PRECIS of information relative to the TRADE of the Pont of AMOY the year 1854, extracted from the CIRCULAR BOOK OF A MERCANTILE FIRM.
289
DATES OF
CIRCULAR
1854.
ARRIVALS.
BALES.
STOCKS LEFT.
BALES.
SALES OF COTTON YARN.
SALES OF COTTON.
MONTH DAY.
COTTON
YARN.
COTTON.
COTTON
YARN.
COTTON.
No. OF
BALES.
VALUE OF
PRICES RULING PER PICUL.
No. OF
BALES.
PRICES RULING
VALUE OF
PER PICUL.
Jan.
Feb.
March
20
20
April
May
June
15
July
25
**
Aug.
18
182 2 201200
14 No entry No entry No entry No entry No entry No entry
580
7,425
"1
7
No entry
156
35
"
$ 24 @ 2485 ,, 2455 for No. 16/24
90
,, 2750 for
No sales. 28/32 Some Bales stated to have been hartered, not known.
"
No entry No entry 2,473
No entry
8 7" & 8 55,642 50,, 9 @105
456
Sales trifling at last quotations. 8,427 601 7 @ $ 9
21 No entry
2,300
155
12,942
16/24 $2750 @ 28% ]
941
19,052 10
750
$11
24/32 rule $27
3
135
334
280
167
27
69
342 No entry
61
13,800
5,094
25]
16/24 X262 @$29
2,255
56,040 50
870
$105
16/24 828
280
6,160
8.
*
per picul
}
612
300
339
5.65 46,314
53
508 26° @ 2850
300
7,593 75, 1125
5
739
5,761
824
4,936
304 22,881
606
2,782
1,014
6,101
416
30,264
£450
2435
""
$2550
825
20,786 95
935
$1290
1,623
36,771
9.50
1080
"
5 No entry
.400
814
5,793 200
18,565
2425
$24
708
42
2,742
440
5,037
416
31,200
No entry.
3,497
15,156 50
68,915
10
> 2
910
10
»
15
Sept. 9
872
2,3421
33
28
320
4,489
Oct. 18
294
1,158 3,5921 .254 821 3,762 2,458 1,053 3,004
18/26
25 16/24
18,573
at $23@240f
2,948
66,607 72
825
$1000
657 44,010
50
16/24 $2275
4,319
108,468 63 936
17
23
$100
12
864
24 per picul
3,216
74,680 86
880
""
$ 940
127
Nov.
11
66
4,326
956
4,823
* 36
77
8,953 $235 per picul
2,417
64,798
53
$10%
>
23 No entry
614
956
3,9261
No sales.
1,511
33,330 03
32
930,, $1050
Dec.
29
981
7,712
1,468
4,729
414
55
}|
30,895
1824 @ $25
6,8091 168,731 |20|,,
9
»,'$11
4,892
33,838
Bales
Bales
inferior at $22
* 91 Bales sent coastwise not included in Values or} in this column.
3,748
Bales
$291,781 75
345803 $811.16230
Bales