The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-01-04
sl7,660, $50 SO
Increase. Decrease.
hEN ORLEANS uLEARINC&-HO

The above statement shows considerable in
crease i'll deposits and all Increase also i'll LOANS,
currency and specie.
The market opened with fair demand for dis
counts at the banks and a moderate inquiry for
Money on the street. at ia y rates. There was a
! ialr movement IN God and Foreign Exchange at
slight decline, while New York sight WAS in
good supply at previous rates.
No in Stocks We're reported No transac-
tons Of interest trausplred In City Bonds We
understand that the city authorities coustrue
tae order issued by Judge Woods i'll the Maen-
haus case, as applying only to the case OF the
half paid coupons and prohibiting the diversion
Of the interest fund to any other purpose. The
friends Of the plaintiffs believe that the purpose
o. the order is Inexperienced On account Of
rOme clerical error or other mistake.
Payment Of the coupons of the fret mortgage
bonds of the New Orleans, jackson ana Great
Northern K4l'road Company, due on the LIST inst ,
has been deferred by the company for the reasons
mention below, uutil the 10th Or 18th inst ,
wheo it is expected their payments will be COM
menced, and continued as fast as the earnings of
the road will warrant, it being anticipated that
the whole will be hqudat9d by the end of the
month.
The treasurer states that all the previous cou-
pons having been paid, the com any was obllsed
to appropriate the earnings for November to the
liquidation OF back pay rolls, hence this short
delaN.
We have omitted to notice that on Friday, the
3lst ut, the Peoples Bank of New Orleans de-
CT irou seml-annual dividend OF per cent pay
abla on nd after January 10th.
The Southern Bank to-day declared semi
annual dividend OF 3 1, cent, payable on demand.
At the meeting to-day of the Board Of Trustees
ele ted on the Sth ult., Mr.. Thomas Layton was
unanimously re elected President.
The Home Insurance Company to-day elected
the following Board OF Directors to serve for the
ensuing year: J. 3. Woods, Thos. Seton, Chas.
I. Ater john J. Gidiere, W,n. I. Hardee, John
J, Barr, Il. $. Howard: E. 8. B'igss, G. L. Chase,
Z. X. Converse. s. J. it'll A. Levi.
We continue to quote exceptional paper at -
GG9 ~ cent per annum discount, AL do a. t0lS11,
and second grade at l5GiS. First-class mort
cages still rule at 9Glu q cent per annum;
second grade continue entirely nominal.
Gold opened at l125.G1ll21.. against 1127. at
New York. and, after fair business, c.osed
at l121a0tll2$4, against 1927 III that market
The sales summed up s5l,5 D, embracing $1,000
at 1927, $1,000 at 1ll5.- $4,000 and $4,000 at
1lza4. 5000 and 500 at ll25s and $1,000 5000
and $500 at lib.
No sales of Silver were reported. American
half dollars were still quoted at 10G0Gl07, while
Mexican dollars ruled at 9iM9411a, gold, against
9tla@- on Friday
Under the decline in gold at New York. Foreign
Exchange was d little lower THAI Friday.
The movement was Of fair extent. The sales of
sterling comprised f75. 500, embracing f250O bill
of adng and $4,000 AL clear at ) A.. 5000 bill OF
lading and Al clear at 5.4l0G5 :, $4,000 Al clear
at 5.4I0541155, fI0uO 0 AID E9UUU bill Of lading
and $4,000 bill OF lading at AZ, am $1,000
bank at 5.45
The sales of francs comprised $4,000 com
mercial, embracing 10000, $1,000 and 2D0,nn0 at
4.65, and $4,000 at 4.65g4 6l32s, and $4,000 and
81, 900 at 1915.
At the close sterling bills were quoted at
5.40la@5 4l1a for bill Of ladlng and AL clear,
and at glib for bank, (bank counter rate
as 451l q and francs at 4.65 for commercial and
nominal TOR hank.
The offerings Of New York sight were of fair
extent, and met good demand at previous rates.
The sales comprised s245 900, embracing st0,0 900
SIS 600 and $40 900 commercial, SIS 600 $50, 600
and $780, 90 private bankers, and So, 900 do and
Dank at 7-l6 X cent discount, and $4,000 bank
at %. We also noticed sale Of $40, 900 COM
mtrcial on Providence at GIG.
The banks continued to check on New York at
Il e cent discount, and commercial sight was
stI quoted at ZIG.
No sales Of Stocks reported.
City Bonds were quiet and unchanged. The
oniy sales reported were $1,000 Premium Issues
al 70, and $4,000 gold bearing Seven Per Cents,
drainage series, at 2114.
There was fair movement in new State Con-
soils, and they were slIl quoted at 90 G957. The
saes comprised SIS 900. embracing $4,000
at 56ls, $4,000 and $4,000 at 49,, 100000 at
567s, and $4,000 at 81. Also at the Stock Ex-
change 5000 at 5694.
No sales of City Scrip were reported. Its still
quoted at 441a0i51a for August to December.
1873. time, and July to December, 1874, and at so
@52 for June and part of May, 1874.
Nothing transp red in METROPOLITAN Police War
rants. They no rule at S6(LSS for 1873 issues,
and 1906 for 1878. while lo7i-2 and 1869 con-
tnue entirely nominal.
No sales OF State Warrants were reported;
fundable were still quoted at 410i2: not tunda-
BILE at @, and 1874 issues at 45(g50.
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