The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-01-09
FINANCIAL.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS BULLETIN, !
Saturday Eve ming, Jan. 8, 1876. I
NEW ORLEANS CLEARING HOUSE.
Cleanngs. Ba lancer
IL.

Same time last week. Legal holiday.
| Total last week 49,. IL, 720, 1875 56 116S150
Total week befo 70. 10, 472, 974 ii 1,l67 900 7;
The ID ghth of January being legal hollda
in this State, the banks, the stock Exchange ant
| public offices we're closed day. Gold and Elk
change kilograms were, however, received from
| New York usual, and some sales in sterling
and francs We're reported at higher rates, in &C
cordance with the advance In gold at New York
There were d few sales of Stocks, deliverable OF
Monday. City Bonds continued without move
ment. few sales were reported in Lew Statt
Consols, which were not quite so strong as yes
rerday. The total receipts of customs gold
for the week were s56,537 GO.
We continue to quote exceptional paper at -
as d cent per annum discount, Al do as iO0l1
and second grade at 15QllS. First class mort
cages still rule at 90lG " cent per annum
second grade continue entirely nominal.
Gold opened at 112-<@ll31s. against 113 al
New York, aud closed at the opening rates III bo l
markets, ate touching 113 u at New Yok. NJ
sales were reported.
No sales OF Silver were reported. American
half dollars were still quoted at 1O68l061s, and
Mexican dollars 9311s@-, gold.
Under the advance in gold at New York
sterling was quoted nc, or about Sit
u cent higher, and francs Z p cent. The
movement in both wss rather moderate. The
sales Of the former comprised f46, 800, embrac
ing f15OO and $4,000 bill of lading at Sal, flO0C
do at Az ELI goo do at 5.4l0l5.42, $4,000 and
ll,ooU w NJ otA, duu IlO,OUU W anu Al Clear al
5 420g5 421aa.
The sales of francs comprised 100000 COM
mercial, embr' cling 2000n0 at 1891 0A. ca
100000 at 324@4G31s, rs. coo at 1929 and
$4,000 at 46l7..
At the close sterling bills were quoted at
541@5.42 for bill of lading and AL clear, and
-0G5.45L for bank (bank counter rate entirely
nom nal. as the banks were closed and francs
at 46334@ - for commercial and nominal for
bank.
The banks being closed, there were very few
transactions in New York sight The only sales
reported were $50 900 commercial at 1892 - cent
discount SIC, 600 and $4,000 do. at7-16
At the close yesterday The banks checked on
New York at 4 u cent discount and commercial
sight was quoted at ZIG.
In Socks we heard OF sales of round amounts
Of Sun Insurance Company and Crescent In
surance Company, but tbs particulars were not
reported.
City Bonds continued quiet and unchanged.
New State Consos were not as strong as vester-
day, being quoted at = 015o1a, against 5S1lG95S5s
yesterday. The sales included $40, 0O0 at 5S1 and
$4,000 at 5S1S.
No sales of City Scrip were reported. 1t is
now quoted at AL aa0145iia tor August to Deem
Der, 1873, time, and July to December, 1874, and
45@51 for June and part Of May.
Nothing transp.red in Metropolitan Police War
rants They now rule at SSNG90 for 1874 issues
and Il az for 1928 while 1912 and 1868 con-
tinue entirely nominal.
No sales of State Warrants were reported;
OLD State, fundable, are now quoted at 420143 not
tundable at q, and 1874 issues at 3S(l4211s