The New York herald., 1877-10-12
HIGHEST AND LOWEST.
The following the highest and lowest prices OF
The SALES TODAY,


The sales OF active stock at the Board today aorro
gated z23 500 shares which wero distributed as ol
iows-Ncw York Central, II, $50; Erie IS o45: Lake
Shore, 3S,000; Wabash 5,100; Northwestern 10 600.
do preferred, l,ooo Rock Island, 1,lOo; milwaukee,
and st. Paul. TO- 400; do. preferred, 1000; Delaware
Lackawanna and Western. So, 3o0 New Jersey Central
2oo Morris and Essex, 400; Michigan Central 400:
Illinois Central 500; Union Pacific, 800. Ohio and
Mississippi, 14,2oo; Western Union, $4,000; Pacific
Mali, 7lo; Quicksilver, 900; do preferred, "a, 900.
THE MONEY MARKET.
Money on call lent at per cent to-day with a few
loans at per cont but the former was the prevailing
rate the advance In the bank rate in London HAVING
astrengthening effect upon the money market here
The following were tho rates New York at
the aforementioned cities to-day:-Savannah heavv
ouying % discount, selling u discount; Cincinnati
buying 80 discount par, selling SO a 100 premium:
Charleston, buying y discount selling X par: 81.
LOUIS. lilo discount; New Orleans, commercial Y
ZIG, bank u; Chicago 60 discount, ana Milwaukee
par between banks. Foreign exchange was advanced
from 4so TO 4.S5 ior demand sterling, owing to the
raising OF tho Bank OF England discount rate rha
nominal rate Tor sixty-day bills remains at a ST.
Actual business is at about so 4S0S Tor long and
As41 a4.s5 for demand sterling
GOLD MARKET
Gold opened at lO3 advanced to I03 q, and declined
to 1929, at which the closing sales were made The
carrying rates were !, u. "a, 2 8 and 4 per cent
Loans also made fat and at two per cent for bor
rowing.
GOLD cLxARISds AT THE NATIONAL BANK OF THE STATE
OF YORK.
Gold paiances.. 81 266 1o7
Cu,.cncy palances............. l306,673
"oia c'earances. 27l65,o00
CLEARING House STATEMENT.
currency exchanges. 715 2lb
currency balances. ...................... 2062,0lS
Gd llSo4olo
oo1 o@'eueoS....... 9S,3I5
rHK FOREIGN
The London advices report an advance In tho Bank
Of England rate OF discount the regular weekly meet
ing OF the directors this morning from to per cent
Tho ratio IN The open market for three months bills is
up to ~ per cent Tue bank lost s693 900 bullion or
the week ending yesterday the proportion OF reserve
to liabilities being 35x against 37t, per cent
last week. ConsoIs arc &c lower Tor money
ana nc. higher for The account. United States
bonds are fraction lower Tor 4k,s and
Ives Eric declined per cent, TO 10; preferred pcr
cent, TO "a; New YORK Central !, per cent TO 1o4
ana Illinois Central per cent. 10 Al Parts renes
rose to lo5E 45c Inc weekly statement of the Bank
pf France shows decrease in specie OF 2s 200 o0o
Inc closing prices IN London as lollows:-C
,so's Tor money, 955S ae5h do. for account g5L
asoS; new "a per cent bonds, l03I a lo3I; dve-
twenty bonds Of 1867, 1074 ton.iorty bonds 1o7k:
fves OF 1881. 1868; Ere common sharcs 49, do.
preferred shares, "a New York Central l04L: mi.
nois Central, 75A Bar silver was quoted ut 54s.d
por ounce
GOVERNMENT poxDs
There wasa fair demand Tor governments today at
Iood prices and they closed steady at the following
quotaiions-Untcd states currency sixcs 100 l2ol;
do do, 1881, registered, 100 lo9Is; do do do.
coupon, loo1s llo; do do, 1865, new, registered
lo61s loS1s; do. do, do coupon, 1861 a 1857:
DO. do, 1857. registered. 107 a Io7h do do. DO.
coupon 1917 l07x; do. do, 1865 registered 100 a
lo9h; do. do., DO, coupon, 100 lo9 do do, ten.
iort'es registered. lo6's aloea; do. do do coupon
1914 los; do do, hvcs, 1884, registered log u a
1904; do. do, do, coupon, 1868 a l06A do do,
Aks, lsvls registered lo4 lo4l; do. do., do, cou.