The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-10-28
MONETARY.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS BULLETIN, [
Tuesday Evening. Oct. q, 1874:

same time last week. -. 3's5S5G4 rs sos, 1893 y
Total last week ... 7,07s,325 6j 9e0, 1857 l!
Total week before. 6,65C,5S9 20 1,l73,856 II
We have no new feature to notice in the Monel
sarket. The offerings are Of moderate extent
both in bank and OH the street, but the move
Ment on the latter is rather limited. Nothing
has TRANSFERRED in commercial paper that ind
Gates any change. We continue to quote good
commercial names, with or without collaterals
At 012 y cent per annUD, and second grade Of
15(DlS, with occasional transactions at 2 u cent
per month. First class mortgages continue to
rule at l0011 " cent per annum. while second
Gold opened at 109s01O99, against 10 1t New
York, aud after an active business, closed at the
opening rates in both markets. The sales
summed up $4,000, embracing 1900 at lo93,
eelO9l and $1,000, $4,000, $4,000, $1,000 and $780,
O00 at 1893.
Nothing transpired in Silver. AmericnA hal,
dollars are now quoted at1t6G107, while NeN-
can dollars continue to rule at 96t gold.
The irregu!arity and downward tendency in
bills ct New York, being checked by the steadi
ness in Domestic Exchange here, sterling opened
without quotabe variation, though leaning to Q
decline, but at noon the falling OF in New York
being established, commercial ruled lower ct .
decline Of Ito b cent, and bank shade lower,
notwithstanding an Improvement in Domestic
The movement was OF quite liberal extent
amounting to Ell 200, embracing. $4,000 bill Of
lading, at 526stQ5253, fl2O0 Al clear at $3.50
528}, fl200, f25OO and $500 bill OF lading ct
ISL, f34, 900 do and Al clear ct 5.2815 28l,
and $4,000 irst-class at -.
Francs responded to the same influences which
Affected sterling, but we noticed q moro active
movement than for some time past, the sales
summing up AIS, 900, embracing GO 900 CONNER
aial At 476&, 2O0, 900 do at 4.76ID475, $4,000 and
5000 do, and % 900 private bankers, at Ats and
1900 commercial al =.
At the close sterling bills were quoted at 5.271
@5.2Ss for bill Of iading and Al clear, and 5.3l@
SS2 for bank, and francs at 4764 for commercial
and - for bank.
The offerings of Domestic Exchange were Of
lair extent, and with q good demand commercial
closed higher. The sales of New York sight
covered $257, 900, embracing $35, 900 private bank
1rs at 1872 u cent discount, S35 900 commercial!
$4,000 SIS 600 and s2j, 900, private bankers and
ei5 900 do and bank ut SIG, $27, 900 commercial
~ 9-32 and s35, 900 ,rivato bankers at 5-l69t.
The banks continued 10 check on New York at |
par, while commercial sight was quoted at 5-l60 |
- u cent discount against the same yesterday. |
In Stocks, we did not hear Of a sale except at |
auction, by Messrs. Nash Il Hodgson, for &C |
count Of succession OF William Bobb, deceased. |
40 shares Louisiana Ice Company, full paid, at |
SIT 80.
Pho only sale Of Bonds reported was $40, 900
old State Sizes issued for the floating debt. Ut |
49, City Gold Bearing heven Per Cents were
quoted nominal at the close at about IS.
Nothing was reported in City Scrip. City Appro-
pristi0n Certificates, Metropolitan Police War
Ats and Time Certificates of 1873 were still
I Oted at about Agile.
the sales Of State Warrants included $4,000
MI 5000 old at 20, and $500 new at As they
clc,ed 1T 600 for old, aud 45O - for new.