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266 MAYOR'8 ANNUAL REPORT.The following table shows the proportion of coastwise,foreign and local receipts to the total gross receiptsfor the past three years, viz:Per Cent.1900-01 1899-1900 1898-99Coastwise ......... 13.69 19.51 18.22Foreign ............ 73.05 67.29 68.02Local .............. 13.26 13.20 13.76For the year 1900-01 the average value of uplandcotton was $49.24, and for sea island $78.07, asagainst $39.17 for upland, and $61.86 for sea islandin 1899-1900.The average weight of upland was 504.28 pounds,and of sea island 392.02 pounds, against 496.84pounds for upland, and 397.20 pounds for sea islandin 1899-1900.The average grade of Savannah receipts (upland)for the year was "Fully Middling."The highest price of Middling, lOSc., September13th, 1900; lowest, 7i78e.; May 29th, 1901.Average for the year, 8.73.Light Weight Round Baleshave been counted as equivalent to half bales, andfor the year the receipts amounted to 26,315 bales,counted as 13,158 bales, as against 23,604 bales,counted as 11,802 bales in 1899-1900.The shipments amounted to 26,389 bales, countedas 13,195, as against 23,350 bales, counted as 11,675bales in 1899-1900.The cotton crop of 1900-01 was 10,425,141 bales,as against 9,439,559 bales in 1899-1900, showing anincrease of 985,582 bales, or 10.44 per cent.