OCT. 18, 1890. THE SANTA ELENA NITRATE CO., LTD.-The report of the Santa Elena Nitrate Company, Limited, made up to June 30, 1890, states that the accounts show a nett profit of £2,031., which the directors propose to carry forward. Owing to the extensive development work and erection of additional machinery, buildings, &c, carried out during the year, the production of nitrate was necessarily very small, the actual time in operation being only five months, and then on a reduced scale. The sum of £16,409. has been expended on new works, machinery, and development of the property, owing to which the results obtained since the date of the accounts are very satisfactory, and the directors anticipate that the current year's working will show good results, as the officials will now produce on a comparatively large scale. THE NEW AMERICAN TARIFF.-In order to escape the higher duties imposed by the McKinley Bill, great efforts were made to get dutiable goods shipped from England to the United States before the new tariff came into operation. These efforts infused temporary energy into various manufacturing industries, and also raised the freights of steamers of high speed. A comparison of the exports from Liverpool to New York during the month of September last and of the preceding September shows the extent of this abnormal activity, taking some of the articles most considerably affected by the McKinley tariff. The shipments from Liverpool in September have been as follows:Chemicals, 1889, 347,852 dols.; 1890, 670,633 dols. Woollens, 1889, 297,751 dols.; 1890, 475,530 dols. Tinplates, 1889, 900,731 dols.; 1890, 1,308,904 dols. Steel, 1889, 34,391 dols.; 1890, 176,451 dols. Paper, 1889, 24,118 dols.; 1890, 37,048 dols. THE EXPLOSION OF GASES AND GASEOUS MIXTURES.-In the Chemical Section, at the recent meeting of the British Association, Professors Liveing and Dewar presented a paper on some experiments on the explosion of Gases under high pressure. It was found that, with increase of pressure, the luminosity of the flame was steadily raised. When hydrogen was exploded with excess of oxygen, it was ascertained that large quantities of nitrogen peroxide were formed from the nitrogen present as impurity in the oxygen. The water formed contained 3 per cent. of nitric acid. With excess of hydrogen, small quantities of ammonia were formed. It was discovered that, in an atmosphere of carbon dioxide, it was very difficult to maintain the oxy-hydrogen flame, if the pressure exceeded two atmospheres. Experiments were also made with ethylene and cyanogen exploded with oxygen. Dr. G. S. Turpin also read a paper on the ignition of explosive gaseous mixtures. The author had commenced a thorough investigation of the conditions affecting the ignition of explosive mixture of gases, and the paper gave an account of the results obtained in a series of experiments on the temperatures of ignition of various mixtures of bisulphide of carbon vapour with oxygen and other gases. He used a modification of Mallard and Le Châtelier's second method, in which the gases are introduced into a heated and exhausted bulb. The existence of a discontinuity between gradual combustion and ignition proper was found to exist in some cases, while in others there was a perfect gradation from slow combination, attended by a faint glow, to instantaneous combination, attended by a bright flame. The effect of change of pressure on the ignition was carefully examined by Dr. Turpin, and it was found to be of a somewhat complex nature. Market Reports. REPORT ON MANURE MATERIAL. The market throughout the week has been decidedly quiet, with prices in favour of buyers for both phosphatic and nitrogenous material -we do not hear of any important business in either. Prices for mineral phosphates remain nominally without alteration, but there indications that for Continental descriptions, somewhat easier prices would be accepted for good lines. For cargoes of Bull River Rock the price is still 11d. per unit, c.i.f. to U.K., but for River Rock from other localities, bids of 1⁄4d. less are invited. No transactions in cargoes of River Plate bones are reported. There are sellers at £5. 10s., and less would have to be taken to induce business. East Indian bone meal is again a shade easier, and £5. 155. must now be quoted as nearest value, on spot or for shipment. There are sellers of crushed East Indian bones at £5. 10s., for shipment, delivered ex quay Liverpool, but buyers do not respond at the price. Nearest value of common grinding bones is £4 178. 6d. to £5., ex quay Liverpool. River Plate bone ash remains firm at £5. 78. 6d. on 70%, nett, Hamburg conditions, delivered U.K. or Continent. On spot, nitrate is without much charge, the value being 8s. 41⁄2d. for ordinary quality, and 8s. 6d. per cwt. for refined... Due cargoes can hardly be valued at over 8s. 6d. per cwt., and it is doubtful whether even 8s. 6d. could be got for ordinary quality, large size. OctoberNovember guaranteed shipments are still quoted at about 8s. 101⁄2d. per cwt, but later shipments could be had at 8s. 9d. per cwt. Dried blood and ground hoofs without alteration in values. No transactions to report. Superphosphates remain as last quoted. THE METAL MARKETS. LONDON, WEDNESDAY.-Pig iron rather easier; Scotch warrants closed at 50s. 41⁄2d. cash, and 50s. 8d. one month. Middlesbrough, 47s. cash; hematite, 56s. 9d., cash. Copper rather firmer. Chili bars, G.O.B.'s and G.M.B.'s closed at £57. 15s. to £58. 2s. 6d. cash, Tin fell 1.: Straits and £58. 7s. 6d. to £58. 15s. three months. Australian, £97. 15s. to £98. cash, closed at £97. 10s. to £98 cash; and Straits, three months, £96. 10s. to £97. English ingots, 100. to IOI. Lead weak; Spanish, 14. 10s.; English, £14. 155. to £15. Spelter: Silesian, ordinary, £24. 10s. to £24. 12s. 6d. Quicksilver, 10. 10s. first hand; 10. second hand. Copper shares: Rio Tinto, 24 to 24; Mason and Barry, 71% to 7%; Tharsis, 534 to 6; Cape, 41 to 5; Namaqua, 2% to 3; Copiapo, 25% to 27%; Libiola, 23% to 23%; Panulcillo, I to 1%. 15 GLASGOW, WEDNESDAY.-Market firm, with a good business. Scotch done at 49s. 111⁄2d., 50s. 3d., 49s. 111⁄2d., and 50s. 8d., cash, also at 50s. 2d. to 50s. 10d., one month; closing buyers at 50s. 7d., cash, sellers ask 2d. more. Middlesbrough done at 47s. cash, closing with buyers at 47s. cash, and 47s. 3d. one month; sellers ask 3d. higher. Hematite done at 56s. 9d., cash, also at 56s. 10d., 16 days; closing buyers at 56s. 9d., cash, and 57s., one month, sellers ask 3d. more. WOLVERHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY.-On 'Change this afternoon the demand of the Durham miners for a 20 per cent. advance was discussed. Fuel prices, it is said, have to be greatly raised. Meanwhile local trade continues satisfactory, and a good deal of business has Marked bars been booked as the result of the quarterly meetings. Pigs are 45s. remain £8. 10s., and sheets £8. TAR AND AMMONIA PRODUCTS. The benzol market remains in much the same position as we reported last week. Sales have been made in 90s. at 4s. 6d., and to-day's value of 50/90s. is 3s. 6d. Most other products remain in statu quo. anthracene business has again been done at Is. 6d. for 30% A. makes there is no change. The pitch market is unaltered. In In B The sulphate of ammonia market continues firm and prices generally are slightly dearer. At Hull, L11. 115. 3d. has been paid for immediate shipment, but generally the ideas of buyers, both here and abroad, do not exceed £11. 10s, which price is again quoted at Leith and also at Liverpool. Beckton price is £11. 12s. 6d., and the same may be There is no great quoted as value for outside London makes. quantity offering, and the demand seems to be equal to the present production. MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL MARKET. The demand for alkali continues brisk, and business both for prompt and forward deliveries has been done in soda ash at 1 to 13% per deg. f.o.b., Liverpool. There has been considerable demand for soda ash of 58%, and there is nothing obtainable now under 13gd. f.o.b. Caustic soda occupies an uncertain position, especially for forward delivery, there being a general expectation of a fall in price from the present high figures. The prices this week are: 74%, £12. 15s. ; 70%, £11. 10s. to £11. 12s. 6d. ; 60%, £10. 12s. 6d., and cream 60% £10. per ton, all f.o b. Liverpool. Chlorate of potash is firm at 51⁄2d. per H. Chlorate of soda dearer at 634 d. per lb. Bleaching powder remains steady at £5 2s. 6d. to £5. 5s. per ton on rails at makers' works. For 1891, L6. to £6. 5s. per ton. Sulphur has been in strong demand and stocks have been much reduced, price £4. 2s. 6d. to £4. Saltcake in bulk still 5s. per ton on rails in bulk. Vitriol scarce. value for 40s. per ton. Sulphate of copper is in firmer position for Lead salts forward delivery, spot price £19. to £19. ros. per ton. quiet but firm in price. Nitrate of lead at £21. 5s. to £21. 10s. per White acetate of lead £24. 15s. to £25. per ton at usual points of delivery. Brown sugar of lead in small demand and price at a discount. Litharge very firm and advanced to £17. 10s. per ton. Brown acetate of lime remains steady on the spot at £7. 5s. to £7. 10. at usual points of delivery, and £7. c.i.f. ports. Grey acetate of lime unchanged. Acetate of soda scarce and firm at £17. to £18. c.i.f. Acetic acids without change. Carbolic acid crystals show no improvement, and prices are lower with little or no fresh business being done. ton. THE TYNE CHEMICAL REPORT. TUESDAY. There is a decided firmness in the tone of the chemical market this week, and prices of most products have advanced. Bleaching powder is in greater demand, both for present and forward deliveries, and price for prompt is 2s 6d. to 5s. per ton above that of a week ago. Soda crystals are also dearer with upward tendency. 77% caustic is not offering for prompt, but, for November-December delivery, makers have put up the price 5s. per ton. Soda ash and sulphate of soda are practically the same as last reported. The formation of the Chemical Union being now almost accomplished, chemical manufacturers on Tyneside are preparing for an extensive stocktaking, preparatory to their works being taken over by the new company on the 1st of November. Instructions have also been issued for an entire set of new books to be opened out, to commence from the date of transfer. For prompt delivery, to-day's prices are as follows:-Bleaching powder, in softwood casks, £5. 7s. 6d. to £5. 10s. per ton; hardwood casks £5. 12s. 6d. to £5. 155. per ton. Caustic soda, 77%, solid, in drums, 12. 5s. per ton; ground and packed in 3-4 cwt. barrels, £15. 5s. per ton, November-December delivery; soda ash, 48/52%, 1%d. per degree less 72%; soda crystals, 56s. per ton; sulphate of soda, in bulk, 35s. per ton; ground and packed in casks, 45s. per ton; recovered sulphur, £4. 10s. per ton; chlorate of potash, 51⁄2d. per lb. ; silicate of soda, 75° Tw., £2. 10s. per ton; 100° Tw., £3. 7s. 6d. per ton; 140° Tw., £4. per ton; hyposulphite of soda, in I cwt. kegs, £6. per ton; in 5-7 cwt. casks, £5. 10s. per ton; pure white sulphate of alumina, 4. 10s. per ton; blanc fixe, £7. 10s. per ton; chloride of barium, £8. per ton; nitrate of baryta, crystals, 18. 15s. per ton; ground, 19. 5s. per ton; sulphide of barium, £5. 10s. per ton. All f.o.b. Tyne or f.o.r. makers' works. Small coals for manufacturing purposes continue easy. Northumberland steam small, are offering from 6s. 6d. per ton, and Durham small quoted from 6s. 6d. to 7s. 6d. per ton, according to quality. The Durham miners are again agitating for an increase of wages, and at a meeting of the Miners' Federation Board, held to-day, it was decided to send in an application to the Coal Owners' Association for an advance of 20%. WEST OF SCOTLAND CHEMICALS. GLASGOW, Tuesday. Caustic soda has not yet given way perceptibly, but still retains the summit level understood to have been touched a week ago, or thereby. The article, however, is generally expected to recede when it next goes on the move, rather than effect any further advance upon the present high position, which is rather an exceptional one. On the whole, the chemicals market here is a strong one, and the tendency for the most part is towards an enhancement of prices, with makers not over willing to fix very far forward, unless on strong inducement. The stagnation characteristic of dealings in sulphate of ammonia, a week ago, quickly wore off, on buyers consenting to pay the 11: IOS. asked, a figure at which several parcels changed hands between Friday, and Saturday. The hiatus in the Scotch iron trade continues, but pig stocks are large, and the pinch will not make itself severely felt for a time. Bleaching powder has been hardening, and for local despatch is now quoted as under. Bichromates are selling rather more freely, at hardly any change on former quotations. In the paraffin section firmness still prevails, except as to burning oil, which, however, meanwhile loses nothing further. Chief prices current are :-Soda crystals, 56s. 6d. net Tyne; alum in lump £5. 2s. 6d., net Glasgow ; soda ash, 13gd. less 7%, Tyne; caustic soda, white, 76°, £13. 5s., 70/72°, £11. 10s., 60/62°, £10. 10s., and cream, 60/62°, 49. 15s., all less 22% Liverpool; bicarbonate of soda, 5 cwt. casks, £6. 5s., and I cwt. casks, £6. 15s, net Tyne; refined alkali, 48/52, 15%d., less 22% Tyne; saltcake, 40s.; borax, English refined, 30., and boracic acid, £37. 10s, net Glasgow; bleaching powder, £5. 15s. to £6. 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 22d. nett, f.o.b. Glasgow; chlorate of potash, 5d., less 5% any port; nitrate of soda 8s. 6d. to 8s. 71⁄2d. ; sulphate of ammonia, 11. 10s. f.o.b. Leith; salammoniac, 1st and 2nd white, £37. and £35., less 22% any port; sulphate of copper, £19, less 5% Liverpool; paraffin scale, hard and soft, 234d. per lb; paraffin wax, 120, semi-refined, 3%d.; paraffin spirit (naphtha,) 8d. 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. ; 885°, £6. 10s.; and 890/895°, £7. 15s. to £8. Week's imports of sugar at Greenock were 4,000 bgs. THE LIVERPOOL MINERAL MARKET. On the whole our market has maintained the steadiness last reported. Manganese: Arrivals still continue small, and prices are somewhat firmer. Magnesite Stocks large, and prices practically in buyers' hands. Raw lump, 30s. to 40s.; raw ground, £6. 10s., and calcined ground £11. Bauxite (Irish Hill brand): Demand still continues and prices are strong at-lump, 22s.; seconds, 18s.; thirds, 145.; ground, 35s. French chalk: There are more arrivals to report this week; the inquiry, however, is good, and prices remain firm, especially for G.G. B. "Angel White" brand, 97s. 6d. to 105s. medium, 110s. to 120s. superfine. Barytes: Carbonate easier prices. Sulphate in demand, especially for finest "Angel White." Pumicestone unaltered: ground at £10., and specially selected lump, finest quality £13. Iron ore easier, and more inquiry for Spanish manganiferous; Bilbao and Santander, 9s. to 10s. 6d. f.o.b.; Irish, 11s. to 12s. 6d.; Cumberland, 9s. to 10s. 6d. Purple ore steady. Emerystone: Prices remain unaltered, especially for best brands. No. 1 lump £5. 10s. to £6., and smalls £5. to £5. 10s. Fullers' earth: 45s. to 50s. for best blue and yellow; fine impalpable ground, £7. Scheelite, wolfram, tungstate of soda, and tungsten metal inquired for at better figures. Chrome ore quieter. Antimony ore and metal in demand at full figures. Asbestos in strong demand, especially Canadian rock, which brings full prices. Potter's lead ore of best and "standard"brands in request; smalls, £14 to £15.; selected lump, £16. to £17. Calamine: Good qualities in demand at top prices. Strontia sulphate (celestine) inquired for 16s. 6d. to 17s. Carbonate (native), £15. to £16.; powdered (manufactured), £11. to £12. Limespar: English manufactured, old G.G.B. brand in request at 50s. (ground). Felspar and fluorspar, steadier. Plumbago: 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, scarce on spot-20s. to 22s. 6d. Ground mica, £50. China clay, more doing-common, 18s. 6d.; good medium, 22s. 6d. to 25s.; best, 30s. to 35s. (at Runcorn). Bog ore (oxide of iron), firm, finest quality, 225. THE LIVERPOOL COLOUR MARKET. Colours steady, without alteration in prices. Ochres: Oxfordshire, common, 10., medium, £12., best, £15. ; Derbyshire, common, 40s, medium, 50s., best 60s.; Welsh, best, 50s., seconds, 47s. 6d., and common, 18s. ; Irish, Devonshire, 40s. to 45s. ; French, J.C., 55s., 45s., to 60s.; 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. 1, 35. 6d.; No. 2, 2s. 6d. Oxide of iron: Good inquiry; common, £6. ; medium, £10.; finest, £20. New Companies. ATKINS AMALGAMATOR SYNDICATE, LIMITED.-This company was registered on the 4th inst., with a capital of £20,000., in 1. shares, to acquire the inventions of Geo. Jones Atkins with reference to the extraction of gold, silver, and other metals from their ores, and all improvements which he may make therein, and his patent rights in respect of such inventions. The first subscribers are.Alderman E. Hart, 14, Moorgate-street, chartered accountant D. Francis, 191 and 192, Gresham House....... S. Stuttaford, 49, Fore-street, merchant G. J. Atkins, 1, Moselle-gardens, Tottenham, electro metallurgist. H. Spencer Moor, 34A, Throgmorton-street, merchant ..... Share 1 1 N. Chayden, 50, Caversham-road, N.W., secretary H. S. Hatton, 45, Marlow-road, Anerley, accountant BULLERS, LIMITED.-This company was registered on the 6th inst., with a capital of £200,000., in 10. shares, one-half of which are preference shares. It is a re-construction of the Buller, Jobson, and Co., Limited, electrical, telegraphic, and mechanical engineers. The subscribers are: Ernest W. Buller, 49, Charlotte-road, Birmingham, engineer H. C. Jobson, Kidderminster, engineer E. J. Chambers, Dudley, engineer.. W. Greenhill, Dudley, bank manager A. T. Buller, Penrith, land agent J. T Harris, Stone, Stafford, engineer.... E. P. Jobson, Dudley, solicitor ...... Shares. 1 1 1 ELECTRO-METALLURGICAL COMPANY, LIMITED. This company was registered on the 3rd inst., with a capital of £2,500., in £1. shares, to acquire the businesses of electro-metallurgists, platers, and depositors on metals, carried on the Elect Metallurgical Company, at 23, Newhall-hill, Birmingham, and by the Victoria Plating Company, at 9 and 10, Sherbourne, Balsall-heath, Birmingham. subscribers are: A. Smallwood, Small-heath, Birmingham, metal merchant A. Gough, 12, Edmund-street, Birmingham, solicitor H. Fenny, 9 and 10, Sherborne-road, Birmingham, stamper.. W. R. Bradley, 68, Gladstone-road, Birmingham, plater The Shares. 1 1 J. G. B. Arter, 26, Waterloo-street, Birmingham, chartered accountant.. J. H. Fenny, 23, Newhall-street, Birmingham, electro-plater FURNACE GASES COMPANY, LIMITED.-This company was registered on the 4th inst., with a capital of £50,000., in £50. shares, to adopt an unregistered agreement with Messrs. Robert and John Dempster, and to trade as extractors of roducts from furnace gases, and as tar-distillers, manufacturing chemists, and Cruggists, and as drysalters. The subscribers are: J. Dempster, Newton-heath, Manchester, engineer... A. C. Briggs, Roundhay, Leeds, colliery-owner W. Warburton, 15, Norfolk-street, Manchester, solicitor C. E. Whitehead, Pendleton, traveller... R. A. Hepworth, Cheetham-hill, Manchester, engineer Shares. I I I I 1 FRENCH (SALOP) PHOSPHATE COMPANY, LIMITED. This company was registered on the 4th inst., with a capital of 65,000., in 5. shares, to purchase William Cooper and G. B. Haddock, their business of slag grinding for manurial purposes, carried on under style of the Trench Phosphate Company, at Wombridge, near Wellington, Salop. The subscribers are:Shares. W. Underhill, Newport, Salop, engineer.. G. J. Holland, Newport, Salop, insurance agent R. R. Prince, Newport, Salop, tanner W. L. Matthews, Wellington, Salop, leather merchant J. Purcell, Wellington, Salop, station-master... J. Shakeshaft, Waters Ripton, Salop, corn merchant Gazette Notices. 2 2 2 3 20 APPLICATIONS FOR LETTERS PATENT. Combustion of Fuel. J. Platt. 15,379. Sept. 29. Charging Gas Retorts. J. F. Braidwood. 15,388. Sept 29. Utilising Silicic Fluoride obtained in Superphosphate making. E. Richters. 15,394 Sept. 29. 2 Electric Switches. A. L Sax and C. W. Sax. 15,401. Sept. 29. Treatment of Sewage. J. Hardwick and L. A. Newton. 15,405. Sept. 29. Burning Cements. F. H. Rosher. 15,407 Sept. 29. Manganate of Soda. R. D. Bowman. 15,416. Sept. 29. Electric Welding.-(Complete Specification). W. P. Thompson. 15,455 Sept. 30. Electric Welding.-(Complete Specification). W. P. Thompson. Sept. 30. 15,456. Electric Batteries.-(Complete Specification). H. H. Lake. 15,482. Sept. 30. Explosives. H. H. Lake. 15.483. Sept. 30. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. KING, JUN., W. KING, and A. J. KING, under the style of W. King and Co., A NOBLE, J. BROWN, and W. BROWN, Whitehaven, paint, cil, grease, and soap manufacturers, as far as regards W. Brown. W. JONES. J. A. JONES, N. LEESE, W. ADKINS, and J. TAYLOR, under the style of Jones Bros. and Co., Stoke-on-Trent, oil and chemical manufacturers, as far as regards J. A. Jenes. W. JONES, N. LEESE, W. ADKINS, and J. TAYLOR, under the style of Jones Bros. and Co., Stoke-on-Trent, oil and chemical manufacturers, as far as regards J. Taylor. D. Y. CLIFF and C. CLIFF, under the style of J. Cliff and Sons, Runcorn and Leeds, chemical apparatus manufacturers, and fire-brick merchants. W. TURNER, and W. H GARNER, under the style of Turner, Garner and Co., Manchester, wholesale chemists and druggists. Receiving Orders. WOLSTENCROFT, GEORGE HENRY (trading as G. H. Wolstencroft and Co.), Alkrington, near Middleton, Chadderton, near Oldham, and Newhey, near Rochdale, drysalter, dyer, and finisher. FISHER, THOMAS, Hasland, late in partnership with J. H. Fletcher, as Fisher and Fletcher, colliery proprietors, colliery proprietor. MARKER, ROBERT HENRY (trading as the Britannia Paint and Colour Company), Swansea, paint and colour manufacturer. New Chemical Liquid for Use in Combination with an Apparatus. A. J. Romero. 15,518. Oct. 1. October 1. Annealing Metallic Castings. H. B. Fletcher. 15,520. October 1. do. B H. Thwaite. Brick Making Machinery. H. Tuke. 15,560. October 2. Recovering Sulphur from Alkali Waste. Thos. Goode and A. Smith. 15,637. October 2. Secondary Batteries. E. Hancock and A J. Marquand. 15,640. October 2. Production of Sulphydrate of Calcium.-(Complete Specification). J. Leith. 15,648. October 3. Evaporation of Liquids. F. Garside. 15 659 October 3. Manufacture of Paper from Marsh Reeds. A. W. Hayles. 15,697. Oct. 4. |