, 1877-02-09
Smnll Supply OF Mercantile and Board Of
Trnde Paper...Clcarlngs
Se,D00,000.
The Produce Markets 1regular--Whcat
Active and E1citedly Higher.
Pro,I,Ion, Tame, and Close Weak--Cotn Tends
Donnsards--0thsr Eftadslnlls STEADY.
Grnin In Sight-..Englana's Consump-
tion..-0leo-Margartne.
FINANCIAL.

proportions since the r1t oI tht W1nth, The eo8$-
Of The country foas intctftreh TO hoMo extent
with mercantile collections. md there IA some IT.
lie corresponding Increase In the offerings Of ncT-
camille paper. The loan market II decidedly easier.
Hates Of discount were SO 10 per cent 10 regular
customers 1t the hanks. In The street, falcs wcrc
7pcr cent anti upwards.
New York exchange was quotcl between banks
NJ tic per 81. 0U0 premium.
The clcatlngs wcfc Sc. QUO, 600.
TILE nosrOS MONEY MAnKHT.
The Dneton ddrtrflstr ot Monday sayA: ''Thc
week opens with rather drmcf Feeling In tho
MONEY market, although without any material
change In rates Actnat tr1naactiohs. There
sctms to be less demand. at tho moment, for low.
uriccd paper. many at ths banks having become
stGer In tlicir views, antl unwilling to accept even
the hest paper at less than ~ 10 per cent. It's
pretty evident, from the present condition OF tho
market that The hanks 1rc justified III 4'sowinR
up" 1,ttc. A. VIC have before remarked, the
grccnback portion Ut the reserve Of the hankr ts
mnch .maller than usuAl nj this linz Of ycnt al,1
prudence would frcn 10 rcqntre that they keep
thelr funds we'll In hnn,l tO meet tho possible
lgcnc!cs Of the fnsnrc. While grecnbaekn arc
relatively 20 thor, tho aptinging up Of mn activo
demand would bc likely not only 10 advpnce
rates. hui 10 develop a scarcity nf gErcnbacks
which would prove very tnconvcnicnt.
A CALIFORNIA HANKEtt IN WALL STREET.
Itts d part of the cusstp Of Wull sttret that The
successor o! Mr.. William I'nlslon, at the Hank Of
California, Il heavily engaged tntpocu1xtiontn in New
York and that to hl4 efforts is due The strcnsth Of
certain stocks. The Caitsorhiuns, sayE the New
York Herald, havc certainly made middle Of this
market.
ANOTHER M,vfNG-sTocK EXCHANGE.
Another New York MEning.Stoek Exchange IL
advertised Of which Il IA nllcgcd 1856 members Of
the Stock Exchange. md afty arc members Of tho
Cola Board The growing Interest in mining so
curittea Ia atscstcd by this fact.
MEMORANDA,
The following Il tho Committee appointed 10
hcsotlatc for the settlement OF the boncn debt Of
The Southern states: George :. Coo. President Of
tho American Exchange National Dank; H.. D.
vcrmiyc, President Of the Mcschants' National
Hank; benjamin Il. Sherman, President Of the
Mechanics National flanf: OF New York; n. II.
Comc:yr, Of the Philadelphia National Hank: and
Enoch rrnti, President Of tho I'n1tlnotc National
Farmers and Ilanters' 1ans. The total Indebted.
rers s nl,ont s:oo, ooo, 600; TINT OF Virginia Ia
s35. COO, coo.
The San francisco journal or Commeyrc thinks
that the gold and silver production Of tho Pacific
coast for 1870 has been understatcd and figures It
up to slGi, I'm, 5i0. 81.
Tile Sun Frunclseo mint coinage for January WAS
the largest In silver lpne at that mint In ono
month, md the ordcr fer trade.toliats arc stI1t
nllcad OF the production. Tie total silver coinage
was sc, J38, Doo There was no gold coined.
The current number ut tho Etonomists FFdntatse
contains an interesting article giving tho popula-
ton stati-sc+ of rar1s since lS:.l. As 1t IL only
aince 1Htt0 TINT Paris, under that natne has ox-
tended 10 ths forti6cattbns, the intermediate
Erousd and IT. Inhabitants arc added, whrsr ncccs.
ary.in the figures c!ycn. III 1881 Tho :aggfDmtra-
foM PHrlsI<nHe," az ti.o EroHomast calls tu tutal
population for llstinctlon's rake, amounted to
Hui, 4:U pcrsons. In 1870 It was 00a, g: l}t1,
4
1RN 1.:EB, G11; 1871, !, tIfl Ill, 1850, J. S9a,
a74; 1877, 1,S5l. 7o:; and in ls7o .1,cc. 3l),
LING, 5ia. It Is h1woys Increasing, and tho m
crease was greatest between 1aI1 nnl 1a5G. and
in thc subsequent years I'LL laU0 Tho imperial
regime eylucnt,y had the effect Of attracting jcopc
to tho Capital. and xiuco 1881 the cnsity Of Paris
Including the l}anllcu. hns considerably more than
doubled.
RAILROAD uOSpy,
The following bids wcrs n1ads on tho 9th inst.
for r.ronl bnnhs OIL tho New York stock.Ex.
change:
A1hanrsA 1st hdst. INIT ~ { y n , in