The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-03
Tho specie engagements for to-morrow's steamers
amount $780, 900 gold coin and $500 600 silver bars
Tho following were the shipments for tho East at
San Francisco Tor the past Hiteon days.

THE FOREIGN MARKET
The London advices report improvement OF y
per cent in British consols. United States bonds
were steady except ten orties which per cent,
to 10SH. Erie common also improved fraction
foss 900 bullion the Bank of England day.
At Paris rentes advanced to looE Soc, with slight
reaction at the close At Frankfort United States new
fves a shade weaker the quotation being lo25.
The following the quotations at five p. NJ Con-
soils, for money, 96x esq., do, for account, 96A
s67s; fvetwenty bonds oil 1865, old, JOG; do do OF
1867, 1O9H ten-iorty bonds, 1osA; now fves, lo6A;
Erie common shares 12h; Erie preferred shares,
1917.
THE UNITED STATES TREASURY.
Revenue receipts, 5000 900. Customs receipts,
$500, OOO Bank notes received for redemption,
$500, 600
GOVERNMENT BONDS.
Government bonds strong this afternoon and
the business Active, the demand having been
larger than early in the day. The following are the
latest United States currency SKIES, l2oA
1201 do. do, do, 1881, registered, 1lo,s 1875
do do, do. coupon, 120h 120I do. d. 1865 regis
tered, 115zt 1l61s; do do, do coupon ll6 1865
do do. do, new registered HIS 1l77s do. do, do
coupon, 1l7ss 117 do. do 1867, registered, ll9%
1l95s do do, do, coupon, 1903 a1194 do do, 1865
registered, 1919. 12l2t do. do, do, coupon, l2lh
l22 do do. tcn-ortics registered 1i5's l16; do.
do do, coupon, 1ls7s 49, do. do lves, $751; regis
tered, III 1174; do do, do, coupon, III 117}&.
INVESTMENT SHARES.
Investment shares brought the following prices:-De
aware and Lackawanna, 95h 95 1865 ao55i NewJer-
sey Central 614 a 62 601s 6l7s 61A; Morris and
Essex, lO1 "a; Albany and Susquehanna 1os Cleveland
and Pittsburg, 95; Harlem, 13S; Rock Island, 107A
1919; Delaware and Hudson, 100A; Pttsburg and
Fort Wayne, 1927 103 Dubuque and Sioux City. 60
65s4; Chicago and Alton, 1908; do. preferred, 107.
RAILROAD BONDS.
In railroad bonds the largest business was in Mchi
gan Central at 1925 10l u, decline of per
cent; the next largest Union Pacific hrsts which
were firm at l0lA 1917. The Chicago and North
western gold sevens steady at 94s4 947s. Tho
other changes were:-An advance of "a in Lehigh and
Wilkesbarre consols a in Ohio and Mississippi con-
solidated a IN New Jersey irsts consolidated, x in
HANNIBAL and ST. Joseph eights convertible, Union
Pacific seveus land grants, and Pacific Railroad OF MIS-
souri, seconds, and y Central Pacific gold; and a
decline of "a in c.. c. and frsts and North Missouri
firsts and a in Ohio and Missouri consolidated sinking
funds. There n fairly active business in the after
noon the largest being 10 Union Pacincs
and ST. Paul The former advanced to l045s for frsts
and the latter sold "a for and NJ. division, 90 for
c. and NJ division and 9O's for consolidated sinking
funds New Jersey Central consolidated irsts were -
lower, selling at 1O0si Chicago and Northwestern
consolidated gold coupons firm at 94al 947s.
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre consolidated declined Il per
cent $685. after early advance toS7k. The latest
hids arc -