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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



Off. Doc. 



Wholesale Prices of Ammoniates: Reports of Thos. J. White & Co., 



Baltimore, Md. 



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Sulfate of ammonia, per cwt. : 



Foreign, f. o. b. Baltimore 



Nitrate of soda, per cwt. , 



Ground blood, f. o. b. Chicago, per unit ammonia 



Concentrated tankage, f. o. b .Chicago, per unit ammonia. 

 Crushed tankage, f. o. b. Chicago, per ton: 



10% per cent, ammonia, 15 per cent, bone phosphate, .. 



10 per cent, ammonia, 15 per cent, bone phosphate, . . 



10 per (ftnt. ammonia, 10 per cent, bone phosphate. 

 Crushed tankage, c. a. f. Baltimore, per unit ammonia, , 



9 per cent, ammonia, 20 per cent, bone phosphate, . 

 Crushed tankage, f. o. b. Kansas City, per unft ammonia: 



8 per cent, ammonia, 25 per cent, bone phosphate, .. 

 Ground tankage, f. o. b. Chicago, per ton: 



lOVi per cent, ammonia, 15 per cent, bone phosphate, 



10 per cent, ammonia, 10 per cent, bone phosphate, 

 6 per cent, ammonia, 25 per cent, bone phosphate, . 

 9% per cent, ammonia, 20 per cent, bone phosphate, .. 



Dried fish. f. o. b. factory, per unit ammonia 



Hoof meal, f. o. b. Chicago, per unit ammonia 



2.79 



2.015 

 1.875 



20.67 



19.49 



2.26 



2.175 



§3.05 

 1.9275 

 2.2925 

 2. 085 



t23.75 



t22.75 



2.505 



11.95 



•24.53 

 •*23.00 



tM.75 



tt22.90 



2.40 



W2.16 



§c. i. f. Baltimore and New York. 



tQuotations for Septem.ber only. 



•September quotations lacking. 

 •'Quotations for September and February lacking. 



tQuotations for Januarj' and February only. 

 ttQuotations for February only. 

 ^Quotations for September and October lacking. 



These figures show a marked increase in the price of ammoniates 

 over last year. 



The Engineering and Mining Journal^ of New York City, gives 

 quotations of nitrate of soda for January, 1902, $1.95 @ |1.97^ per 

 cwt. 'Following- this, prices increased, reaching a maximum in 

 April of |2.40 for spot and |2.05 for futures. From this time on 

 prices became lower, the year closing at |1.97^ for spot and $1.85 

 for futures. 



In case of sulfate of ammonia, the average price for the year 

 (1902) was p.OO for spot and |2.97 for shipments. These figures 

 confirm those previously quoted. 



The following summary from the Engineering and Mining Journal 

 shows the prices of rock phosphates. The general tendency to 

 centralize management has been in evidence in the phosphate in- 

 dustry, and, as a result, important changes have been brought about. 

 During 1902 there were produced 1,580,997 long tons of all grades of 



