The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-04-27
FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
OFFICE OF THE EVENING TELEGRAPH, Z
SaInrdaU AnTil 1897

The Stock Market opened rather dull this
morning, but prices were hrmer. In Govern-
ment bonds there was no material cnauge to
notice. July, 1866, 5-20s sold at 1913, no
change; 98l was bid for lO-4os; 1899 for 1852
5.20s; 1895 for 6s of 1881; and lO5J@l06 TOR
June and August 7'30s. CITY loans were in
lair demand, the new issue sold at l02, an al
vance Of q; and old do. at 964, no change.
Railroad shares continue the most active on
the list. About 1900 shares OF Reading sold al
from 5l'44Q6l'56, mostly at Sig, an advance OF
on the closing price OF last evening; and Penn
sylvania Railroad at 5s, no change. 1905 was bid
Tor Camden and Amboy; 20 for Little SchuylEill;
Gl Tor NorTistOwn; 33 for North ennsylvania; $50
for Lehigh Valley: 20 for Elmira common; 40
Tor preferred do; Is for Catawissa common; 25k
tor preferred do; 2s4 for Philadelphia and Erie;
and Al for Northern Central.
IN City Passenger Railroad shares there was
little or nothing doing. Ga was bid tor Tenth
and Eleventh; l9b for Thirteenth and Fifteenth;
and 1874 TOR HestonvIlle.
Canal shares were firmly held. 2ll was bid
Tor Schuylkill Navigation common; 81 for pre-
ierred do; SO for Tehigh Navigation; l5s for
Susquehanna Canal; and 56t for Delaware
Division. q
Bank shares were in good demand for invest.
ment at full prices. Farmers aud Mechanics
sold at 1875, 1877 was bid for First National;
ll64 for Third National; 1913 for Fourth Ma
tonal; l048 for Seventh National; 232 for North
America; l54 for Philadelphia; 56b for Com
mercial; 100 for Northern Liberties; 100 for
southwark; 81 for Gtrard; 100 for Tradesmen's;
6S3 for City; 45 for Consolidation; and l26 for
Central National.
Quotations of Gold-lOt A. NJ, 1877; IL A, NJ.
1860; IL NJ, 1866; l P. NJ, 1877 decline OF /
on the closing price last evening.
The directors of the West Jersey Railroad
Company have this day declared dividend of
4 per cent, clear of national tax, on and after
the l4th OF May next.
The New York Tribune this morning says:-
Money continues very easy at sos per cent.
on call, and loans are made at less rate on Gov
ernments.
''Foreign Exchange Is 6rm. Bills at go days
on London are uuoled at l08@I09 for CONNER
cal; lO9s@lO9a for bankers; do. at short sight
llOIdll65; Paris at 60 days. 5'22t015'l5: do at
short sight, 5'l5@5l23 Antwerp, 5'22la5.l5;
SWISS 5'22l615'l5; Hamburg. 35B@361; Amster-
dam, 40&@As; Frankfort, 4OS64l2; Bremen,
78t179l; PrussiaD thalers. 70b@72I.
''ln ireights the engagements to Liverpool are
100 bales cotton at 3-l6d., aud per steamer 1900
bales cotton az 4d., and Al, 100 bushels corn at
5@D54d. To London l75 tons wood at It's. 3D.:
1.-THE business at the Sub.Treasury was;-he'
ceipts for Customs S9S2. 600; total Paymeannsas ny.
81, ,462, ,65l; Receipts of Gold Notes, $soO,ovo'
Balance, $l2O, loss, 1883; total heceip'S'
$5,6l0, ,320'64. NJ
"We understand that the three per cent; rem
porary Loan Certificates are in course Oh pre-
paration, and will be ready for delivery ln TWO
or three weeks. when they will be lssuee thI3ueh
the Assistant Treasurer at New iOrA' When
they are ready public notice Will Oe given OF
the terms on which the exchange OF the Com
pound Interest Notes, just falllhg Que, can be
mAde.n