The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-14

preferred Atlantic and Pacific TELEGRAPH
THE GOLD MARKET.
Gold opened and closed at lla,l, with sales in the
interim llsx. The rates paid for carrying l,
IL, 2 and per cent, loans having also been made
nat
CLEARING HOUSE STATEMENT.
Currency exchanges. 500 voo' -
Currency balances zso4- 700
Cold ~ Il loc, Ios
OPERATIONS or THE GOLD EXCHANGE BANK
Gold balances - Ooo, sio
Currency balances xzs,ssI
Gross clesranccs.. So $780, 600
The steamship Suevia, which sailed for Europe to-
day. took out $scs ooo OF which s225 900 gold coin
GOVERNMENT soxDs.
Government bonds closed steady At tho following
quotations limited States currency skies, 126 .
1261s; do do. 1881, registered l2lH l2lx; do
do, do, coupon, 1874 q i2sx; do. 90, 1865,
registered l145S ll5s; do. do, do, coupon, llsh
1lsk; do do, do, new, registered, l19 l19k; do
do, do. coupon. 10 ll0k do. do. 1861. regis
tered l2l1 12ls do. do, do, coupon, l2l< l2lk;
do. do. 1868, registered, l22k lask do. do, d.
coupon 122 1854; do. tcn-forties registered, ll7k
a ll7k; do. do, coupon, llsiA . llsk; do hves,
1884, registered ll7 49, do. do, do, coupon, llsk
a1lsk.
THE UNITED TREASURY.
The Assistant Treasurer paid out to-day 00o gold
account OF interest, and SOS, 900 redemption OF
nve-twenty bonds Revenue receipts to-day 5000 000
customs receipts $40O, 900; bank notes received,
100000 Tha following the Treasury balances to-
day:-Currency, ss,7so,ooo; coin, $75, 10000; less
coin certificates, s31, 000, 0oo
BANK SHARES
Bank shares sold At ia for Market and IS for State
Of New York
State bonds were steady on small dealings Missouri
long SKIES sold at 10s< 1915 Tennessee, SERIES
at A. South Carolina non-fundablc, atA District OF
Columbia 365s sold at 69h.
RAILROAD BONDS
In railroad bonds there was firm feeling and prcos
were well maintained Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy consolidated sevcns sold Ill Northw estcrn
frsts 104; Erie nths at 103h Lake Shore consoli
dated registered nrsts at 1o4h; Michigan Central
sevens at 1867 Union Pacific land grants at 100; St
Paul, La Crosse Division, at 1917, do, consolidated
sinking funds at So $751; and Northwest conso ida
ted at 1037t; c. C. and c. nrsts sold at 46 against
49z yesterday
INVESTMENT sHAREs
Investment stocks shared in the general depression.
New Jersey Central fell from 100 to 99 Rock Island
sold at los 1861 1o45S; Cleveland and Ptsburg at
90 q 96sS; Pittsburg and Fort Wayne, 1903; Terre
Hauto and Indianapolis. 100; Norris and Essex, 1861
a 1o5; Delaware, Lackawanna and westcrn at lis
ll41 a 49, c. c. c. and l., 541 81 Harlem. l3s1<;
Illinois Central, % 9sx New YORK Central, l12h
liz; Now York and New Haven, 1853; American Ex-
press, COZ; United States Express 71L Petroleum,
los 1OSk.
THE FOREIGN MARKETS
London advices report decrease Of bullion in the
Bank Of England for the past week Of 500 sterling
which was unexpected In view OF tho largo amounts
that gone into the bank daily. The Directors at
their weekly to-day, did change the ratio Of
discount which remains per cent The proportion
NJ hank tn ahi yh ch wa ner cont
last week, is now 463s per cent To-day $4,000 bull
lion went the Bank. The market consols and
United States bonds reported steady and uniform,
very little change having taken place quotations.
Silver has advanced to Sad per ounce Tho general
tone Of affairs at the London Stock Exchange to-day is
moro quiet than yesterday and frmer feeling pre-
walls Good Friday and Easter Monday close holi-
days London The specie in the Bank Of France has
increased to 2.5s3o 900 francs during tho week. In
Frankfort United States new aves arc 1917; in Paris,
rcntes, 66t. Soc. /; exchange on London for short
sight, 25f 23kc. The following i've o'clock Y. NJ
quotations: -oonsols for money s4ls esx; consols
for account 94, o41s $40 bonds OF 1906 (old 1881
$40 bonds Of 1867 100; 1o4o bonds, loex los,l new
avcs 1861 l05l; Erie common shares. Is a 15h.
OUR FOREIGN COMMERCE.
Tho foreign commerce Of the port OF New York for
March shows q continued decrease In imports and
Improvement in the exports The foreign imports for
March $s2 olss77. against $as 5ss last year
and $42 500 446 In 1874. The Withdrawals
housc 29s against So ia 1888 last year and
So 1855 1874 For the first quarter OF caen-
year tho imports show decrease Of $40 29l, 1877
from last year and SIS 59 315 from 1874 For the
months Of the fiscal year the imports s23s 100 G35
against 1915 00s 1875 and $2s5 645 in 1874
These figures inclusive Of specie The customs re-
ccipts for March SO 237 1885, decrease of
from 1875 and $685. 527 from 1874 The customs re-
ceipts tor the nine months OF tho fiscal year
were $40, 31s, 346 against ss4 4l0,s So in 1875 and
sS4 557 60I in 1874 These figures reflect the
decreased volume Of trade at this point Tho ex-
ports for March 500 30s $685. against $22
in 1875 and s25, 447, 040 in 1874 Exclusive Of specie
tho exports stand $40, 944, TO this year, against
sl9 5s2 l62 in 1875 and So 9o9 2s in 1874 Tho do
nestle exports exclusive Of specie, for nine months Of
fiscal year $le5 9ea 49, against $751; 4o4 074
in 1875. and 1927, s47, 99l in 1874 The exports Of
against $4s All In 1876, and $50 Ols 500 in 1874
GOOD FRIDAY
No business will be transacted by the members OF
either Board tomorrow. AS IL Is not legal holiday
the banks will keep Open
The following resolutions have also been adopted -
Resolved That, In order to give the members Of tho
New York Stock Exchange an opportunity to attend
the Centennial Exposition At Philadelphia, when this
Board adourns Saturday. July will hold no scs-
sion until the following Wednesday, July O.
Resolved That the other Exchanges OF this city and
Of neghborug cities be. by our Secretary respectfully
requested 70 take similar action.
STOCKS.
The following table Of prices of tho prominent gold