New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-02

TX interest
Stale bonds were moderately active, the transact
tions including Arkansas Is Memphis and Little
Rock Railroad ut II, Tennessee Is, old, at 54G544
and new series at 55 Virginia IS deferred at IS and
Missouri u, 1858, at 107. OF city bank stocks the
only sale was twenty-four shares Of Commerce at
148.
Speculative classes of railroad bonds sympathized
with the Improvement in the share market. but as
50 large n portion of that improvement was L dc
late in the day. the sales of bonds do not show cor
responding gain in the figures. Erie second con-
soils were fully active, and rose from 90 to 1910
Q0ls Missouri Kansas and Texas first cOnsOs al
vanced from 105A to 10601G53i, and seconds
from soil to S112 Boston, Hartford and Ere firsts
rose / per cent to So, but the last sales were at
5Jls and Rome. Watertown and OgGensburg hrsts
advanced from s8l2 to 80. G.. {. and !. Z. first
incomes were steady at G7l2. ~. Louis ana IRON
Mountain first incomes sold at 9ll2092 against
92l2 notwithstanding the following announcement
from St. Louis of the action of the shareholders ar
the annual meeting to-day The sbaAholders
recommend an increase of bonds 10 provide means
for laying balance of road with steel. Capital to be
increased to tbirty-hye millions. The income
bonds of the company bearing interest If earned.
are to he exchanged for five per cent fixed mort
gage bonds on the basis of 107 for first preferred
and 100 for second preferred incomes" Early sales
of Canada Southern fTsts were made at p decline
at 100 Metropolitan frsts were strong at lO5. the
seconds selling at 98l2. Burlington. Cedar Rapids
and Northern frsts were y higher at 100 Denver
and Rio Grande iirsts advanced to Ito and Kansas
Pacific consoIs to 104l2 104, and frsts, Denver d.
vision to 1O8ls. Texas and Pacific incomes were
active at S13l0sj. the frsts, Rio Grande Division,
being steady at 97l2a07.
The Sub Treasury to-day lost SG,24S on balance,
made up by a currency loss of 1907, less coin
gain of $23 O59. This makes the total loss since
last Friday $1,959,12 The deposits of lawful
money for retirement of circulation amounted to
1927 200, making total at this Sub-Treasury OF
S15476. 465. The bonds purchased announced to
$242 500, making total thus far under the call for
sos 900, 900 and offer to purchase $10,OOO,OOO OF
SG,O7335O. Money was very irregular Early loans
were ut per cent later ones at 32d s per cent and
interest and final ones ut 6, with exceptional
ones at 3, after which money was onefed
at 4 per cent. The domestic exchanges
on New-YOrk at the places named are quoted as
follows: Savannah, lsass premium; Charleston.
Chicago. SO075 cents discount; Boston, 5O01o
cents premium. The United States Treasurer az
Washington to day received $21S,OOO IN National
bank notes for redemption. The custom receipts
were $67S. 447, and tue internal revenue receipts
were $I55,OO5. The Clearing House house. sta s
to-day is az follows: Exchanges, S226, i20e34j
balances, S0,500,o7U. The transactions at tlo
Sub-Treasury covered: Receipts S1,32s sos;
PAYMENTS 1881 $50 currency baaice'
81, 4G1, lis; coin balance, Ss9O3S'SSo.
PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT.
The following is the pablo debt statement issued
March l, 1881. compared with that OF feoruary -
1881: