The New Orleans bulletin., 1875-12-19


The above statement, showing material in
crease in deposits and currency and decrease
i'll loans Indl .ates increasing strength N the
banks and falling of III the business demand
for Money. Considerable shipments q currency
to the interior continue, but are more than bal
anced by receipts, as shown IN the above Itpofttu
| increase
| The offerings at the banks tc-day were re-
ported moderate, 8nd on the strc-V me inquiry
Was limited, and Money easy at our quotations.
The attractions OF the last day OF the races
were perhaps, Responsible for the early closing
| OF business hours and the comparatively light
movement in some branches OF the market, par
tieularly Foreign and Domestic Exchange.
The sales OF Gold were reported light, and
rates materially lower The recent dedhne IN
onotations, compared with New York, was the
natural res ult of receipts from the lattercarryng
up the supply fully to the extent OF the demand.
Customs receipts for the week, s39,658 So.
We learn that within few days past consid-
| cradle sums of y lyer have oeen received from
uexico, including $4,000 in american half dol
lars and $40 600 in Mexican do lars, consigned to
Me9srs. Townsend Lyman. The bulk OF these
receipts il for transhiQmeht to Texas, where
prlc are proportion&tei higher than at Now
| York.
There was fair movement G Stocks, the rates
| showing an improvement iJ hear.y all cIasses,
Only q few sales were reported in Bonds, but
we heard of considerable movement IN Glty
Gold Seven Per Cents, OF which the particulars
were not reported.
We now quote excepuonai paper at -eg9 4
cent per an,uln discount, - 90 "U luDLl, anu "ll''
continue to rule at solo t. cent per annum;
second grade are entirely nominal ,,,,>
2 Gold opened at 1135HDll3ts, against ll4B a,
New York, and after moderate iasiAess, closed
at 1133 SI9l3a (reariy 98cloWcr th%n yesterday, },
agaiuet 1884 III tha mark-f Iao s2.e5 summed
up $}3, 600, embracing sl000 ut l!p%8, s990O az
1872 5000 and s50o0 at ll1ss, ana Soooo aEu
; 900 at ll3@4. .
No sales OF silver were fePolle4, A49ricls ,,a ,
half doilars were stlii quoted %1 1e0gllo' anu
Mexican dollars at 10 g"id RI.
Under The decline IN goa a. Nc" ioIh OF otet-
ling was IA; wer, equsd 10 about ~ = Gehs'
and francs 4 u cent ing h"''Lu' n ~ ~ po,Ii
vas Of moderate extent Ihe h&c5 "i tAe toso I0L
mer we're cohnhed 10 1d0,zo0 ei.Dl lll' '1l1o"
2 biil OF ladiEg at 5ii, 1'V0o 90 sI ".4iE2 ~
Gl500 DO at a47I, G500 ana t3uuu GO at J.do, anu
: $1,000 bsnk, for gold, at 4.s6. -
The sales OF francs comprised 3z2soNV, emptac"
ing 750O0 and A5O,OOJ at 4oo, OU,VJV Ut a'o0/ /s'
: and 10000 al 4.5o%
y At the close sterling bills were quoted ut
9 5.46G15 Al for bill OF iadInS and Al clear,
r -@55i5, ana francs at 4 4G114DLGyZ for com
: nercial aud norninal for bank
" The offerings CT Rev ioTk slSHt we . oI IaIi Ii
r ratee.
y The sales comprised 1000, embracing, So
> O0o $40 000 $50 900 and $40 900 private bankers
y discount, and $4,000 commercial at 1882. We
" also noticed sale OF $4,000 commercial On Prov
', dence at l6.
q The banks continued 10 check on Ne" lofh ~
); 4 % cent discount, and commercial sight was
,; We notice ialr movement IN STOCKS. ht htt
s. n To1ltnn ~ Farosd AZ SO FsetoTs and Traders
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