COTTON. 



SEA ISLAND COTTON MARKET. 



Messrs. Wolsteiiholmo and Holland, of Liverpool, 

 write as follows, under date January 24, 1916, with 

 reference to the sales of West Indian Sea Island 

 cotton: — 



About 100 bales of West Indian Sea Island cotton have 

 been sold since our last report, chiefly St. Vincent, 161rf. to 

 18d., and stained cotton at lie/., with a few Nevis and 

 Montserrat at 15|d. 



Prices are inclined to advance in sympathy with the rise 

 in Sakellarides Egyptian and American Sea Island, and 

 quotations are raised Irf. per R. 



The Report of Messrs. Henry W. Frost & Co.. 

 on Sea Island cotton in the Southern States, for 

 the week ending February, 5, 191 (i, is as follows: — 



ISLAM IS. The sales of the week consisted of some small 

 lots of odd bags and a Planters' crop lot, at prices ranging 

 from 27c. to .32c. the buying being on account of the 

 Northern Mills. 



The total Island crop is estimated at about (5,000 bales, 

 of which only about .500 bales remain unsold, con.sisting partly 

 of crop lots, for which there is some demand. The limited 

 unsold stock of Fine to Fully Fine is being held by owners 

 off the market in anticipation of a better market later on. 

 Consequently the crop lots, aggregating about 200 bales, are 

 the only cotton seeking sale. 



We quote, viz.: 



Extra Fine 



Fully Fine 



Fine 



Fine of!" in class 



30c. = 19 id to 2()fi. 

 29c. = 195. 

 28c. = ]8id 

 27c =18rf. 



.f. & 5 per cent. 



FLORiDAS AND GEORGiA.s. The market was (juieter this 

 week, with .sales of only 276 bales, but I'actors remained 

 very firm in their asking prices, ' refusing to sell except in 

 round lots, grading from Choice to Fancy, which they are 

 holding for 30c. There have been no .sales as yet on these 

 terms, so we renew our last t|notations, although could buy 

 with difficulty at them. Towards the close of the week there 

 was more inquiry, which may result in sales at the above 

 asking price. 



We quote, viz.: 



Fancy 



Extra Choice 

 Choice 

 Extra Fine 



•iOc. = 31c., landed. 



29c. ^ 30c., „ 

 28c. = 29c., 



27c. = 28c., „ 



The Exports from Savannah for the week were, to 

 Liverpool 100 bales, Northern Mills 649 bales. Southern 

 Mills .50 bales, and from Jacksonville to Northern Mills, 2 1 2 

 bales. 



COTTON EXPORTS FROM THE 



WEST INDIES. 



The following table gives tlie quantity and estimated 

 value of Sea Island cotton exported from the West Indies for 

 the quarter ended September 30, 1915: — 



415.457 24,491 



liesides the above Sea Island cotton, there were exported 

 from Grenada 164,028 ft., from St. Vincent 41,916 ft., and 

 from the Virgin Islands 1,281 ft. Marie Galante cotton, of 

 the estimated value of £4,901, £1,164, and £43, respectively. 



There was also exported from Jamaica, 4,369 ft. (Jauto 

 cotton, of the estimated value of £142. 



COTTON EXPORTS FROM THE WEST INDIES, 1914-1915. 



The following t; 

 value of Sea Island 

 for the year October 



Colony. 



Barbados 

 St. Vincent 

 Montserrat 

 Antigua 

 St. Kitts 

 Nevis 

 Anguilla 

 Virgin Islands 

 Jamaica 



ible gives the quantity and estimated 

 cotton exported from the West Indies 

 1, 1914 to September 30, 191-5. 



Quantity, 



ft. 



290,347 



291,260 



;ii80,923 



^0,750 



.397,567 



30.5,154 



33,750 



31,361 



12,844 



Estimated Value 



£. 

 16,737 

 18,473 

 23,295 



4,196 

 24,002 

 18,777 



2,048 



1,600 

 600 



1,823,956 



109,728 



Besides the above Sea Island cotton, there were exported 

 from Grenada 368,838 ft., from St. Vincent 53,438 ft., and 

 trom the Virgin Islands 3,852 ft. Marie Galante cotton, of the 

 estimated value of £9,310, £1,482, and £129, respectively. 



THE DATE FOR PLANTING COTTON IN 



MONTSERRAT. 



There can be no question that the manner of the 

 distribution of the rainfall for the four months succeeding 

 the date of planting is the chief determining factor in the 

 production of a good cotton crop. To provide data showing 

 the actual eff(,'ct of the rainfall, two sections of the same plot 

 were planted in the Montserrat Experiment Station, the 

 first on April 10, and the other on May 4, 1914, all the land 

 having the same treatment. The rainfall, in inches, was ;vs 

 follows: — 



April 2-93, .May 7-32, June 4-19, July 634, August 3-12. 

 The results were : — 



