The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-09-29
CLOSING QUOTATIONS.
The closing quotations at s +. Nj. wcrc:-
THE MONEY MARKET.

THE MONEY MARKET
Money on call lent at s 9 per cent, tho closing
rates being A per cent Banks would not. however,
lend much below per cent, ana prime mercantile
paper quoted at a per cent The following
were OF exchange New York at tho under
mentioned cities to-day savannah, buying 4 of,
selling on Cincinnati, steady. buying par, selling
Ito prcmium; Charleston scarce, buying 4, selling
par; st. Louis, SO premium; new Orleans, CONNER
cla 4, bank Il premium, and Chicago, so discount.
Foreign exchange was lower this afternoon, closing
with actual at 81 for bankers long and SO
for demand sterling Some of tho stock brokers who
have had loans called Thorn by the banks have been
borrowing sterling against coateras and selling tho
Same to raise money.
MARKET.
Gold was dull at 1903 throughout the day. The Dor.
rowing rates fiat, 2 y, I and per cent per
nun, aud finally 1-64 per diem.
GOLD cLEARINGs THE NATIONAL BANK STATE
YORK.
Gold balances NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $8lS,6H
Currency balances ...................... o4o,ooO
Gold ccarances ..-..................-. lo,vl,VOu
CLEARING STATEMENT.
Currency exchanges. 500 934, S31
currency palahces o'zao I4s
Gold exchanges. 7,7O660l
G0d balances. ooc,ouo
GOVERNMENT
Government bonds were dull and heavy ali day,
closing heavy at tho following quotations :-Untcd
registered, 1904 1o91s; do do, do, coupon, 1lO1
1los do. do, 1865, new, registered 1863 1861 40.
40, do coupon 1854 1855; do. do, 1857, regis
tered, 1868 1O7 do do, do, coupon, 1918 a107N;
do. do. 1865, registered, 1895 1927; do. do, do,
coupon 1905 1O91; do tcn-iortes registered lO6T
alO7; do do, coupon, 1919 u los; do fves. 1881.
registered, 1863 107 do do, do, coupon, 1O7h
1914; do. four and a halls, 1901, registered, 1O5
1o5H; do. do, do, coupon, los 1857; do. tours,
1907, registered 1OlI 1olh
IMPORTS.
The imports OF dry goods Tor tho week wero
ST. 432 OOs and tho amount marketed ST. 653 495 Tho
total imports OF dry goods since January this year
wero se4, 7O4,oss and the total amount marketed
sos, l59,1s9.
THE FOREIGN MARKET.
The London advces report consols and United States
bonds steady and unchanged except for 1S67's which
rose to 1o7s, and later declined to 1919 American
railway shares were firm. Erie preferred advanced \
per cent to %, and illinois Central Y per cont, to
FOX. New York Central soId cx-dvidcnd, at 10lX,
and Erie common at IL u Tx. To day is fortnightly
settling day at tho Stock Exchange. At Paris rcntcs
advanced to 1o5L 42]ac and exchange on London was
quoted at 25t 1870 Bar silver was quoted at 55d per
ounce, and Germany has advanced the minimum price
at which sho will sell to that prco. The closing prices
in London wcre:-Consols, Tor money and account,
95H g5X; new AZ per cent bonds, 105L Ave.
twenty bonds OF 1867, 1o7X; ten.torty bonds, 1o7A
1917; lives of 1881, 1917 1919. Erie common
shares, lljA Erie preferred shares, 22s; New York
Central, 1OlM (exovidend); Illinois Central, 70X
| TREASURY.
The national bank circulation issued during Scptem-
Der was $780, Co., for which 81, 900 In legal
tenders Will DO retired, leaving tho loyal tender CIR
oulation outstanding ON October l. $500, 900 The
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