12 Feb 1853
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Newspaper
Commercial Daily List
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 12, 1853
Page
1
A terse note on 1960 goods to be segit in Guayaquil tied to Thomas Kilby & Co. Catalogues. The fragment hints at trade activity and distribution plans involving the firm and regional shipments. Further readable names include Guayaquil and Kilby, with ambiguity on exact items or dates.
Public sales Monday and following days list goods including Guano Seed Indigo 350 tons 8600 bags Mauritius 2000 bags Bengal grainy 2300 bags Caraccas Lis Shellac Lac Dye Piassava Cochineal 1313 bags WoobD 13 tons Lima 11 do Red 300 chests 3 do 850 double bundles Nutmegs Mace Oil Safflower Turmeric Jute Cutch Cochineal 13 cases 2 do 17 cases 150 cases 90 holds 41 bales Bengal 278 chests 71 bags 250 bales 250 bags fine Pegue 18 do Mexican Black 20 chests 8 tons Manila Sapan Rubber 100 bags East India Gutta Percha 34 blocks Plumbago 23 barrels Teeth Hemp Cotton Hides Skins Bark.
Reports in Lord John Russell's speech promise measures to calm alarmist rumors. Stock Market rises with Consols up, foreign exchanges higher, and railway shares carrying premiums. Lloyd's notices flag shipping wrecks off the coast, rail accidents cause mail delays, and commodity prices show gains in Coffee and Indigo as Bombay Calcutta trade data arrives.
A jumbled OCR style entry lists assorted commodities and animals including pepper, skins, bags, fur bearing animals, fiber and hides, with various quantities and origins such as Guatemala and Nicaragua. Mentions exchange and dried goods, but no coherent narrative or dates.
Demand remains firm across commodities with sugar auctions selling 800 hhds and weekly total 1578, while jute and wool prices rise as Port Phillip and Cape goods firm. Coffee and indigo show active trading with brisk bidding, and linseed and tallow markets report steady to higher prices amid overall improving tone.
Friday London averages show firmer sales with more animation and solid demand for Russian and other grades. Detailed grain prices list English wheat and barley ranges, flour rates, oats, beans, and peas alongside foreign grain bids including Dantzic, Konigsberg, and Russian offers with various per sack and per quarter figures.
Smithfield notes cattle sold readily at Monday's rates while sheep were weaker. Arrivals include 623 beasts, 3340 sheep and lambs, 308 calves and 180 pigs. Export origins listed: Germany and Holland with 78 beasts and 820 sheep plus 243 calves and 30 beasts from Scotland. English counties and France, Spain, Portugal appear in the cattle counts.
Sugar markets report healthy activity with private sales and public lots. West India demand remains free for grocery and refining, with prices rising up to 6d per cwt and limited seller enthusiasm. Public sales of Barbados hds brought strong rates. Mauritius inquiries stay active with parcels sold privately at full prices and varied terms in public auctions.
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