WEST OF SCOTLAND CHEMICALS. GLASGOW, Tuesday. Our market is quieter again, but not accompanied by any special break of prices, the quotations as given below being for the most part pretty firm. Sulphate of copper is a further shade enhanced, and chlorate of potash also is dearer, and very firm of position. Caustic soda continues at the same quotations as last week, and with the position fairly maintained. There has been a drop of 10s. in borax. As regards sulphate of ammonia there has been no movement at all towards improvement, and the very low quotation of £10. 10s. Leith remains unimproved, and the market is very dull, if indeed it may not be described as dead. Up to last week the low price was done by second hand men only, but it is now known that at least two of the makers have sold on the same terms. The feeling of the manufacture is still apprehensive, and some are of opinion that the lowest has not been touched. Makers of bichromate of potash and bichromate of soda have to complain of a still feebler market with prices not at all rigid, although the figures given below are the nominal terms. One of the works is now in the hands of the United Company. The other two remain in private hands, and the cutting is keen. Chief prices current are: Soda crystals, 56s. net Tyne; alum in lump 5. 2s. 6d., net Glasgow; soda ash, 13%d. less 22%, Tyne; caustic soda, white, 76°, £13. 10s., 70/72°, £11. 5s., 60/62°, £10. and cream, 60/62°, £9. 12s. 6d., all less 22% Liverpool; bicarbonate of soda, 5 cwt. casks, £8., and I cwt. casks, £8. 5s., net Tyne; refined alkali, 48/52°, 1%d., less 22%, Tyne; saltcake, 40s. ; borax, English refined, 29. 10s., and boracic acid, £37. 10s., net Glasgow; bleaching powder, £6. 7s. 6d. to £6. 15s., less 5% f.o.r. Glasgow; bichromate of potash, 334 d.,less 72% and 10% for Scotch and English deliveries respectively, for export 32d., nett, f.o.b. Glasgow; bichromate of soda, 234 d., less 72% and 10% for Scotch and English deliveries respectively, for export 21⁄2d. nett, f.o.b. Glasgow; chlorate of potash, 5d., less 5% any port; nitrate of soda 7s. 101⁄2d. to 8s.; sulphate of ammonia, 10. 10s. f.o.b. Leith; salammoniac, first and second white, £37. and £35., less 22% any port; sulphate of copper, £18. 10s., to £18. 15s. less 5% Liverpool; paraffin scale, hard 234 d., and soft 25%d., per lb; paraffin wax, 120°, semi-refined, 3d.; paraffin spirit (naphtha), 9d. a gallon; paraffin oil (burning), 6d. to 64d at works for Scotch buyers (English and Irish orders about a penny less); ditto (lubricating), 865°, £5. 10s. to £5. 17s. 6d. ; 885°, £6. 5s. to £6. 10s., and 890/895°, £7. 10s. to £8. Week's imports of sugar at Greenock, were 44,552 bags. THE LIVERPOOL MINERAL MARKET. 66 The firmness reported in our market last week has continued, and prices all round are pretty strong. Manganese : Arrivals still small; stocks have been further reduced, and prices remain firm. Magnesite Sales of raw lump very slow-it can be bought at almost any figure, nominally 30s. Raw lump, 30s. to 40s.; raw ground, £6. 10s., and calcined ground £12. 10s. Bauxite (Irish Hill brand): The demand continues to increase, and prices for all qualities remain very strong; lump, 22s.; seconds, 18s.; thirds, 145.; ground, 35s. French chalk: Arrivals this week are rather small; the whole of them have gone into consumption, and prices are firm as last reported; Angel White" brand, 97s. 6d. to 105s. medium, IIos. to G.G.B. 120s. superfine. Barytes: Carbonate quieter; sulphate in increased demand, best qualities "Angel White," No. 1, 70s.; No. 2, 60s. to 65s.; No. 3, 45s. Pumicestone: Lump and ground more inquired for. Iron ore: The demand is fair; manganiferous in request, and prices firm. Santander, 95. to 10s. 6d., f.o.b.; Irish, 11s. to 12s. 6d.; Cumberland, 9s. to 10s. 6d. Emerystone: The demand for best brands continues to improve; No. 1 lump £5. 10s. to £6., smalls £5. to £5. 10s. Fullers' earth: More inquiry; 45s. to 50s. for best blue and yellow; fine impalpable ground, £7. Scheelite, wolfram, tungstate of soda, and tungsten metal sought for at good figures. Chrome ore: High grades inquired for at full prices. Antimony ore and metal firm as last quoted. Asbestos in strong demand, especially Canadian rock. Potter's lead ore: "standard brands improving in figure; smalls, 13 to 14.; selected lump, 15. to £16. Calamine: Good qualities in demand at advanced prices. Strontia sulphate (celestine) steady, 16s. 6d. to 17s. Carbonate (native), £15. to £16.; powdered (manufactured), 11. to £12. Limespar: A good business doing; English manufactured, old G.G.B. brand in request at 50s. (ground). Felspar and fluorspar, quieter. Plumbago firm; Spanish, £6.; best Ceylon lump at last quotations; Italian and Bohemian, £4. to £12. per ton. "Founders,' £5. to £6.; Blackwell's "Mineraline," £10. French sand, in cargoes, 20s. to 22s. 6d. Ground mica, £50. China clay easier; common, 18s. 6d. ; good medium, 22s. 6d. to 25s.; best, 30s. to 35s. (at Runcorn). Bog ore (oxide of iron), inquired for, finest quality 22s. THE METAL MARKETS. LONDON, WEDNESDAY.-Pig iron steady. Scotch warrants closed at 46s. 6d. cash and 46s. 9d, one month. Middlesbrough, 435. cash; hematite, 54s. cash. Copper easier. Chili bars, G.O.B.'s and G. M. B.'s closed at £54. 7s. 6d. to £54. 15s. cash, and £55. to £55. 7s 6d., three months. Tin fell 1. Straits closed at £91. to £91. 10s. cash, and £91. 10s. to £92. three months; Australian, £91. 5s. cash. English ingots, £95. Lead Spanish, 12. 10s.; English, 12. 12s. 6d. Silesian Spelter: ordinary, £23. 12s. 6d. Quicksilver, first hands, £9 5s.; second hands, £9. Is. Copper shares easier; Cape fell to 5%; Copiapo fell to 2 34; Mason and Barry, 7% to 7%; Namaqua, 2 to 2; Rio Tinto fell to 23; Tharsis fell to 434. GLASGOW, WEDNESDAY. - Market firm, with fair business. Scotch done at 46s. 51⁄2d. 46s. 9d., and 46s. 8d. cash, also at 465. Id and 46s. 91⁄2d., one month; closing buyers at 46s. 71⁄2d. cash, sellers ask 2d. more. Middlesbrough closes with buyers at 43s. cash, and 435. 3d. one month, sellers ask 6d. more. Hematite closes with buyers at 54s. cash, and 54s. 3d. one month; sellers ask 3d. more. WOLVERHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY.- - With the approach of Christmas rather more activity is observable, but business is not so brisk as it was at this time last year. Although there is plenty of work on old contracts new business appears to he held over. Marked bars are quoted at £8. 10s. to £9. 2s. 6d., according to brand, and galvanised sheets are quoted at £12. 17s. 6d. Činder pigs are quoted at 42s. 6d., and part mines at 45s. to 47s. 6d. MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL MARKET. I Bleaching powder holds a firm position, and there is now very little to be found in second hands. Prices during the week have been firm at £6. 12s. 6d. per ton on rails at makers' works, and there have been transactions recorded for 1891 at the same figure. Soda ash continues in good demand and prices are firm in various grades, from 1% to 1 per deg. fo.b. Caustic soda remains firm on the spot, but no business of consequence is being done for for forward deliveries. Chlorate of potash firm at 5% per lb. Chlorate of soda scarce, and price 634 per lb. for January. Sulphur is scarce, and with a large amount of enquiry, makers are holding firmly for the advance recently gained. Business done over 1891 at £4. 10s. per ton, but some of the larger buyers are disposed to defer purchases for forward delivery. Sulphate of copper is still without any change, the business being only of limited character at £18. 15s. to 19. per ton f.o.b. Acetates of lime rather more plentiful, and prices easier. Acetic acids unchanged. Acetate of soda tends upward in value. Prussiate of potash still scarce, and price firm at 10d. for prompt delivery, 93⁄4 per lb. forward. Aniline products in brisk demand. Carbolic crystals still quiet, and prices are without movement. 40S., THE LIVERPOOL COLOUR MARKET Colours remain unaltered. Ochres: Oxfordshire, common, Derbyshire common, £10., medium, £12., best, £15.; medium, 50s., best, 60s.; Welsh, best, 50s., seconds, 47s. 6d., and common, 18s.; Irish. Devonshire, 40s. to 45s.; French, J.C., 55s., 45s., to 6os.; M.C., 65s. to 67s. 6d. ; Umber, Turkish, none offering. Devonshire, 50s. to 55s. White lead, red lead. and oxide of zinc still firm. Venetian red, £6. 10s. Cobalt : Prepared oxide, 10s. 6d. ; black, 9s. 9d. ; blue, 6s. 6d. Zaffres: No. I, 3s. 6d.; No. 2, 2s. 6d. Oxide of iron: Good inquiry; common, £6.; medium, £10.; finest, £20. THE TYNE CHEMICAL REPORT. TUESDAY. There is little change to report in the chemical market this week, which, on the whole, continues quiet, with a limited amount of business doing as is usual at this time of the year. Bleaching powder is quiet, but makers ask full prices, although some second-hands are offering it at a reduction of half-a-crown a ton under Union prices. Caustic, soda ash, crystals and sulphate, all steady, without any alteration in prices. The market prices of to-day are as follows: Bleaching powder, in softwood casks, £6. 15s. per ton; in hardwood casks, £7. per ton, both less 32%. Caustic soda 77%, solid, in drums, 12. per ton, nett; ground and packed in 3-4 cwt. barrels, 16. per ton, nett; 70%, 11. 5s. per ton, less 3%; white alkali, d. per degree, less 5%; soda crystals, 56s. per ton, nett; sulphate of soda, in bulk, 42s. 6d. per ton; ground recovered and packed in casks 53s. per ton, both less 32%; sulphur, in 2 cwt. bags, £5, per ton, nett; chlorate of potash, 52d. per lb., less 5%; silicate of soda, 75° Tw., £2. 15s. per ton; 100 Tw., £3. 10s. per ton; 140° Tw., £4. per ton; hyposulphite of soda. in I cwt kegs, 6. 10s. per ton; in 5-7 cwt. casks, £6. per ton; pure white sulphate of alumina, £4. IOS. per ton; blanc fixe, 7. IOS. per ton; chloride of barium, £7. 15s. per ton; nitrate of baryta, crystals, £18. 15s. per ton; ground, 19. 5s. per ton; sulphide of barium, £5. ios. ton; carbonate of alumina, £27. ios. per ton; aluminate of soda, £32. 10s. per ton; hydrate of barium, £8 10s. per ton. All f.o.b. Tyne or f.o.r. makers' works. per Northumberland small coals are still easy in price, ranging from 4s. 9d. to 6s. per ton, according to quality. Durham small continues steady at old prices, viz.: 6s. 6d. to 7s. 6d. per ton, delivered into craft. The following is a list of chemicals exported from the Tyne during the month of November and corresponding period of last year. 1890. 1,482 tons. 1,701 10 1889. 1,870 tons. 2 1,708 III Cleansing Air of Smoke and Fog. E. Oades. 19,044. November 24. Application of Lactic Acid and its Salts in Colouring Matters. Delacroix. 19,046. November 24. A. E. Gas Producing Apparatus for Thermal Motors. G. F. Redfern. 19,047. Grinding and Crushing Machinery. W. H. Thompson. 19,061. November 24 Sulphonated Thionines, and Dyestuffs therefrom. S. Pitt. 19,065. November 24. Oxidising Linseed and other Oils. C. F. Leake, H. W. Godfrey, and C. E. Lucas. 19,066. November 24. Refrigerating Apparatus.-(Complete Specification.) J. Erny and Z. T. Subers. 19,087. November 25. 19,100. November 25. Apparatus for the Manufacture of Sulphate of Ammonia. George Edward Steam Generators. W. Cooke. 19,115. November 25. Steam-boiler Water Gauges. J. Cameron. 19,137. November 25. Secondary Batteries.-(Complete Specification.) H. H. Lake. 19,155. Nov ember 25. THE Manufacture of Gunpowder G G. André. 19,259. November 26. Photographic Shutters A. S. Newman. 19,274. November 26. "Chloridising Lime." J. C. Richardson. 19,316. November 27. Smoke Consuming Fire Bridge. T. Dale. 19,318. November 27. Manufacture of White Lead. Watson Smith, and W. Elmore. 19,323. Nov. ember 27. Photographic Apparatus. G. R. Miller. 19,327. November 27. Colouring Matters from Gamma-amido-naphthol sulphonic Acid. S. Pitt. 19,330. November 27. Steam Boiler Water Gauges. A. W. Tickle. 19,336. November 27. Manufacture of Sheet or Plate Glass. H. K. Lumley. 19,340. Nov. ember 27. 19,353. November 27. November 28. 19.359. November 28. 19,360. 33 19,362. Recovery of Glycerine, etc., from 'Soap Makers' Waste Lye. J. Taylor. 19,382. November 28. Manufacture of Ammonium Chloride and Calcium Sulphate. 19,390. M. N. d' Andria. November 28. Electric Meters.-(Complete Specification.) E. Hartmann and W. Braun. 19,406. November 28. Electrolytic Production of Gases. E. A. Ducretet. 19,423. November 28. Fluid Meters.-(Complete Specification.) L. H. Nash. 19,443. November 28. Manufacture of Coke and Lye Products. F. J. Jones. 19,501. Nov. ember 28. Production of Sulphonic Acids and Sulphones from Mineral Oils, and Manufacture of a New Product for Treating Gelatinous Matters with Sulphonic Acid. A. M. Clark. 19,502. November 28. Gazette Notices. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. MELLERSH AND JOLLIFFE, Crutched-Friars, London, E.C., chemical manufacturers and dealers in chemicals and manures. F. BALL and L H. LLOYD, under the style of Lloyd and Co., Nottingham, brick and tile merchants. G. SMITH AND W. TAYLOR, Prees, artificial manure manufacturers. T. SCHOFIELD, J SCHOFIELD, J. W. SCHOFIELD AND J. A. SCHOFIELD, under the style of Joshua Schofield and Sons, Cornbrook, nr. Manchester. H. M CARTER, T. CARTER AND C. CARTER, under the style of Carter and Sons, Wakefield, brewers; and under the style of Carter and Co., Wakefield and else where, maltsters. J. AND J. BUTTERWORTH, Wardle, near Rochdale, brewers. H. MILLS AND J. MILLS, Malt Street, Old Kent Road, London, brewers. CAMPBELL, NEILL EDWARD, trading as Campbell and Co., late of Holloway Road, and Arthur Road, Holloway, London, mineral water manufacturer. Receiving Orders. BROWN, WILLIAM LAX CAVE, trading as W. L. C. Brown and Co., Manchester and Romily, india-rubber manufacturer. Orders made on Applications for Discharge. HORNER, JAMES READ, Salterhebble, nr. Halifax, chemical manufacturerdischarge suspended till May 5th, 1891, and then granted. PRATT, HENRY JAMES, York, chemist and druggist-discharge granted forthwith. 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