The chemist and druggist, 15. September 1859
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TRADE REPORT. Gold keeps flowing into the Bank ; and as the continental demand continues to decrease, money is plentiful. The rate of discount for good short hills is 2^ per cent. Notwithstanding the easy state of money matters, the markets for colonial and other produce are flat, with a downward tendency. We abstain from comment on this subject, as the statistics and prices current which follow, and are contrasted with the same period last year, correctly represent the present state and prospects of the articles in which our readers are interested. In sundries, trade may be pronounced healthy, most houses being full of orders. Glass bottles are somewhat higher, but are not expected to remain so long. Turnery goods are very scarce, the demand being greatly beyond the average. Vegetable ivory, which a few months back was scarcely procurable, is now lower. Flax and cotton are high ; if the former maintains its present rates, it will necessitate an advance in linen lint. Hemp is rather lower, but not sufficient to affect the price of small twine. The dye for pink is lower, but has not yet produced any effect on pink twine or cotton avooIs. In this department the Americans have been much larger buyers than usual this year, most of the houses last year (in consequence of the unsettled state of affairs) having bought much more sparingly than the demand justified. We trust our Price Current will be very useful and acceptable to the great body of our sub- scribers. We fear it will not be very amiably received by our wholesale friends, as "it lets the cat out of the bag" too much. We, however, found ourselves obliged to decide on one of three courses—either to give no price current, and so stultify a most important item of our Journal; to insert the list of some first-class house, which would have offended every other firm, and given our subscribers only a one-sided report; or the plan we have pursued of giving what are known as the Mincing Lane quotations. It will be necessary for our retail subscribers to bear in mind that they cannot, as a rule, purchase at the prices quoted, inasmuch as these arc the cash prices in bulk. They will, how- ever, be able to form a tolerably correct idea of what they ought to pay. BOARD OF TRADE STATISTICS. IMrOKTS Ashes, Pearl and Pot cwt. Bark, for Tanners'use Bones, burnt or not, or as Animal Charcoal tons Brimstone cwts. Cream of Tartar „ Dyes and Dyeing Stuffs— Cochineal cwts. Indigo „ Lac Dyo .r :.. „ Logwood tons 1858. 9,410 30,105 9,784 111,752 2,791 160 13,935 1,592 1,906 -Month ending July 31st:— 1859. ] 17,562 Dyes and Dyeing Stuffs— 42,940 Madder and Madder Hoot..cwt. Garancine „ 7,852 Shumac tons G5,44G Terra Japonica ,, 4,807 Cutch „ Valonia .. ,, 1,911 Guano „ 9,547 Saltpetre cwt. 441 i Cubic Nitre „ 1,820 I EXPORTS. 1S58. 1859. 101,296 163,254 .£14,253 ,£'13,7!)8 71,547 41,050 Salt value Soap ,, 1858. 26,772 2,965 984 1,005 261 1,331 42,017 45,564 15,922 1853. ^42,158 22,620 1859. 28,283 2,958 1,348 556 175 2,314 12,766 61,142 69,070 1859. •£"26,084 18,442 1859. £ s. £ ARROWROOT, duty £d. per cwt. Bermuda ... .per lb. 1 St. Vincent 0 Jamaica 0 Other West India .. 0 Brazil 0 East India 0 Natal 0 Sierra Leone 0 ASHES, per cwt. Pot, Canada, 1st sort 28 U. S., 1st sort 0 Peavl.Canada, 1st sort 29 0 U. S., 1st sort BRIMSTONE, rough per ton roll flour CHEMICALS ». Acid—Acetic, per lb. Citric Nitric 0 5. Oxalic •• 0 9* Sulphuric » 0 Of 3.. 1 2f.. O 2.. 0 2.. 0 If.. 0 2.. 0 4.. 0 2.J.. 0 0.. 0 0.. 0 0.. 0 0.. 0 PRICE CURRENT, 1858. £ s. £ s 8 0..11 12 10.. 0 14 10.. 0 s. d. s. 0 4.. 0 1 10.. 1 0 0 0 7 6f 5J 2A i o 0 I 0 10 o I 0 (]. H 1 Or, H o l 1 0.. 1 2 0 3f„ 0 7 0 3A.. 0 6| 0 2.. 0 4 0 If.. 0. 2± 0 2.. 0 4 0 4.1.. 0 9 0 S§.. 0 4f 36 0.. 0 0 38 0..39 0 30 0.. 0 0 38 0.,39 0 8 10.. 0 0 13 10..14 0 15 0..17 0 s. d. s. d. 0 4.. 0 4i 2 4.. 0 0" 0 5.. 0 5,1 0 10£.. 0 0 0 1.. 0 0 CHEMICALS, ^ Tartaric, crystal. powdered. Alum per ton powder , Ammonia,Carbon,lb. ^* Sulphate ..per ton Antimony, ore crude, per cwt.. regulus French star Arsenic, lump ...... powder .... Bleaching Powder .. Borax, E. I. refined.. British Brimstone, roll flour Calomel per lb. Campbor, refined .. Copi>eras,grecn,pr tn. Crrsiv. Sublimate, lb. Gieen,Emerald,pr lb. BmnswickjCwt., 1859. s. d. s. d. 1 7.. 1 7\ 1 8.. 0 0 £7 10 £0 0 8 15.. 9 0 0 6|d.O 6§d. £ s. £ s. 13 10..14 0 17 0..18 0 43s. Od. Os.Od 50 0.. 0 0 50 0.. 0 0 18 0.. 0 0 13 0..14 0 12 0..13 0 44 0..64 0 64 0..68 0 12 10.. 0 0 14 0.. 0 0 2 10.. 0 0 1 4|.. 1 5 55 0..65 0 2 1.. 0 0 0 9.. 1 0 14 0..42 0 1853. s. rl. s. d. 1 8*.. 1 4 1 4f.. 0 0 £8 0 £8 5 9 10.. 0 0 0 6id.0 0 £ s. £ s. 15 0.. 0 0 20 0..22 0 45s. Od. 0s. Od 50 0..52 0 52 0.. 0 0 22 0.. 0 0 12 6..13 0 12 0..12 6 50 0..65 0 68 0..70 0 13 6..14 0 15 0..17 0 2 10.. 0 0 1 0f}.. 0 0 65 0..70 0 2 0.. 0 0 0 9.. 1 0 14 0..42 0