New-York tribune., 1880-04-05
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i $50 ssgaDAr. syfn 4--s y. "
The value OF the exports Of mevchaudas, II
New-fork for the week ended March 80 makea =
more favorable comparison with pressd;ns %s-1.
than have done the exports of previous vss.l y ~
| value this year being $7.219,412. or ai.aeS -
more than for the same week of 1879. aad aa9K ~
more than for the week Of 1873. But tl,s inf,ts,.
in the value of imports at New-Yok /. r.r.S
greater than the increase in exports, the yaI.e "
the imports for the week ended Aprii -.
$11,5O3,605, or $5,O72,011 greater than fnr ~
week of 1870, and $6, ,042 633 greater thar n fa7s
| From January 1 TO the dates named the nrs.,e.
from New-York this year are S. 100 4a5 r,sxe ~.
last year, while the imports at this Dor. sbis v.e
show an increase of $4s O45, ,954, or sia trae o,.
than the increase in exports. The total t.rcioa
commerce of the port of New-York from Jannssy l
to date for three years compares as foows:~
s s,y,ai gIssIs
EapSrs IapSFs over over Imports Imports 757Soas
The totals of yesterdays bank statement ss d vs~
made and the changes it shows are given below.
But the statement includes the figures Of the rfth
Avenue Bank, which reports for the first time. De.
ducting the figures of the Fifth Avenue frt , shs
totals, shows that the real changes the totals a
tho banks that reported the preceding week were
as follows: Loan decrease, $1.60SOO0; speeiS
decrease, $1.427. 400; legal-tender decrease,
$4G4.600; deposit decrease, $2,471, no. The cir.
| culation is unaffected because 20 Fifth
Avenue has none The actual >.dscreass in
the amounts of total reserve .~.,fore I'VE.
81 s92, 600 instead Of 81 520, 500 as ,roars w tho
| statement. The reserves arc shown g -, 1000
under the rule of 25 per cent. whic N q tina
| case because of the low condition OF rese es CT
| the State banks, while none Of the ill., Ncse
below the requirements OF the law. - sucl il not
| the case. The reserves arc very une ',ded
between the Nationals; while the Con ,.e oorts
45.4O, the City 34.oO and the ;sa 1920
| per cent, there are twenty Ma nal )anks
which report less than % er eent
| To what extent the averages rcporte, nth week
are rising rather how much bette; re u con-.
| dition of the banks on Friday mig than
tho reported averages it is 'cu to
| determine. That tho condition Is svle vhat
better is probable, but not uch better
as public estimation places it. OF t. pa chase
of $5,OO0,OOO bonds Wednesday, 80 5000
were paid for on that day, that that united
| three days in the average, and not only "a d two
| days as some suppose. The following I'll COM
parative totals of the statements OF Ndrch 81 and
| April 3:
4sFsa % A9sSss ssS Be- Be- ':;;:s;
::$ B si $ S
TIE following shows the relit,on bssween tas
specie M3EfR a9gs55 sE5 s5AR!g'op AR1l!5
sfasRis lsssHes:: 5j5i3sCS j5S 5scS 5%si5 % ,e
assinst asSslts c5.Os5,la' c4saG7Oo
a%SrnTaIs. SSaa, ... Ocl,i75 .soa.ooo Dec lg7le7s
deficit
| Compared with that of the correspondence date Of
1879. the present statement SHOWS: Loans
increased. $5fS02.90O; specie ttasod
S3J.3Oi .30O legsl-tcndcrs decreased nc.. "a 800;
deposits increased, $G6. .1sj, 100; c~y..
crea>ed,$ : GIG. 100 The total reserve ltol sOO)
now is 2i.ss per cent of the ,osits,
againS; 1856 last week and 259c { g.
1879.
During thc weak ended yesterday y - ~ the
Stock Exchange ruled stringent WI. 90 occasional
| nomcntary easement. At full le,tl rates iiass
we're made by favor" while 1se and j, h""~. pc.
diem were the common rates, and l. 'rar
diem the exception. Stringcncy in the last week
Of March aud the first days of Apri1 Is expected.
But heictoforc there usually has come reler y.
mcdiately aftcrward, and some pcrs03s ar rxracs-
ing THAI the usual course will be fo'lpvcA lis year.
The domestic exchanges, however, IN ;g :,e .a
a different condition from any pre"- -: year.
Whrlc ar Chicago there has been an vance since
April 10 % cents discount, Boston ia, .rown
worse, falling from p to 10 cents sconD. A COM
pali,nn OF the rates for exchange on y rDik at
the places named Apr! 3, 1879 aud $780, is ofin-
tcrcst. Ii is as foil ows:
1879. ,ssH
saya' nah. ......ssd, prem. u % ~.
Elailr.on :;, smen. - - ..s,u. .
- Ie,iS cts Prem y ,sst
Ch..lEO. 81 prem. It. DIST
iOsOn On......................... par 40eia dist.
The Stock Exchange markets were M. inset
tied bat prices generally were fairly nv
the popular belief that easy money is nt''e near
future, and tha: with it will come apo,her ,m'
Governments, however were strong, Nj ;ai!y
Tor the ll2 AID 1 per cents which los" md
per cent respectively. On We ia, the
Treasury purchased $5,000,000 OF
the usual amount OF $2,000,U> --.~'
stitlcncd the prices &c tie old issuea ~
Il traction. The business at the Board, bowe"Ar,
was not large. although larger tlay fnr Ill" "n cd
Ing week, hayIng amounted to l2f". ~ sb
SS91 800 for the previous week. Tb. .ls' are
the highest and low, st pric 3 of bonn tbe Eek,
and tho closing sales Saturday and week az:
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HIGHEST. Lowest March" lrr;S
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