New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-07

provement 7s sold at l02. OF city bank stocks
American Exchange sold at 1875.
There was an unusually good demand for railroad
| bonds of such classes as command the confidence
of investors but the speculative kinds were fever
| ish when not especially supported. Erie second
consos were y lower at 92l2; the closing quota
tions was 92l2G92s,. Missouri, Kansas and Texas
seconds were off y to 6924 and recovered to 704,
and the general 6s were mp 3 at -. Chesa-
peake and Ohio frsts, series A, we're g
lower at 11O24. Canada Southern first
IS advanced - TO 995s. West Shore first Is were
comparatively quiet and steady at about 80. 81.
Paul first IS. Pacific and Western division, were
active and strong at an advance Of 90 per cent to
9s and first 5s Wisconsin and Minnesota division,
rose u to %, and Northwestern debenture 0s
were up q per cent at 05l2 Metropolitan Elevated
first IS strong at I06i2 and the second 6s were
y higher at 3Gio. NewYOrk, Chicago an ST. Louis
frsts were mp L. at IOi5s. Richmond and Danville
frsts were OF l. at 9534. Chicago, ~. Louis and
New-Orleans consol 5s brought I0s Wabash
general 6s of per cent at 60. Texas and Pa
cific incomes were active and advanced % TO 5O4,
but the frsts. Rio Grande division were dull and
barely steady at 7l24. Northern Pacific frsts de-
cllned g TO lOl, and recovered 10 1914.
The spb-Treasury to-day gained on balance
422,oa2 made 1 up BY s coin gain Of Sit5 $685. lee.
covered: Receipts 81 $50 32s; payments, S916.-
757; currency balance, SO, 1872 l70; coin balance,
1920, 070,447
The money market at the Stock Exchange still
continues 10 be abundantly supplied with capital
for loans on call rates today rated at per cent
With some nnlmP9riant business At 22 per cent;
place money on time even at the quotable rate OF
3l204 per cent.
The Clearing House statement to-day was as fol-
lows: Exchanges. Sl33, 43s, O45 balances, $o,-
$50.
The United States Treasury at Washington to-
20 NJ. 81 .a.taa for
redemption. The customs receipts 1871, 249,
and the internal revenue receipts 1861 ,2sf.
The foreign exchange markets develop no new
steamers took out $2O0,O00 gold, and I'M
pOrtant shipments are anticipated for satur-
business are as follows: Bankers bills, 81 s6s4
and S4 s934 for long and short sterling respective
y; ,5.17is and SIS for francs So and 95a4 for
reichmarks 40ls and 40as for guilders
The governors of the Bank of England at their
regular weekly meeting to-day made no change in
at 3l2 per cent During the week the bank gained
f2j4 900 bullion but the proportion of It's
to its liabilities reduced from 407s 70 1873 per
cent against 42i2 per cent at this date last year.
The weekly statement of the Bank of France shows
an increase Of 6050,00O francs gold, aud % 600 sill
yer: Al the Lonnon Stoea Exchange Brtlsn consois
at 101 1915 for account. United States bonds were
Is lower at 1857 and l15l respectively for is and
4l2s. American railways were lower for everything
that was quoted except st. Paul aud Louisville
and Nashville. At Paris French per cents declined
TO 1882 l2G 1885.
THE TRIBUNE is able to give its readers the full
statement and balance sheet of the Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern Railway for the year ended De-
cember 81 that usually is not obtainahle until tho
first week in May following the end of the year.
The statement lacks detail TO the receipts from
passengers freight etc, aud TO the items of
curites held; but the gross figures are correct.
Allowing for an application Of $4,000 70 tho
sinking fund for each year, as is required by the
indentres of the first consolidated MORTGAGE the
net earnings in 1883 were 1923, 800 less than the
amount required TO pay per cent dividend on the
stock against a deficit of $66, ASS for the year 1882
and $3.50 l5S for 1881 is shown il the subjOined
table:
BUSINESS OF THREE YEARS.