The New York herald., 1874-05-07
THE FOREIGN MARKET.

The London advices are not specially Important.
The market Is reported quiet and generally firm,
the Bank of England having lost f160,OO0 sterling.
The shipments of specie from this port to-day
amounted to $4,000, principally silver bars. The
following are late London quotations: :-Consols
money, 93 93 lie; do, account, 9S,S o3A; nve-
twenty bonds, 1885, 1oeH 1861; hve-twenty
bonds, 1851, l0sK 109H; ten-forty bonds, 104h q
lo4X; new ives, lo4A; Erie, a1X slX New
York Central, SS54 SsH. Market dull The rate
Of discount in the open market for three months
bills is 3 1916 per cent. which is s-1e per cent
below the Bank Of England rate. Amsterdam
Onion Pacific Stock. 20; st. Paul, preferred, A.;
Erie, 30K. Frankfort-Unted states bonds oSX,
fOr the issue Of 1852. Paris dispatches quote
Tentes at SO francs 62k centimes.
THE UNITED STATES TREASURY.
The following are the balances remaining in the
Treasury at the close of business to-day Cur
rency. $7,5O0,0oo; con 500, 1888 900; less coin cer-
tifcates. $35, 100000 The Assistant Treasury to-
Gay paid out $456,O0O on account OF interest, and
$4,000 in redemption OF nve-twenty bonds. The
internal revenue receipts to-day were $500, ,9S1.
The customs receipts were S395,0O0. The total
payments on account OF May interest to date are
$5,441.oOo. The Comptroller OF the Currency has
called upon the national banks for reports ex-
hibiting their condition at the close OF business
on Friday May l.
GOVERNMENT BONDS.
These were without especial change and the
market closed dull at the following fgures:-
United States currency slxes ll6K q 1l6A; do.
do. 1881, registered, 119x q 119X; do. do
do, coupon, l21a 121X; do hve-twenties, 1852,
registered, 115 1l5K; do. do, do, ex coupon. 115
. 11tk; do. do, 1854, registered 1l6H III;
do. do, do, ex coupon, ll0X a 117h; do.
do, 1896. registered, l16K III; do. do, do, ex
do IN <1c
110 Q 1884, do. do, do, coupon. 119h 119s; do.
do, 1857, registered, lloX llsX do. do do., cou-
pom, 12OK 12OI; do do, 1868, registered, 1l9x o
11sX; do. do, do, coupon, 100 12Olz; do ten.
1Drties registered, 114X l15x; do. do, coupon,
MS Q 115k; do. fves 1881, registered, 1l5 o
l16k; do. do, do, ex coupon, 115 ll5j<.
SOUTHERN BONDS.
The dealings were confined to q few Tennessee's,
which declined to Say for the old. Old sixes ex
coupon, sold at 64K. Virginia skies sold at 81.
Missouri skies. Hannibal and st. Joseph issue, at
% The following were the latest bids Missouri
sixes, e3; Tennessee skies, old, 50; do. do, new,
e2K; DO. do, do, ex coupon, o41s; do. do, new Sc
ries, 64X; Virginia sxes old, 30; do do, new, 35 ;
do. do., consolidated. 5oX; Georgia skies. 75.; do.
sevens, gold bonds, 70; North Carolina skies, old,
January and July, 2oK; do, do, April and Octo-
ber, 20H; do, do, North Carolina Railroad, Janu-
ary and Jdy, a. do., do, do do, April and Octo-
her. 35; do, do, do. do, or January and July, 2s
do., do, do. do, or April and October, 2S; South
Carolina skies, 20; do do, April and october, 1e
DO. Funding act, 1886, Is; Texas tens, 1875. SO.
BANK SHARES.
BANK shares were dealt In In small lots Shoe
and leather sold at 1856, American Exchange, Ill |;
fourtn National, 1o6K, and Park, 142.
LAKE SHORE RAILROAD COMPANY.
Inc annual report Of this railroad company
develops the following facts:-
:, Tne company during the year ending December
ols 1876 operated l,l64 miles. earning $1os24 per
mile as against In 1872 1901 miles, earning Slees2
rassnn Pc. e DurlnE the year the equipment was In.
CIeaseu - new engines and $50 cars OF
various classes, at cost Of ST. I90, ,502 The COM
pany ls now supplied with an abundance OF motive
power as lonows-462 locomotives, 253 passenger
cars ana 9S43 freight cars. It is safe to say that
nearly one-half Of the entire rolling stock
~ but TWO years old. The capitai stock
OF Of the company Is sSo,ooo,ooo all Is
snea. nne bonded debt Is $3O.lo5OO0, az
against S24,o71 900 in 1872 This increase al bonda
- tne Issue snowp as sinking funds OF 1852, which