, 1877-05-11
The Produce Markets Generally Easier
Provisions More Aotive..-
: Hogs Weak.
Hatas Yel1 Du!l, but SteadIer~.Coru IN fstf d.
nand, bat tlttlt Waated for
Shipment.
A. Lull in Commercial Interest
---Waittng for News.


done In financial circles 10 decreasing. The appll-
cations tor accommodation are Light, In every
direction. The wholesale faetcAntile customers
Of the baukA aud manufacturer Efxc cheerful ac-
count Of the condition Of theit parsnss. but al.
though there ts considerable activity In sneh dc.
partmcnta, II IL mol enough 10 five employment 10
The Idle finds OF thu bhnks. individual capital Ia
more ncurfy sufficient for the maintenance Of hnst-
ness than It has been before in maby years. Tho
supply Of paper from the Iloard OF Tfadc and tho
country continues light, and the banks 6nd shelr
Entplns Of loanable funds increasing
Rates OF dltconnt sft 10 pct cont Al the banks
to regular customers On tho street, romanaily the
eamc rntcs prevail.
Nav York exchanges was dn, bat, as littlo IA
making, rites rcse Ermor, snd werc quoted st 60
Ea75c per 81. 600 premium between bhnks.
The clcarlngh were s., DoOt 0O0.
FiRE-IHsuRAHcE STATISTICS.
Part l., Just Issued. Of tbs report OF insurance.
superintendent smyth, ot New York, showa thst
tho gross atttta Of tho fire, Arc-mar|ne, md ma
rnc insurance companies Of this country doing
busIncsa In Now York Stale on Dec. u. 1870 ntrs
$50, 40, ,U07. Thu loint.stock companies OF shs
6tate return $50, a58 G75; stock companies Of 9TH
, ct Stntes, $G7, Bb4, H7t: tho Now York mntuafs,
$3.50, zoo; add other State mutna1s. g., III.
sS4. Tho liabilities of thcse companies
excepting scrip md capital, aggregate 81, 8o1, 612.
Now York stock companies report S13, III, $50;
other stato stock companies, seeoe, Isl. os3; New
York etate mutuala, $cu8, zoo; other Slate mn.
fuale, 1885, $50. The whole amount Of scrip liz.
hatites Is 81. 70, 2G. and os capital, SO, ,Ba 440.
Thc fire ptcrliumB fccclred Wcfo 4l7, 80, 8j1; The
fse ioeses paid, 81, os6 507. drc losscs incurred,
0,11, 4ss. The estimated amount Of expenses
for the tranracton Of this business IL given at
S. 51. 10l, which. II added to the incurred osses,
ind the total taken from tic premium receipts,
leavcs an apparent net profit OF g., 7g7. oo1.
THE NEW 1oRK sTocK MARKET.
Ntta lork Tfmfs.
1t Ia guile possible for tho outside publa 70 ta
moro badly cheated when pricea aso going up than
Whcn they arc so'ng down. Tho former Is tho ttma
when oussders arc most tennted 10 "tAks band
In" and when they arc most apt to get hold Of
stoek for which the market has been sktlsullY and
un'csupa1onsly "riggcd." The only safety IL IN
great temperance, II not In total abstinence. And
II corporate managers OF really valuable properly
could only bo persuaded at compelled to adopt
such method OF Keeping thcif shareholder In.
formed Of their actual buslness "a would protect
them from stock -iobbng rumoFs and lying reports
made wilt, 4 purpose, the "bulls" and tho
''bcars" nltke would be, before long, left to tho
improbable and lAt1nlos6 sport Of dghting with
eIch nE1tGf.
4 RosxATH ytHw OF r,fn SAN FRANCISCO
STOCK MARKET.
The SAn francisco H.tlettn, commenting on tho
fact that tho value OF this mtnes on tho Comssock
Ind shrunk from s971, o5o. zoo In January, 1875,
~ Ch0, AAt9. aVu IN Mays Aoft+ SA36:
f?Gs? s e ~ s'Gs ss = FISK ss*e9 s
0seteH iurisE tho tvelopment Q! that lHanza. Tha
Il d!:ssss 4 e. {. 81 81
s' e xt @ I'D ss a..ra
IT, IT, cnn cf o 81 HS'a " IVY s IT'D 4 r m e. ss ssS
k4ira Of great value viii eventually ho found III tols
%sts s sys u Sats ns H. s
ttnn, tFcn II n0 1uHro Developments 10 found vrff
Ao0n.
T1fH CoMsrocK LODE.
The San Francisco Chrohlcis showa that II any
cap!sa1ht had taken the twclvo mincs,-yrcrra
Ecvadu, ophr, Gould & Curry, Savage, Einla L
Norernns, Clollar-1'otoai, CtAh, Union Con.olI.
dsted. Mexican. Dcst a Dslchor, lullion. sud Ex-
chequcr, which omhraca II, AL feet on tho Com.
stock Lode. Of more than half Of It, ns Rlft, and
worked them II thcy haso bcen worked, tho last
slxtpcR years. ho would ha%o lost half a million
tollhrs, -tbnt II, wh,la tho dividends from thcso
niues hnve hetn ahout 81, 49, 7s0 theassessments
hayo amounted 10 SsoO, 900 more.
TIE HANK or NEVADA AND THE noNANzAs.
On tho 4th Inst. tho Hank OF Nevada had to.
duceI tta ioans on tho BONANZA stocks 10 SIC per
share. This was M unexpected letting down OF
established rates, ard resulted IN tho throwing Into
the market largo blocks OF those stocks upon
which no further margins could be secured: Tho
lowest point reached, however. for them, waa
SIS. 10000
GOLD AND GRHENBAcKs.
Gold was 1n1h<e1o7,t In g1ocnbaeks,
0feenbacks were D311D1K cents on tho dollar
In gold.