The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-08
The closing quotations Of stocks were as follows

The total sales Of stocks at the Board to-day aggre
gated 20i AIS shares. which distributed fol-
lows Western Union Telegraph. 9,0O0 Pacific Mail.
4,40O Erie. 800; Lake Shore II no. Union Pacific.
400 Illinois Central, 1900; Northwestern, 2s,loo;
do preferred, $500; New Jersey Central. 1850; Rock
Island, 743 st. Paul. 1000 do. preferred. airs; Wa
BASH 1890; Ohios. 200 Lackawanna. $50; Morris
and Essex $685. Hannibal and st. Joseph preferred
800; g. C. III. c., $50; Delaware and Hudson 800;
Kansas and Texas. 500.
The money market was fairly easy and call loans
made at ga per cent and at the close at "a
per cent. The bank statement was very unfavorabls
and caused much anxiety. The loans are up
s3777 100 deposits 1921 400 and circulation $51 200
The great feature of the statement however is the
loss Of $27a 700 in specie and S1314 100 ia legal
tenders. Tho surplus reserve in the banks Is re-
duced by sa.l77.75o. which leaves the banks with
only ss365,o5O above legal requirements. Tho fol-
lowing shows the condition OF the New York city
banks this week. as compared with last:--
Nor. 3d. Dec. 7. Differences
Loans :. $3.50 iss 400 $3.50 siS,5oo Inc Earn. 100
Specie; a2,9S74oo sodS9 10 Dec 2.197 T0o
Deposits - 206, 797 900 2o7 05sGOD Inc. 2Gl, 400
Circulation. 2O.o07.oo0 2o,05s2o0 Inc.. $1,000
The following the rates Of exchange New
York at the aforementioned cities Savannah. buy
ing "a offered, selling - premium; Charleston. buy
ing q discount. selling par a 4 premium; New Or
leans commercial =. bank "a st. Louis. par: Chi
cage firm buying lilo discount. selling lilo pre-.
MUM, and Boston, rs premium. Foreign exchange
dull, but firm at 1914 4S2 for bankers long,
aud 1864 q .SGts for demand sterling.
Gold opened and closed at 1905, with sales In the
interim at 1904 The carrying rates IL per
cent.
The Clearing House statement was.-
Currency exchanges.
CURRENCY balances .................... a'v2ovvs
GoIu exchanges
and the weekly Clearing House statement % fol-
lows.-
Currency exchanges. .................$ .22l
Gold exchanges. ...................' sc'1sss
Golu palances. ..................'..'. o'iso''fs
Government bonds quiet. and closed steady
a. the following quotations. 49,.
United states currency sixes... l94 1904
United states sixcs 1881, registered. 1861 1868
United States SKIES 1881, coupon. 1O0ls 1O9ia
United states SKIES 1885. new reg. lOOA 1904
United states skies, 1865. COUPON. 1885 1884
United States skies, 1867, registered. lob l03is
United States skies, 1867, coupon.... 1885 106
United states skies, 1868, registered. 1861 1861
United States skies, 1863, coupon.... IOgls 40
United states tcn-forties registered. 10I y, 1914
United states ten fortics coupon. =. 10T s. 1U1I
United states hvcs, 1881, registered. 1861 1861
United states hyes, 1881, coupon. 1865 1864
United states 49,, 1891. registered. 1915 1olss
United states tti's 1891, coupon. -. l0l 1Ulss
uutcd States fours, 1907, registered geta Ws
United states TOURS 1907. coupon. .. lUOia 10O,s
The London adviccs reported consols q q q lower
at the opening-at "a 9t9 for money aud vA,i for
the account but the closing quotations rcspec
lively ~ $40 and "a 7-16. United states bonds we're
unchanged except for AYES. which dsClned from loS1