, 1881-01-06

sisx. div.
Government tonds wcro unusually active. In
Chlcngo, District Of Columbia 3,o5s wcru lGj,< bid
and lCfss asked; tho 4s wero 1l:!S, ox-fntGrcst,
lid md HE'S asketl: tho 4hs woro 1l1A BID and
1lsst askcd; tho ia, 1Ola and IQls;; md tho 0s,
f0fX e1-!ntcrest, ind 10l!t. Thcro wa8 a good
dcmahd FROM Investors for amounts running up
to e60O0.
Foreign ovchanRe closed excessively wenk, Ia
consequence Of largo salcs In Now York l,y
Drcxel, Morgnn & Co. against Northern Pacific
liAiroad luan lately tuken by a syndcnte Of which
this tirn. arc tho chet members. Sterling posted
rntcs closed 4S09f nnn 1888, Dankcrs' mctunl rntca
closcdnt 4s0i for si1tytlny bills anu 4s.A GDls.H
for dotnnnd. For s'xty.tny commercial tlsis for
prompt delivery, &77afG14'BM. For thrco wceks'
delivery, 4's0a1a.z, Sixty-lay commercial bills,
prompt delivery OIL IIavru, CT dl5Nsi, Anu MUIR
scilles Sl !. Gtansi. Sixty.jay commercial llIlson
Antwerp. deliverable prompt, woro G:, sG53Us;.
1lankrrs' bills OH Germany wcre D1ai for sixty
days aud 04H for demnnd; sixty.day commercial
hills. prompt. G3kIoJ.s; and for three wcrks'
delivery, o1t49T'3s. Eankcrs' RuIlt1ers on 1Iul-,
land werc 1o3t for sixty days and 10 fur lomari;
sixty days commercial was MGbm 6-l0. >
Thorc has been movement BY brown, Dros.
antl sum0 oth0r pronIncnt Now York bankers
to chnnKo tho stylo OF quotations. for for0lgn
cxchAt1Ec. The reform IL not popular With ship
pcra pr tho minority OF hn1kcrs, being much
tess convenient In form thln the prcsent system.
lis success ia by no ntcanB certain. Persons do
string to Rcn4rc tho tables which have boon pre-
pArcd 10 Rlvc tho value Of n pound sterling In
lollRrH Oh the how bn41A can obtain them, FREQ,
Of Mnckay g. Gray, toro1gn exchange dealers,
10 Ll SalIo street, In New York tho pan has
met with great opposition from tho .ne1nbcrs or
tho FnHuuo Md Cotton Exchanges, and pro-
tests have bcen lssucd.l
Tho foreign commerce for tho yoar 1880 OF tho
port OF New York. estimating tho exports OF tho
last fow tinya ct December, 1880, compares With
that OF the preceding two years as follows;
ExvonTs.
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tMpollTs.
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Ch!caKo haAkess reported heavy rcceipts Vt
currency, and TO shipments tu sI,cnk of, Now
York oxchnngo waa sold between bauks ut par.
aud was Arta vt thAt figure. Loans Sero active
ut eQb1 per cent.
1+Qcat salos nf securities were attIvo; West
Yown ~. e1s,00D, sold vt JOG; sonth Park H.,
s50d0, ut HOS; Lincoln PArk ~, t70o0. at tl0.s;
Wabash tlrst b. t5,,000. at VI; burlington &
Quincy ~ *G,ooo, at Gl4 9ps.l Cook County +'ks
| at lWai chicaEn 4!iaa. l0d.i, Burlington s
Atssour! ~, S50,W0, VI "; North Division CITY
Hallway o. ut ll:ti, mud the now West DIylsion
| City ltutlWly 0 per cunt certificates ut 111.
l On the chtcngo Stock lloAtI thore wtre saIca
OF 81 UO West Division Hallway 7s ut lu0st; 49, ,O0
WAbusb. St, Louis s. Pacific Ga, Chicugo division,
at Vi. Tho following quotations. wore mulet