Daily Commercial Report (Newspaper) - January 7, 1884, London, Middlesex for through the Poet Office to foreign No. 7198] January 7th, 1884. XXX increased estimate by M. Licht of 50.000 tons in the production of the German Beet crop over his last statement has of course flattened our There are now sellers at the old but buyers look on and do not make Some German prompt sold which is 3d under the late highest A fair enquiry for crystallized and a few sales made in good bright quality at 26s to 26s 6d. Low brown East India sorts and further cargoes Java are ordered to London to be 800 crystallized Demerara sold at 26s to 27s. 100 sold Jast week at 12s 6d, usual Cargo 660 sold at 22s 3d, for The cargo 3,523 baskets No. 15J sold last week at 22s 3d, for The price of the Java ex on Friday was 22s. A dull tone has prevailed in and with pressure to and few prices have declined 3d German 88 prompt being sold at 18s, f. o. b. ' M. Licht's estimate of the present crop of Beet is now raised to 2,125,000 shewing an advance of 150,030 tons since the first estimate 15th) The German production this vear is put down at 925,000 against the late estimate of 840,000. The estimate of last season's crop was thought to have been finally settled at 2,062,000 but strange to say has just been advanced to 2,112,000 As we have noted before these figures are just as likely to be altered 10 per cent one way or the other The market for Refiners pieces was less but as only a small quantity was a good portion was cleared off at full rates to occasionally 3d over last Friday's Stove goods were mostly 3d and market firm Tate's cubes sold at 28s, Martineau's 26s 6d, cut loaf 28s 3d, titters Feb. and March 26s, Duncan's sold at 28s, Pearl is 26s 3d to 27s. Fair sales in the Clyde at steady In Paris Loaves further sales made in prompt at 23s 6d, Say's up to March at 24s, and RP prompt at 23s 6d, f. o. b. Dutch Crushed is and sales would be difficult to make at present RS is nominally 22s 6d, HR 23s, WSR and ASR 23s 7d. Austrian about 22s to 22s 3d, and two best marks sold at 23s 6d The following statement shews the statistics of Sugar for week ending 5th inst. 1883. 1882. 1883. 1882. 1883. 1882. 1881. 7421 4097 5121 5420 89777 97307 76069 4910 8207 4505 5000 77589* 70222 42343 12650 9262 2247 2730 71981 53292 - 37836 1070 1160 1440 770 5740 3520 3790 n 26051 22726 13313 13920 245087 224341 160038 * 7th Raw spot 47*50. White Jan. 55*12, Feb. 55*50, 56*62, and 57*25. Refined 102*50 to 103*50. Stock in Paris 4th inst. 1 008,626 against 718,271 bags 1883. COFFEE Only small buyers waiting the In Brazil business is also but holders are The landings of Ceylon last week were 40 casks 67 barrels and home consumption 128 casks 120 barrels and export 146 casks 107 barrels and and 3,396 bags Brazil landings of B. P. last week were 715 barrels and home consumption 392; export 123: stock 18,872. 399: home consumption 126; export 91;. stock 18,758. low broken and to Is 04d, medium to fair Is Id to Is 5Jd good Is 6d to Is 8Jd, fine Is 9^d to 2s choice 2s 4d to 2s 6jd, Orange Pekoe Is 61d to Is 8*d, good to fine 2s 0$d to 2s 4Jd, Pekoe common to medium 9Jd to fair to good Is to is 2$d, fine Is 7d, Souchong 8d to 8|d, medium to fair 10Jd to no business spot or The landings of Rice were 962 against 1,460 delivered 1,531 against 1,063; stock 53,023 against 25,217. 700 bales Zanzibar spot sold at 5|d, and 100 bales 5d. White PEPPER 400 bags sold on Saturday at 10d, closing to-day at 10|d, and 120 bags Penang at Black PEPPER further sales in Singapore at 7d. The landings of Pimento last week were 5,010; delivered 666; and stock 15,442 The landings of Black Pepper last week were 239; delivered 84: stock 2,586 The landings of White Pepper last week were 92: delivered 19; stock 870 Landings of Saltpetre 172, against 249; delivered 85, against 219; stock 2,452, against 2,052 TARTARIC ACID more Is 7d, and Foreign Is 6Jd. Oxalic 6d, less 12J. Citric Is 6d,, and Sal at 84d. fair sales at lOd to 10Jd. Chlorate 6d. Bichromate moderate sales at 4*d, less 3. Iodine 4d, less 2J. Quinine Howard's 8s 0d, 7s 6d, and tin 7s 6d. Cream Tartar 128s 6d, f. o. b. 124s 6d with Sulphate of Ammonia fair grey about 14s, and white 15s 3d to 15s 6d. Sulphate of Copper moderate sales at 22s 9d to 23s. Sal Ammoniac 40s and 42m. Soda Crystals 70s ex 60s Ash l|d to Tyne less 5 to 6. Caustic 10s 9d to lis and 10s 6d to 10s 9d 7s 9d to 8s, Tyne 7s 4Jd. Bleaching Powder 10s 9d to Tyne 9s 6d. Flour of Brimstone 10s 6d to 12s, Roll 9s to 9s 6d. Arsenic fair sales at 10s 9d. Borax good business at 40s and Howards 42s. CUTCH with sales of 700 boxes on private GAMBIER cases TN to sold at 90s, landed INDIA bags Mozambique unripe sold at Is 9d. GUM 50 bales fair Turkey sold at 87s 6d. tons Madras sold at 7s 6d. bags fair Coast at 9s 3d. JUTE On Saturday in dock 645 bales PA 3 sold at 15s 3d, and 500 CH O new 16s 3d. To arrive 2,000 H 1/3, sold at 16s 6d, and 500 double 16s 3d, HEMP Manila fair current Week's receipts 6,000 price 150 bales Sisal spot sold at and 100 tons distant arrival ditto on secret business in East India but American futures are The sales since Friday are about 3,000 at 4Hd to 4gd, Western 3*j?d to 4&d. Northern 4$d, Bengal 3gd, Scinde 3&d to 3Jd. For good 4id, Bengal fully good 3$|d to 4d. For 6.3d to 6.6d. At Liverpool market closes without change Arrivals buyers at Sales 12,000 and export 1,000. Imports 4,302, previously 15,140 COPPER was dull and sales made on Saturday at and to-day scarcely any business done though offered at easier sharp cash buyers 15s, sellers 2s 6d three months 2s 6d to 7s 6d Burra and Wallaroo nominal at to TIN on Saturday sales made at 5s to 7s 6d. To-day a firmer and business done sharp cash at 15s to 6d; large sales at 10s, and three months about British LEAD small Spanish 15s, and British to 5s. QUICKSILVER 5s first 0^ At second TIN closed business done at buyers option last three 6d fourteen 7s 6d to 10s, and to 5s last three months Standard Cornwall closed Banca Holland 51fl, and Billiton 50fl. COPPER Bars at 15s LEAD Spanish 12s 6d. SPELTER ordinaries 5s. Glasgow stock of Pig 585,700, against 606,500. Furnaces in work 94, against 109 last Week's shipments 5,200, against 7,500 Market opened and at 42s 9Jd to 42s closing at 42s 9d buyers and closed second 42s 8d very spot 19s 6d, 20s month 20s, 20s 9d to 21s 44d, 21s 7$d, Hull spot 19s 19s 7jd, month 19s to 19s 3d, 20s, 20s 4Jd to 20a 6d, 21s. Rape spot 32s 6d, 32s 3d to 32s 6d. 31s 3d, 31s, and 23a 4Jd to 23s 6d. Cotton spot crude 21s 6d, refined 24s 9d to 25s 3d, Mediterranean Hull spot and month 23s lid to 23s 3d, 25s, crude 20s 3d. M Cocoa Nut fine Ceylon 33s 3d to 33a 6d, and fine Cochin 34s to 34s 6d. Palm fine Lagos 43s 6d. Olive at 42a, Messira 41a to 42s 6d, And Levant 39s. Turpentine American spot 26a 9d, and first four 26s 9d to 27s. spot 5s to 5s 3d, and shipment 4s WU Petroleum much spot 7d to 7|d, month 7fdlio 7d, and 7Jd to 7|d. TALLOW but little P. T. 0. nominal at 51s 6d. Fine Australian Mutton 44s to 46s, and fine Beef 39s to 40s. arrivals of Foreign Oats and but moderate of other Market dull for and rather Maize Barley about 6d to Is dearer for malting Oats Consols closed 101 j ex div. 101, h ex. dir. Bar Silver 60jd. Mex. 49|d. Printed & Published by Bagoi A 21,
