The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-04-20
Daily DOmestic Receipts.
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New Work Stock aud Money! Market.
New YORK. April 2O-Evening.-The day was an
important one on the Stock Exchange where some
wide fluctuations took place in some of the leading
shares. The general tendency of prices upwards
and the closing quotations show gain in a few
stocks of TO 198 per cent. The great speculative
features of the day were in Union Pacific, Pacific
Mai and Panama. Union Pacific declined to 71s at
the opening afterwards advanced to 725, reacted to
72h and finally clos ed at 725the highest point of the
day; Pacific Mail advanced to AL a 49, receded to
As with the last sales at 45a q 453; Panama opened
at 100 against 1881 at the close Saturday. from this
point the stock advanced rapidly with the next sales
at 140 and the succeeding sales were at 142 to 49,
The occasion of the rise in the three above mentioned
shares was the announc ment that the commission
ers of the Pacific Mail apd Panama, by mutual con-
cessons had virtually reached point satisfactory to
all parties and that new contract would be officially
ratified at an early day. at time cable an
nouncement from London that the steamer Oceanic
of the Occidental & Oriental Company had passed
through the Suez canal caused little futter in the
Market but this passed away when 1t became I'M
derstood that this company is controlled by the d1-
rectors of the Union and Central Pacific Railroads.
Money loaned up to per cent. this afternoon but
closed easy at per cent. Foreign Exchange firm;
sixty day bills advanced to 4S75 and demand kept at
49OI. The actual business was at slight concession
from the asking rates. The customs receipts to-day
were S50l 900. Gold opened and closed at 115 with
sales in the interior at lis; the rates paid for bor
rowing were q q per cent. and the carrying rates
were q q per cent. and finally pei cent. The
Assistant Treasurer paid out to-day S1l 900 on
count of interest and $500 in redemption Of bonds.
The following are the operations at the Gold Ex-
change Bank-gold balances ST. !currency bal
ances 81 47S,715; gross cearances S1S040,000. The
following is the Clearing House statement: currency
exchanges $S7 11s.224 currency balances 81 SOS $685.
gold balances $977, 81. Governments were firm.
State bonds dull. The transactions at the Stock Ex
hange aggregated 100000 shares, including $4,000
shares Erie, 1880 shares Lake Shore, 2100 shares
900 shares Rock Island 81 900 shares
Pacific MAIL 1000 shares st Paul, 10000 shares Ohio
q Mississippi, 10000 shares Western Uuion, 400
shares Toledo g. Wabash, $500 shares Union Pa
citic 95J New York Central; market closed firm. The
fnIjowing are the highest and lowest prices New
York Central 1924 % 1902; Erie 31a q 800; Lake Shore
73s "a 731 Chicago ~ North Western Al a Al; do
preferred 565 Rock Island 1888 "a 1881; Pacific MALL
Asa "a All; st Paul 3Sk "a Ssh Western Union 775 q
ri; Wabash 15A q 154; Union Pacific 725 q 71s
The following were the closing quotations of Gov
eminent securities:
United States coupon 6s, 1881. 1929
United States 5-20's 1862 :. ................11Sa
United States 5-20's 1861. 1889
United States 5-20's, 1865, DID,. ............122
United States 520s, 1865 new, ex-div. 1909
United States 20's, 1867, eX-dv. 1919
United States 520's. 1868, eX-div. 1919
United STATES new os.-..., ...,....llo
United States 1040 COUPON. ................t16 t
CURRENCY oS eA ILL., lZZ5
The following were the closing quotations OF
Stocks:
Western Union Telegraph Cock DIV ........."77A
Pacific Mali. .4os
Central and Hudson R. consolidated. .1O2
Erie.
Erie preIerreu .......'''fo2
Michigan CentTaI s'.s,..s.,.........., lo4
Union Paclnc StocK.
Lake Sn0re to4
Illinois Central, ex-diy. .....".. ,........" .1024