New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-11-21
NEW ORLEANS CLEARING HOUSE.

Gold opened at l10h Nlll. against III At New
iloz aIii, against lllas in that market, where 1t
touched lilt during the interim: me sac, saies
summed up s35 900, embracing e6"oo ~ o ~"
$1,000, $500 and $Sooo at ILL., anu ~iI'''' az
No sales of silver were reported. American half
dollar are now quoted at 1o7's 0lcs. and MEXICAN
Irnaer the influence of the decline in gold at
New York and the weakness in domestic exchange
here sterling opened about LILO = cent lowei ou.
under the subsequ ent advance in gold and oilis at
the former, ard stiffening in domestic exchange
in this marke closed at net mPf sss 81
lsdine at Is ~; $1,000 do at IS 80; 9l2oo: $500
and Al clear ct S. 3305 81; $4,000 and $4,000 do at
So 81. ..a.,.o. ,,,,;o,
controlled sterling, and closed higher. The sales
comnrised 555 coo commercial. embracing 10000 at
al i. and Is 900, 100 600 and 300 600 at 40.
as ah for bill Of lading and iAl clear,l and SIS Sc
as 81 for bank, and francs at 4.1O0i6SA Tor CON-
mercial. and 4 Is for bank -
German marks were quoted at l0l al04a.
Domestic exchange opened o shade lower, out
the offerings being of moderate extent, and, not
withdrawing the unwilllngness OF ths 9ans i 70
9Sst ssss
coo eS% .DS 60 eom ss1a and SIS and
$50 900 private bankers at ZIG; so goo private
bankers at 1882, and 10 0O0 commerclal at =. we
ciai on Pro vidence at s. y cent discount:
The banks continued to check on New YORK AZ =
| y cent discount, and commercial sight was
quoted at 7160- discount a.
In stocks we noticed o sale Of shares Mer.
chantS Mutual Insurance Company at $43 ana
some St. Charles Street Railroad Of which pSrticu'
lars were withheld.
Yesterdays report of 80 shares Of Hibernia
Insurance Company at $50 should have oeen He
hernia Bank.
The sales of bonds included some round lots OF
old and new State bonds. of which the particulars
were withheld; Sl2 OoU city gold bearing seven r
cents at SO u I138A, and $40 900 de at 33A tue
latter closed at about So :.
| No transactions worthy of notice were reported
| in city scrip.
We are indebted to MessIs John Klein & Co. fol
the following quotations: ,..
Civ appropriation certificates, METROPOLITAN fo'
lice warrants and time certificates OF 1873, Al 4 Vs.
CITY time OF 1874. June, July. August, September
| and October, 33n34h: April and May nominal.
School certificates of l37i-June 9OOsl; July W U8o:
August 6O065; September 5o055, and October 40
ai5. ~,
Nothing was reported in State warrants. Old
were. 0uoted nominal at 49, and new at 421s u.
The movement in stocks Of different kinds con-
| ii nues limited There ID rather more disposition
| to buy and less to sell. The slow progress OF the
| Returnn. Board to q certain extent impedes Ophr
ations people having waited SO long, preferrng to
| see the declared result. This delay. which mrne.
distey concerns the city administration. has had
an apparent effect on city bonds. which are hardly
as strong 1t is generally understood however that
the new Council proposes to act strictly on cash
| basis and as soon this policy is known TO ne
established the pre- alent opinion seems that
1t will have favorable influence on city securi-
| to press these bonds Oh the market at present