New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-02

transmitted, make it certain that substantially
the entire amount of skies will be continued
The usual weekly statement of the bonds on
depost for the banks shows that S6'602'9VO
of the slammed thrce-and -One-haf per cents are
already in the charge of the treasury NJ ''''
500, $40, $50 in all have thus far been lsSuou
Whether holders have yet recover li,'
est on the greater part OF the SKIES ''i"9
extended is doubtful, but including Nh''''Vt
gum has been thus received, at least @o'VV''VV'
must be disbursod on that account ny "''
Treasury in few days. The quarterly ni''i
ost On the five per cents which amounts 10
q 7o4. ss5 90. falls due to-day. In addition
notice is now given that all the bonds "l the
s25 600. 600 call. which natures on the 2ls'
instant. will be taken by the Treasury, with
,,,.oro,,no,t of the interest to that date. Up
70 the first of April only SG,O6O'2OO OF these
bonds had been redeemed leaving nearly
$4,000. 600 yet TO come in. The amount now
outstanding will appear from the debt state
ment to be issued to-day, hut is probably not
much less. Some of these bonds may be long
delayed But out Of nearly S30, 100000 which
the Treasury thus offers TO dsbursc at once
large part will doubtless. be paid this week
The stoppagc of gold imports, whether tenn
porary or not is not To be regretted m view oil
the great supply of money az hand. The banks
and the Treasury reported on Saturday re-
serves amounting TO 1GLlGS,3j2' against
TlG2, sos, sO7 ON Saturday the 2Jd, am increase
Of 81 ,GO9,jIj. The continued return OF money
from the interior j. to be expected at tins sea-
son. and yet the banks already hold SG9.2S9' loo
in spccic-an amount never exceeded except
for two weeks in July last, when the reserve
WIS $40. 100000. The approaching dlS-
hurscmcnts here sufficiently explain the
st0pTagc Of gold shipments from Europe
and yet the available supply there is
So large that the Bank of England on
Thursday reduced it, rate to 2i2 per cent. and
the reserve, in an tbe great banks are again
increasing Money would probably hc coming
here for investment iu large amounts hnt Tor
the cxtnyaglntly gloomy accounts OF railway
traffic. busncs, condition and crop prospects
with which .,etulators have recently drlus'd
foreign readers. When II becomes known tl"i
American RAILWAYS are not all washed away OF
b1ukrupt. that the volume of business i~
larger than il WIS i'm April, l~~o. and that
this country is likely To have a few bushels OF
wheat for export, foreign capital, which i'
still vainy seeking profitable employment
abroad. will ice apt TO turn mthcrwaTd again.
Exports of domestic products have been
checked hy corners in hrcad-tuils and pro-
visions Flour still goes abroad more largely
than ever, and British Journals report that the
demand for wheat is lcsscncd 10y the inability
of millcrs 10 compete with American supplies
Of -four. hut the speculative advance IN price
4 lac lamont Df
April contracts on Friday, and the break IN
prices on Saturday, may open the WAY to more
liberal exports soon a navigation opens.
At present the stagnation Is shown 10y the low
rates charged for freight, grain contracts to
LIVERPOOL having been made NJ 2l2 pence.
The speculation in hog products does not yet
seem To have exhausted itself, though 1t has
helped materially to cause "a decline OF % per
cent in April exports Of bacon, 20 per cent ID
exports of pork. and 70 per cent in exports OF
lard. Cotton exports last week also fell belo"
those of the corresponding week last year nut
not because of an advance in price, and the
movement for April has been about 10000
! bales. or nearly 40 per cent larger than in
| April, 1850. The petroleum movement has
also been large in three weeks OF April
! 1880, 600 gallons. against 9,l75ooo for The
corresponding weeks last year. There Is rr1
/ son 10 look for a marked increase Of exports
during the present month and the mcchan-
disc imports. though amounting to 81 l,G3~,2ij
AT New-York last week. have not recently been
! large enough to cause any apprehension.
The volume OF domestic trade ha- unqucs-
! tionably been very large in April not"Ithsiand-
| ing the gloomy accounts so Professionally circu-
/ y d q