The New York herald., 1873-10-11
e latest bids were as follows :
THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET.

Our cablegrams convey no items OF special inn
portance, the market abroad being quiet steady
and without special feature. The rate Of discount
OF the Bank OF England remains unchanged, at
five per cent, although the rate OF discount for
three months bills in open market Is ~ per
cent The bank lost to-day by withdrawal on
balances f2o2 900, all OF which is Tor shipment TO
America. There Is now en- route TO this
country not far from $300O,0o0 Late dispatches
after the close OF the market reported money as
plentiful, with the rate Of discount in open market
for three months bills, at lilo below the bank
rate. Tho following are the last quotations Con
sols for money, 921s consols for account, e2A;
fve-twenty bonds OF 1855 toid), go. a s6,I five.
twenty bonds OF 1879, so1s sel ten-forty bonds,
sl7s s2H; new fves, slyi s2S; Erie railway
shares, 4l1s AS; new French loan, TX a TX per
cent premium. American securities are 1rm
In Paris, rentes are quoted at 57E s0c. a 57f In
Amsterdam the following rates preval:-Central
Pacific, first mortgage, SO; Union Pacific, first
mortgage, 66h; Union Pacific shares, lsA;
North western preferred, So; St Paul preferred,
53A; Erie shares Az; Illinois Central shares,
s9A.
THE UNITED sPArEs TREASURY.
The balances in the Treasury at the close OF
business to-day were as follows:-
Currency, So 632. 80
demption OF certificates Of depost.... 1885, 900
Coin ancluding $50, s4s, 400 coin certid-
cates) ....... 79,Sl9 S9S
Outstanding legal tenders. s59 100. 4ss
The internal revenue receipts to-day amount TO
$685. The Custom House receipts were S215 coo.
Further details OF the Treasury Department will
be found in another column The Assistant Treas
urer paid out $2s.OO0 on account Of interest and
s61,ooo in redemption OF nve-twenty bonds.
SOUTHERN SECURITIES.
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bile skies, Hannibal and st. Joseph issue, at
So a s4A a s41s; new Tennessee skies
at 70 Tx, new South Carolina skies
at 10H a 10, Missouri State skies at 49,
The following are the closing rates. unamended
by above es:-Missouri skies, IS; do. do, Han
niba and st. Joseph issue, s4A; do. do, Asylum or
University, IS; Tennessee skies, old, 10; do. do,
new. 72; Virginia skies, old, &c; do. do, new 4o
do do, consolidated, 4SA; do. do, deferred, sh;
North Carolina skies, old 90; do Funding act 1885,
II; do. do, 1868, Tx do. special tax, 10; South
Carolina skies, January and July, IL; Arkansas
sevens. issued to Arkansas Central Railroad, Is;
Louisiana skies, leyee, 52; do. eghts. levee, 55.
GOVERNMENT BONDS
closed weak and lower, being IN strong sympathy
with the declining prices OF gold. Nevertheless,
the market showed considerable activity, with ex.
ceptionally firm transactions in currency skies.
Coupon bonds of 1867 sold down to ILL III
110h. Sales were made OF coupon, 1864, at 1o7; OF
1865 at 1os1s, do new at 1llh 1l13s; coupons OF
1867 at l12R 1924; OF 1881 at lo7; ten-forty
coupons at 1851 lo5: registered at los los.
other sales will be noted in the regular table.
The following were the late quotations United
States sixes 1881, registered, 1l4x bid; do, do,
coupon, ia 1l4h; do, DO, fve-twenties, cou.
pom, 1862 1861 1o7; do, do, 1864, 1914 1Os do,
do, do, 1865, los 1881; do do, do, 1865 new,
1lo4 l1ol[; do, do, do, 1867 l1os[ a Ill; do,
do, do, 1868, 11o3S Ill; do, tenforties regis
tered lo31s 1o4; do. do. coupon, 1867; do, do,
fves, 1881, coupon, 1861 107h Pacific Railroad
SKIES, Ill 1l11.
HIGHEST AND LOWEST.
The following table shows the opening, highest