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Against this tremendous increase of stocks must be set a very 

 satisfactory expansion of deliveries, which has been particularly 

 remarkable in the United States In the first ten months of 1887, 

 American deliveries totalled 260,350 tons ; in the corresponding 

 period of 1901, 324,172 tons. 



Joint European and American figures are as follows 



First 10 Months. 

 Tons. 



1897 - 642,420 



1898 - 697,078 



1899 - 725,207 



1900 - - - - • 701,050 



1901 777442 



The following figures are given by Messrs. Duuring & Zoon as 

 showing consumption during the first nine months of the year: — 



Consumption in January to September. 







i8q 7 . 



1898. 



1899. 



1900. 



1901. 







Tons. 



Tons. 



Tons 



Tons. 



Tons. 



In 



Germany 



102,900 



1 19,460 



1 J 6,0 10 



128,030 



131,490 



In 



France 



56,480 



59,48o 



58,650 



60,800 



60,400 



In 



AustriaHungary 



28,840 



32,000 



29,120 



31,47° 



30,720 



In 



United Kingdom 



9,320 



948o 



9,840 



10,520 



12,640 



In 



Belgium 



20,440 



23,590 



21,560 



20,650 



23,460 



In 



Switzerland 



6,920 



8,300 



6,720 



6,660 



6,270 







224,900 



252,310 



241 .900 



258,130 



264,980 



In 



U.Statesof N. Am. 230,760 



262,000 



271,820 



233,290 



274470 







455,660 



5H,3 l ° 



513,720 



491,420 



544,450 



The London Commercial Record says : — Auctions have heen 

 held on only one day this week, when Santos was the only growth 

 offered, which w r ent off without alteration in value, further public 

 sales being postponed ow r ing to heavy fog, and there is consequent- 

 ly no business of interest to report, prices remaining nominally 

 unchanged. The market for Brazil " futures " opened with a slight 

 decline, but latterly a much stronger tone has prevailed, owing to 

 further reports of drought, yesterday registering a rise of 2s. 6d. to 

 2s, gd. on the day, and closing at the best point, on balance 2s, to 

 2s. 3d. dearer on the week. Yesterday's sales include-December 

 at 34^. gd. to 36^. 6d. March at 355-. gd. to 37^. 6d. May 36^. 3d. to 

 38.$-. \\d. and September at 37J. 3d. to 3gs. 3d. we quote : — 



London - Santos - Dec. delivery - 35s. gd. 



New York - No. 7 Rio ,, - 6.80 cents. 



Hamburg - Santos - ,, - 35J pf. 



Havre - Santos - ,, 43! francs. 



Auctions to-day offered 6 casks 9 barrels 1 bag Ceylon, 1,378 

 bags East India, 52 bags Nyassaland, 39 bags Jamaica, 555 bags 

 Costa Rica, 90 bags new Granada, 19 bags Vera Paz, 46 bags Mexi- 

 can, 116 bags Salvador 154 bags Ecuador, 147 bags Colombian, 39 



