, 1876-10-25
New York Exchange Flat.-.Cur-
rency Orders Small.
The Produce Markets Generally Firmar,
with More Doing.
Pra,i,feps Steader... .EreadstuEI Excited Alter
nidaay BY War keWs, Which Vas
Doubted Later.
a Further Large Increase in Our Stocks Of
Grain In Store.
FINANCIAL.

Tho day waB not an especially active one. Tho
orders from the country for currency continued
moderate. The demand for discounts vas falr.
The loan market IA perhaps not quito a. active as
the signs At the beginning Of tho fail eea1on ind-
cated Il won1d be, bnt there Inns been enough I'M.
proycmcnt In The offerings for paper to use up all
the cheap funds, The country Is still an inpor-
tant borrower, and comparatively 1argc amounts
Of country paper arc sent In Tor rcdtsco1nt Com.
mesclal and miscellaneous paper Is in fair eupply
Discount lines arc well sustained. hut, although
deposits arc comparatively low, there is still
plenty Of loanablc fund.- Tor Legitimate borrowers.
Rates Of discount aro SOLO per cent. with special
rates to spccinl customers. On the street business
is quiet at per cent and upwards.
New York exchange wns sold between banks nt
7oe9S1. 90 per 81. .ooo discount.
The clcarfngs were 81, 800, 900.
TIE SILVER COMMISSION.
B. F. Nourse, OF boston, has been compelled by
the prcss Of private business to decline The position
of expert" on the Silver Commission. The los.
ton journal at Commerce recommends CANA
lel bradford In hts place.
NEW ENaLAND's CONDITION.
Tho Boston Jouraat Of Commerce. Gays:
Tho general 1estcr tone Of tic market y fairly sus.
snfao ~ t. 81. e % oeks T. srs 70 s, az u
81 orders aad yot te.a steck. hard nsever
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non, tUs o 17o: Naunkcas iU6n .i36. md back IL
Ss s
shss s e s SSsGn SS 7 5 @ Ms s
sa a p!ps VIZ 7o SR0 %ssa5s
4 tair advance.
7nH GOVERNMENT ~ TER CENTS.
Tho recent failing oil In the demand for the new
~ per cent Government bonds la to b asc.ihcd 10
two cauFes. The prospect OF IN Immediate wnr in
Europe checked their satc abroad because Europe
1tn1v In rcnd MI ISp Sund. bo.,IIl.
ties occurred. Tic ssc In gold, operating a. rise
In the currency price OF the bonds, naturally d.
Iu'ntsAed their sale III this country.
CHARGES AGAINST THE NEW TOnK BAv1NGs-
nANK EXAMINER.
Eleven savings banks have fatlel In New York
since D. c. ELLA was tnado Superintendent OF tho
State md aAvln:s banks with the powers Ut an Ex.
nnpcE. Tho New York prcas hayo frequently
called attention 10 tho primI cvidoncc Ia thcse
occurrences thDt tho Examiner was incompetent OF
corrupt. Definite charges lihvo ut last been brought
nguinst him. Tho Receiver of the Mechanics mud
Trnders Savings Institution has aubnltcd formal
statement that the tusolycnt condition OF that bank
was known to Examiner Ellis and admitted by him
10 exist more than year before It fnlca. Ills
failure to close up the bank cost the dcnos!tors
$500, COO.
THE SUPPLY OF SILVER AND TIE DEMAND.
II ID stated, on what authority VIC DO not know,
that there IL scarcity nfslvcr In Tho circulation Of
china on account Of the large amount boarded by
the natives. In Shanghai silver is to be got only
with srent difficulty. The stst!stica published In
the last report Of tho London Board of Trade show
some remarkable facts. English Importatous of
American silrnr lavo decreased iron, $1O ;l5, 600
In 1875 10 50, Cos, 200 In 1916, or SSiO, OpO The
Nevada alser supply has na yet had only mental
effect on the silver market. Tho Indian demand
for silver, on the othcr hantl, has Increased from
S14, o1o, 600 in 1876 to So, 7;, QUO In 1871, or
tn,k
per ounce; 1t II now nbont 52tti pence per ounce.
In 1879, before Germany announced tho demon
ctlzntIon of silver, tile price WIS uO,s pence per
ounce.
RUSSIAN aTAT1sT1Cs.
Since the accession, In 1891, Of the Emperor
Alexander II. TO thu Russian throne, tho nrtu OF
tho saron!c Emn1rc hhs increased some 600, OOO-
GOO hectares iona hcctaro. 2. II Ensllsh, or
about four times the atzo OF France. Darn: tho
spinc time tho population ncrcuscd by ~ 600,
making tne present population 81, 7la. o00 Or
s'al 70 tho Joint population Of France, Belgium.
dur'ng the same Time was decscased some TO- ooo.
.at 0oo 81 nt1 foanlss AZ tone 6 5on6s 54 ssn!sl Tie
DG0 The revenues OF the state lave l,icrcase,i by
amount e 80, ;sal, lo7 ronbles ts4io, I'll lis'.
From T;5!, In las3. the number OF fnctoFcH Inns
aMaunt!ng e 45, Vo5 o6o rou6!ss, u rd cu,ararsd
Imports sboat ssS 6 ooj roaees ve'aa a q of s ts
exports los, Coo OEO fouIles-lsdrts ye!<uiiKr Es-
1itH, sep. =. 1876.
uoLD AND 0hKENgAcKs.
Gold was 1o0H a01o0I III grccnbacks.
0rcenhacks were 0l.sGD1 cent. on the lo,ar
q goiu
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.
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