregates—3,000 pieces only. Ca ly of Bogle and XX at ¥1.71 and ¥1.724 por piece nett. 5 at £1.06 for Single Feather, 1.064 and £1.08 for Single and Double Man and Mish; and 1417 for Blue Bombay cloths Yellow Lion at 1.064 per piece, 50 per piece. pieces Double ogle at $2.35 Zon 1 6,000: dom ab HEAD}, yo man at '£0.13 per val Cotton Yarn.—Bombay, 300 bales of 16+. Red Drayon at F55 per bale, Camlets,—Arsorted—240 pieces of Cock and Goose at £9.00 per piece.

—400 pieces H.D.B. and V Scarlet at $5.0 per piece.

-Black—440 at 7.10/15 for good 4}-reed a 5-reed, and $7.50 for Black Duck—60 pieces Gentian, ipes.—120 pieces B.''.1, at £0.45 for Scarlet, and '€0.46 for Gentian, 120 pieces Sur, assorted, at £0.87) per yard.

of the acts of the piece goods importers at this place since this day week are chronicled below, that what has been done does not promise well for a favourable closing of the vent tion in exchange has to be noted, and the relief to the depressed piece goods bolder is great beyond expression. P, S.—10, Ant. 17th—Ther more dealers about yesterday than there have been since before settling, and although they put their names to but few contracts their reappearance was a welcome sight in many quartere, They predict the resumption of business on receipt of the advices from the outports for which they are now waiting.

The following are declared this morning 300 pieces White-Gold Butterfly, 10.8-lbe, at £2.35 per pieres '600 pieovs Tree Man anc Fish at 1.09 per pieces Turkey Reds,—500 pieces 43 be. and Sibe, Green Fisherman at £1.76 and E191 per piece.

Cotton Yarn,—Bombay—180 bales at F55z avd ¥66.85 for Red-Gold Star and Four Men 20s., and F5A) for Blue Fish 160. Figured Orleans.—600 pieces assort-d Double Bogle at £3.20/25 per piece, and about 150 pieces Grey Mellons at '§0,284/56 per yard, 'Yeaterday's auction prices lacked steadiness, but in neatly all but Mr. Fieldeus' "coffins" improvement was manifested, Miscollaneous.—From Mr. Alex. Bielfeld's report:—Marcus.—There has been nothing done under this heading, Stocks both la foreign and native hands are heavy, and the demand from the consuming porte continues very limited, Soav.—Japan has atatotions at $1 to 1.02} for 56 the, boxes, and 20 owds. for 20-Ibe, boxes. Wixpow Gass.—A parcel of 1,625 boxes was sold at 32.40, Nuxpuss,—Trade under this heading does not assume any brighter prospects. Sales and deliveries, oven of the best chops, are nificant, and reports from the outporte show no features of encouragement. 5 cases j-silver eyed were gold at ¥87.50, ANILINE reported of:—25,000 bottles ead: 2 oz. Uryatal Gceon, 2 buys chop at 153 coude., 10,000 demand for dyes, graerally eponkings in gory limited, with osmose only ponsible at wretchedly low prices. bottles each 2 oz. Crystal Green, Bird choy Sale ate St'I5} cand., 6,000 bottles each 2 oz, Powder Green Eagle chop at 6{ cands., 2,300 ettles each 2 oz, Scarlet RRR, Eagle chop at cands,, 2,500 bottles each 2 oz. Scarlet Mountain at 23 cards., 1,200 bottles each 2 oz. Crystal Green Pueasaut at 19 cand., 20 cases Prussian Blue at ¥40. alg.—Me. A" Bielfeld saye::—Since my last report the market for metals and miscsllaucous goods has rew: ed exceedingly quiet, the turn which our Import trade seemed to take last week is no longer noticeable to-day, and things dull and gloomy ax no doubt that most articles of Import have been overdous by the natives, and are greatly in excess of the present the market and this is one of the priveipal causes of the coutinuel bad reports from the North and the Outports. Lea Deen in moderate demand, and sales from firat lands are not on record, Values are unchanged. Natuxop Ixox.—There hes been actually no business dono under this heading.

Dealers are very reluctant to lay in further stocks, and far from meeting holders' vies as regard Good brands continue quiet and are generally neglected, while common chops continue to be prices, Ban In0¥.—100 tone fiat and ronnd Belgian are reported wold, Lut prises have not transpired. Pio) Inox. asked for, Op Inox.—Continues depressed and difficult to sell. With a few exceptions prices have been reduced to very unremunerative level, and no improvement can be expected for some time to come, Some 125 tons Railway Spikes were sold at auction at T1213, and 30 rona Boiler Plate Cuttings changed bande at $1.30.

TixPLavss.—The condition of this market continues without material chavge. SreurER.—Native holders meet with a fair dewand, but stocke are ample, Sraarts' Trx.—Prices have farther given way, and sales have been made of:—250 slabs Fok-chok at $29.50, 300 slape Sok-kong at $20 00. Srxet—Remaine without change. COPPER axD YELLOW Metal SHEATHING. "XO canes 16/30 oz. Copper Sheathing were sold at F16. Of Yellow Metal, 20 cases PMM were cold at $13.50, Jaran Corrzn—Ia neglected, and sales have been of no importance. Inox Wrae—Continues inactive, and deliveries are unsatisfactory. QuicKsiLvER—celling'in a small way at quotations, CoRRUGATED Sager [nox.—Nothing doing. Zixc Sueataixo.—Thore are some arrivals under resene Oil.—The scarcity of money, heavy stocks, and a limited contract at 6.60, but cal of spok are not on record. Wares Morat-—Is iv moderate demand, and deliveries are fair, and the volume of business has been i iguificant, The Cotumbus arrived with 64,050 cases, Stooke are 1,030,000 cases, demand from the ports have market during the weel

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