The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-23
MONETARY.
NEW ORLEANS BULLETIN OFFICE,
WEDN spAY EVENING, April %, 1874.
NEW ORLEANS CLEARING HOUSE.

We have again to notice nanimate Money
market The offerings, both in bank and the
-treet. are lin:i ed while the few transactions re-
ported in commercial paper show no variation We
continue TO quote tirstcass paper with collatera
month, AL second grade at 1G1la, and at 2. First
elias, mortgage 1T 10 cent per annum. and second
class entirely nominal
Gold opened at ll3 !. @l13a. against II q at New
York. aud. after 3 moderate business. closed at
il3a1l3 against 49, in that market The sales
summed up 5 O,OOO embracing $1,000 at ll3, $1,000
At Ii3.. 5000 and 5000 a, 49, $1,000 at 1880
1885,, and 500 and sstOO at ll31..
No sales Of Silver we're ort-d. American halt
dollars still quoted at lO61aGl071a, and Mexican
dol airs at 10 laM1lO
Under he course of Gold at New York. stcr ing EY-
change declined about Ito p CEN The arket VIZ
EXTERN ly dull and he sales confn-d to ell 100
embracing f50O =, clear at 545ia, fl5O' bill of adInS
at 49, fl5OO do f25OO and $500 Al clear at 461..
and fl2O, American ships bill at 5 ~.
The al included 100000 Commercial
at 4 63tl. and 1900 do at 62ia.
At the close Sterling bills were ,ote at 5.45l "a
46l. for bill OF lad'ng and Al clear a 9.49e
s. 50 for bank, and francs at 463ti1 62la for pri
vat and nominal for bank.
The offerings of Domestic 'xchange were Of mod
erat extent and shade sitter The sales of
New York sight covered $500 o. embracing S2O,UOU
aud $500 private ban ers, at 32 T. mt discount.
So $50 do aud $50 900 bank at 1872. and $4,000 COM
mere al, and $4,000 private ba ,kArs' at 4.
The banks ,ntinued t. Oh ok on New York at par,
and commercial sight quoted at I. a cent dis
count against 5-16a 4 yesterday.
In stocks not ced sale OF 10 shares Carrollton
Railroad Com yany at 500.
The sales Of Bonds included 5000 City G Id bearing
per cents at "a $1,000 aud 5000 at "a 5000
at 81 and 5000 at 54I; they closed at 54s1@55
der thsi fuen Of the foil wing ordinance pass
ed by the City Council yesterday Metropolitan Police
Warrants ity Appropriate n Cert n ates, Time Ger
thcates. etc, we quoted at the same rates. "Ordt-
rel tive to t. payment Of city taxes. Be it
daned, that from aud after the pas t this ordi
nance payment of city may be made TO lows:
For taxes 1860 and 1856, Inclusive, in scrip For
taxes of 1868. 25 cents per 500 in cash balance III
ip Including interest on tax bi Ia and costs. For
OF 1853. a9 t. per 800 in cash, balance in
scrip. Guiding interest on tax bills and costs. For
of 1870 Is cents per IL in sh For taxes Of
1871 AZ cents ger 800 in cash. ba in scrip except
.terest bills aud costs, halt in cash aud half in
SCRIP. For taxes of 1873 81 IS per 500 in cash, and
81 Is per 800 in sc"ip
Be it further ordained that by the word "scrip'
Msed in this ordinance is m ant Metropolitan War
rants Cert cates of appropriation. tax warrants city
money jury certificates, cprOners certificates tax
cert icat.s. claims provided for ~ ordinances
and transfers OF the
he sales Of city appropriation Certificates incud
ed $500 and $500 at g. and $1,000 at &C. thu market
closing at 66.
No sales of Metropolitan Police Warrants were
pc. ted; they quoted the cl about the
as City Apr iation Certificates.
8 ate Wa rants cont nue. in req est for the payment
of state taxes large still quoted at 47G43 and
small 5O@55.