The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-03-08
FINANCIAL AND cOMMERC GAL.

MONDAY, March Is =. H.
The abundance Of money and the low rate OF interest
the fever for stock specula,ons and throw
much business the hands Of the brokers they
possibly attend to- Tie bull clique eaven has been ap
Piled to Ptsbug and Fort Wayne and 20 Milwaukee and
Prairie du Railroad stocks and The influence cf the
application fully shown in the sales to-day The
thirteen per cent ovec The best cash sales
ut the first BOARD saturday and the latter advanced
ak per Compsred with the morning sales on Sa.ur
day New York Central improved q, Erie x Erie PIE
ferred l%, Hudson River 81, Reading 2, Michigan
Central ~ Michigan southern AZ, Illinois Central ~,
cleveland and psburg Gaena and Chicago J. Glove
lard and Toledo !. Chicago ard Rock Island IA Alton
aud Terre llau,e l, Chicago ard Northwestern Pacific
Gar !, Cumberland Coal s, aud Canton Company a.
The closing quotations were, for New York Central
l3Tn, Erie Raroed l1si2 Erie preferred 100, Harlem
I46ls, Reading l42, Michigan Central 1872, Michigan
southern 1925 Illinois Contra, 1339i, Milwaukee and
Prairie du Chen IA Cleveland and Pttsburg 1905, Gale.
ma Chicago I91, Cleveland and Toledo 14s1i, Rock
island l24S Chicago and northwestern 57i Fort Wayne
RAY, and Alton aud Tcrre liaute ,3s4.
Government bonds felt the upward movement in The
ahnre market, and materially advanced in price. Tho
registered OF 1881 went up 49, and the coupons
49,; the dvewenties quoted at 1osia 1925,
and three tenths Treasury notes 110l f12 and
the one yoar currency certificates cox. There is at
present large foreign demand for government securities.
Gold opened strong 1914 sold down to "a and after
wards became firm at 1925
We have the Official figures showing the actual receipts
81 tho government from the different Of
for the frat quarters OF the present fiscal year They
were a. follows
.viy % Sep, 10. oct. 10 Dec. 81.
Internal revenue. ST. ,5e91l3 27C0oOoO
,'ustoms ....... % 5s2ols 1865 coo
Public lands .......... l361S2 170500
Miscellaneous ........... Gal ,5i2 25ls,ooo
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Total. .............,..si o,a39.s55 t533bo000
Taking these figures basis upon which 10 estimate
the receipts for remaining hair ~ ne fiscal yea,
Mud the aggregate would be slss $40 600 Secretary
chase in his report Congress estimated the
total receipts the government during the present year
nj $3.50 2lo COO, which tnriy-two millions short
of the above figures lhe expenditures during the
time were cliowss-
quarter ending September %, 1898 ....sl7e i0o3l
quarter ending December 81, 1868 357 100000
Total Tor half year SOD, 3O,932
by the reasoning the expenses for the year win
he 81 os6 ,2 600 which is thirtyihreo millions lees than
Mr. cbasos estimat sSDmiug the quarter between the
Is Of October and Che last OF December the War Depart
ment dsbursed sGs 800 600 the Navy Department paid
out 81 100 600 for the redemption OF certificates Of
aebedpess s57 600 900 required and $50 900 900
went towards the csncellng Of temporary loans.
Ibe bids for the 81 900 600 soldiers bounty, which
opened today amounted In the aggregate 10 81 500,
nj premiums ranging between and Eve per cent.
annexed the totals OF all the weekly statements or
fbe associated banks OF this city which have been made
.,,cs mo commencement Of the present vear.--