The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-02-12
TIE MONEY MARKET.


at the aforementioned cities today:-savannah, \
premium; Cincinnati rs 10 100 discount; Chicago soc
discount New Orleans commercial, lie premium:
bank, u premium; ST. Louis T5c. discount
Foreign exchange closed firm at 4S5k ASK for
bankers sixty days sterling and 4S9k AGO for do
mand. Cable transfers sold at 4.90k.
THE FOREIGN
London advices report consols q fraction higher
and United States bonds strong To-day is settling day
at the London Stock Exchange The rate OF discount
In the open market for three months bills is 81 per
cent or per cent below the bank rate. The increase
OF specie in tho Imperial Bank OF Germany for the
week ending Thursday was e26O,ooo marks. The fol-
lowing are the closing quotations Consols for money
94x; do, for account, On 94z; 1865 bonds,
old, 1867 a loek; 1867 bonds losk 1928; ten
forty bonds, lo6x 1857, coupon; new nves, LOG
1O6k Erie, 1871 rentes 6rmer at 67f S7kc.; ex-
change on London for short sight. 25f lie Illinois
Central 90 In Amsterdam, Northwest preferred
66L.
THE
Gold opened and closed at 113 with sales In the in
term at ll2X. The carrying rates were s. "a, 81,
and per cent Loans we're also made fat
CLEARING HOUSE, STATEMENT.
Currency exchanges $0I, 3yj, ITO
Currency balances ..-..s...-.-......... o,izOzy4
Gold exchanges. ..-.........-....-.-.. o,zbo,4 800
Gold balances. ......!.................. 69l, 73l
San Francisco to-day.
The specie engagements for to-morrow's European
steamers amount thus far to s25O0O0. This is in
sequence Of the advance in sight bills on London 1t
is said that more specie Will be shipped tomorrow
DRY GOODS MPoRTs
Tho imports OF dry goods at the port OF New York
for the week ending to-day 81 425, 26T and the
amount marketed So o72 Tho total imports Of dry
goods the port January we're $l2 73 1886, and
the total amount marketed SO, 9l7,7 TAG.
GOVERNMENT BONDS
The market closed strong at the following
rates United States currency skies, 125A l25h;
do do, $751; registered 12296 122x; do do, do,
coupon, 122K 122k; do. hve.twenties 1864, regis
tered tcaed) lax do. do, do, coupon, do, 114K;
do do, 1865, registered, 1l7h 117x; do. do, do,
coupon, 117H 117s; do do, do, new, registered,
1l914 1l9k; do. do, do, do, coupon, 10Y 10Y
do do, 1867, registered, l2lA 1215s; do. do, do,
coupon 1919 121%; do do, 1868, registered l2S
1234; do. do, do. coupon, l23 1871; do ten
forties registered lloH III; do. do, cou-
pom, 1907 l2oA; do. nves 1881, registered, NIX
1172S; do do. do, coupon, 1l7A a1l7%.
SHARES
Bank shares sold at 70 for German American, 112h
for Market and 119 for Merchants
STATES TREASURY.
The Assistant Treasurer paid out to-day 500, 600
twenty bonds The following are the Treasury bal
ances at the close of business to-day currency,
gill; $50, oOO coin, $4,000: less coin certificates,
$s4 0OO 600; receipts to-day, 100000;
toms receipts to-day, $3OooOo; bank notes received
to-day, $50oo
In State bonds District Of Columbia 65's advanced to
1871. Missouri skies, OF 1877, sold at 1oi; Virginia
SKIES second series, at 45h.
BONDS.
Railroad bonds were dull and strong The changes
in prices were an advance of \ in Milwaukee and ST.
Paul sinking funds u in Chicago and Northwest con-
sos Ohio and Mississippi seconds Louisville and Nash
Vile seconds 4 in Milwaukee and St. Paul Il. and NJ.
divison) and Chicago and Northwest gold sevens, in
Michigan Central sevens and Union Pacific nrsts The
only decline in Lehgh and Wilkesbarre consols
and 4 In Missouri Pacific drsts In the afternoon
Northwest consolidated coupon gold bonds taken
oo and plain at 102 St Paul seconds sold at eS and
consolidated sinking funds advanced to So. Union Pa
ciGc sinking funds brought 96% 90 and Central
Pacific San Joaquin branch, e4k. Chicago, Burling
ton and Quincy Fights sold at 1l6
RAILROAD NEWS
There was no confirmation Of the reports circulated
yesterday that the pool lines of railroads east from
Chicago were likely to settle the impending fight The
report is supposed 10 have grown out of the fact that
the Northern lines In the pools have held several pri
vate meetings the occasion OF which Is supposed 10
have been that these lines have finally discovered that
the spool" was working In such to divert
business away from Chicago and therefore the
Southern railroads. particularly to the Baltimore and
Ohio road.
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