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THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



September 3, 1910. 



WEST INDIAN COTTON. 



Messrs. Wolstenholme and Holland, of Liverpool, 

 write as follows, under date August 15, with reference to 

 the sales of West Indian Sea Island cotton :— 



Only a small business Las been done in West Indian Sea 

 Island since cur last report, and prices are without change. 



The sales include Xevis 19f/. to 20(7., and St. Croix and 

 Barbados at 20(/. 



The report of Messrs. Henry \V. Frost & Co., on 

 Sea Island cotton in the Southern States, for the week 

 ending August 6, is as follows: — 



Since our last report, of Jul}" 2, the market has contin- 

 ued dull, with no demand for the 53 bales stock, consisting 

 of planters' crops, held at -oOc. to 55c. The 100 bales on plan- 

 tations around Beaufort are still on hand. 



COTTON EXPORTS FROM THE 

 WEST INDIES. 



Total 2,062 670,136 37,649 19 



All this cotton was sent to the United Kingdom, with 

 the exception of S bales (4,137 E).), of an estimated value of 

 £258 lis. 'id., which was shipped to the United States from 

 Barbados. With the exception of 1,151 bales (348,386 ft.), 

 of an estimated value of £14,992 i4s. id. (excluding Trini- 

 dad), of Marie Galante, all the cotton shipped was Sea Island. 



The amount and value of cotton exported from the West 

 indies during the two preceding (juarters of the season were: — 



Oct. to Dec, 

 Jan. to Mar., 



1909 

 1910 



342,257 ft., 

 1,127,142 ft., 



Total 



1,469,399 ft. 



value £21,236 13s. Id. 

 £70,788 Os. 5d. 



£92,024 13s. 6d. 



Thus the total amount of cotton 



exported, so 

 ■i 



far. 



during the present season is 1,469,399 ft. (3,81 7^ bales), of 

 an e.stimated value of £92,024 13s. 6rf., and 670,136 ft. 

 (2,062 bales), of an estimated value at £37,649 19s, making 

 a total of 2,139,535 ft. (5,8791; bales), of an estimated 

 valueof £129,674 12s. 6d. 



WEST INDIAN COTTON PRICES, 1909-10. 



The following list of outside prices f<ir West Indian Sea 

 Island cotton, obtained in England during the current crop 

 season, is taken from Messrs. Wolstenholme and Holland's 

 fortnightly cotton reports, and is published here for purposes 

 of reference : — 



Date. 



1909 



Price, pence. 



1910 



