, 1877-10-13
FINANCE AND TRADE.
Tho Bank Clcnrings 93,7OO,OOO
.--NIotlcrntc Country Orders
for Currency.
Issues in Russia OF Irredeemable Paper
.-.Fire Insurance Finances.
THO Produce Mnrkcts More Actire-s-
Provisions Weak...1logs Lower.
Wheat and Barley stropger-0c1n Unset
tled--0.her Breadstufs Steady,
Lake Freig11ts Weak and Active.


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Lake Freiqllts Weak and Active.
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fINANClAh' la
Ihe oHef!ngs OF negottanIe pareF 10 uot so"e up
10 the level OF tic means Of inc oaaks. out anoH
come tchdtHeses to improvement. me de"sno
for lonHs and eurteIey tos INC gram aisu'en mas
ieh'n'faf'ls floetaen 70 moue1".o nsate. o". 'c.
ueeoansf arc el1l' IN feancht VI ta"'eent ""o.".
TO give employment 70 large pats o. ine oah*S
5nnd'. Tho CITY o"e'ness o. INC oah&s IL ho'
prc'"ins, but merchants ana othe1s ate d'ecount-
Ing eontlderaD'o amounts Of customeFs p"pee 10
ot'Ain tlnds i0f their own ueaA Helee o' o'seoans
were fGo1o nor cent Al tho 1onsa TO regular eae-
TONERS I'm sho street. asst.elafs call lonSs arc
negotiable al per cent, and lime looms Al 'Gso PR
cent,
New York c1chanEo WaE sold between BANKS Al
boSkf'c per 81. GOO utacnuht.
The clearlngs wero ~ Io0, COO.
RUSSIAN r1SA.CHs.
Some comparative ba!ancc-ahcca OF The Imperial
Tank OF Tl1,tsla have lately been published which
give ccw 10 tin actual nsnount Of paper money
emitted by the Government to caffy on the war.
The bank statement of aug. 70 Showed only lut
600. 200 roublcs increase in the total roublc cir.
cnlatinn dcbcd to the lsdoe department, but In the
active or banking diyiston of The account It IL
sHH1 %he l'1H""'J HAY Eo% AoVto WV ansV
1asls s s IT. oat Ss 1sss Securities 5;e
,n os v'. ~" ~ @ oo .s na
bonds. and ..pnbl,c funds" and ho. emitted
~, ooo foo ,onhIc. ~ notcs temnororttr mil In
r,,rnln,tnn In o,J,, ~ ,nnrn,t hr,nrhe.
Nioccihrr Tho honk ha. mt onf ahout :,fa, oo0,
ono rouh1e.. ar siN,. mo ma for IN, A. as,I,f.nr.
of IN Go,.rument Tin 1nnton 71m<. r.ma,r.
that Tho 1,ua,lau, bayA n,i tbelr fnresn ercdtora
st.n,lily with mr,a,. but thcr bavc nad a, l,rn,e
with pupcr uromtecs for Generations. and vorked
70 c,oscly nm 10 The absorbiuu canarlty of tAo
country with these promises iii ou,ct times. that
lie whoc credit fanr,c giyes way on the 1cast c.
ira urcssurc Tho Nussian paper circulation h,a
been slowly enlarglu9 for yearp aInnssIdc The
growing fo.cIrn debt. and there can bo no oucs-
lion that tpcedy ncacc and The noet drasttc fn.n.
ctai reforms can hardly now euvc The country from
tic coprcoucnccs Of Its past tsrcRar, Of tho aim
nlr.t p,Incluc. of financial prudence. The .tato.
ncnt Of ts1e Hank or Kurka shows that tts 1fabIIi
t,e, Arb moro thnn toutle tho amount of ia work-
In. a.sct.. tho 5r1clcncv bo1ne duo to overdrown
Government accounts. ThIs deficiency nounts IN
ia nearly $500 O1l OO0
FINE 1n,ruAscn IN rHw Yonx.
The ,worn returns Of the bu.Iur.e doun IN New
york civ hv lin fr, Insurance eomnnni.. e.h,hi.
a Startling iccreasp OF earnings, Tho smoupt OF
ptctnun,s received On New York CITY business by
tLe New York and other CO.. onpap!es dof,nv tho arst
ei1 months OF 1871, 1876 1870, and 1877 were:
.t.74. ,s7, .x7B. 1s77
co.:::.s3 ~. ~ ~ ~ ? - asi lH4S r.
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Totals ~ a7dl'ol4 3'9io:o :.":a I'll
Tho coha!ttoa o. lho insurance business aas Deen
hach ''k" tna1 oi 'ne sa''soads. 1ne namoce OF
companies hae not uecfeafea' me competition IN
rates has nccn e4hanstsFe; as tue saHo limo tho
aa'ount Vi puAihess 10 10 dono ass oectcasea
greatly. ... o..-...-..-
ONO Hiss1ssfffl'
In tta financial colnMns tho. New York norfl
Flscs fhe lnfornnt'on that the stockholders md
ECcdHtl- -iHontaee b0h1holdefs OF tho Ohio & Mis-
sifdippi nf!"ay. 1secntly acting In Comnittecs In
tho oilccE Of stesr1s. Day 3 1leAson and Messrs.
Juhn Nloodsood Co., respectively, have agrrtd
uuon Ticket for Tho election for tho four uf hvs
directors now TO be elected. Their REPRESENTS
t'scs have lett FOR caclnnati and speak hopefully
u Inc result stating as" that they expect the CO.
operation ot the parties VINO at present control the
ROAD, ItlE pHFt1ueS 10 fp yet the fQ6J ebun