London Market Briefs on Sugar Coffee Tea and Cotton
Market notes show sugar and coffee steady with demand steady, prices holding for both groceries and refinings. Benares and Mauritius varieties firm to high, public sales saw solid turnover. tea and cinnamon auctions mixed but overall steady. Cotton and wool hold at full prices, metals up, provisions softening with butter prices easing and oat and linseed markets fluctuating.
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Thalietidh
Mons Maverriius
Buncal
Benares
Mauritius
Fonsian
Ceylon
Java
Malabar
Pimento
Vopper
Messrs. Sims
Notarion
Black Sea
Fdating
Bor Inesa
London
Ation
Esquato
Marseilles
R.h&i
Baltic
Midd & Mast
Kent
Weald
Des Bubbux
Whatsurue
Byiszland
Aellers
RACE OF BELFAST Abstract of duties in port week
Abstract of duties received at Belfast port for the week ending January 22, 1850 shows tea and sugar imports and other goods totaling £1033 3d. The Belfast trade summary from the Atlantic Journal notes customs duties and an average ten-year port total of £356,541 with a decline in foreign trade despite expectations of growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Atérctit de Jou Wal
Gold flows and trade balance from Australia impact bullion market
Speculation notes Australia’s delayed gold shipments while coin exports continue, estimating nearly £1.5 million aboard ships and others likely to return from Great Britain and Sydney within weeks. The piece argues Australia’s exports and gold imports create a heavy currency drain, affecting the Bank of England and domestic money markets, predicting a tighter bullion supply and possible tariff debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Singapore
Great Britain
Sydney
Witiel
San Francisco
New York
Bank of England
Et Frokgay
Thei Ann Pi i
Fragmentary Trade Ledger Notes From A Dated Market Page
Readable fragments show prices and items in a late period market record. Mentions include weights per dozen per pounds and various sales terms with figures like 603 to 708 and 768, plus references to kegs and Irish Bladders. Notation is inconsistent and scattered across sellers and warehouse terms, with unclear dates or locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tadin
Iron trade fears ease as prices hold amid wage rise
The iron and pig iron markets show cautious buoyancy despite high wage and input costs. Demand remains firm with dwindling stocks, and producers anticipate continued price stability though speculation and large contracts weigh on the sector. Scotch pig iron prices have fluctuated, yet production rises with new furnaces going into blast, signaling potential 1853 outputs.
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Ims
Mike
Isc
le My
Aix
Scotland
Staffordshire
Scotch Works
Paris Commercial Slump Tests Outlook for February
Dull week in Paris with foreign orders due from Americas expected next month. Roubaix Reims and Amiens woollens struggle while silk and cotton sectors report brisk business from Mulhouse Rouen and Lyons. Bond yields and Bank of England discount rise weigh on Paris markets amid floods, grain and wine shortages, and price declines in brandies and other staples.
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Paris
South America
Roubaix
Reims
Ament
Mulhouse
Rouen
Lyons
Bank of England
London
Forto
Bourdeaux
Toulouse
Departments
Lione
Ardeche
Inez
Romans
Eoud
St Etienne
Bercy
Nantes
Saumur
Union Bays of Australia Bank Profit Report
The last yearly meeting of the Union Bank of Australia reported half year profit of £107,344, totaling £120,440 for a 13 percent dividend. Directors praised colony prosperity, gold finds in New South Wales and Victoria, and a £200,900 reserve. Chancery issues over the dividend were noted as resolved, with shares assured against future liabilities. Special thanks were given to directors and officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Bays of Australia
Union Bank of Australia
New Zealand
Cummins
New South Wales
Victoria
Chancery Sult
Furfish
Directory
Offigers
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Cecee Pee
Hares
Blackwall Brighton
Eastern Counties
South Eastern
Dover
Great Western
North Western
Srteveasae Lvde
Great Northern
Ane
France
Boulogna and
Aimiens Eet
Orldans
Marke
Race OF
Ireland
Cork
Dublin
London Times
Birmingham
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