New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-03
NEwYoRK DAILY TRIBUNE, SATURDAY MARCH 8 1883


Post Office Departments
Discussing ofncers' bal.
Treasury transfer checks
and drafts outstanding 4,080,532 b,721,217
eundry items 613,99O 4O974O
Total general liabilities s47 ,s22,ss4 s5e7a4aOa
Grand total Of liabilities 1857 $50 s163 877
ASSETS
Gold coin aud bullion, less
outstanding certificates
and 800 100000 for re-
?, serve {. e10o,o55,1s4 s112, seo,014
Naons S.nS Certificates 1solss
Total gold and currency slos 1872 $50 Sal 9247s
silver dollars less ou;stand-
.,, ing certificates -. s44.597, 500 s43, 4o4, 1874
Oliver Dullion 102I9,549 1O.305,153
Total available silver . s54,s1e,s72 s537oo9s7
Total cash in the Treasury 81 1913 sl05 292 465
DoPosits III National banks 59,372,965 61,546,009
, Total cash balance So42. $40. 500 S25G, S38 474
Douuct liabilities as above 157711,950 163,65O,677
Net available balance . $50, $50 746 500, Os7, 707
supplementary to the general statement above. tho
loi,o"ng gives tho particulars Of gold, legal tenders
ana ana silver in tho Treasury, and the outstanding
and as OF February 49, 1887, January 81, 1888,
anu February 90, 1888:
GOLD.
Coin and bull Outstanding
T.. ~ $500 lon on hand certificates. Net gold.
Teo g 1887 1878 ,oss,626 s0905s 3G5 sl75.13o 261
y IN 81 1888 3O7 s00,l55 101 853071 2O2,055,1s4
ieo ~, 1883 300, ,S27 06,G07313 212,eG9,914
LEGAL TENDERS.
Notes Outstanding
Feb % 1907 200 on hand certificates. Not notes.
Ico 20 IsN1 f33. ,2O2 50, 10000 $25.GS9. 2O2
ian ian ~, 1888 2s,6Go46 400 1O645.000 1s.oI5.4C0
rcd ~, 1883 33,4s2,087 11215,OOO 22,267 ,Oe7
SILVER
NIL Fob. %, 's7. Jan. 81, 'ss. Feb 90 'ss.
''"idS on
Inland hand slos, 7eo 1921, sls, $50 1927. o47, 4oa
hand 47ooIs3 1o21o545 1906 $50
Total s2o2 s129i3 1894 1877 o. 1878 90, 6io
certificates 1ai1ao756 1891 o53 1s4.45s $50
Net silver $a1.Ga21ss s54 s1Gs72 1853, 7G0.9s7
By the foregoing It is shown that the net cash
IN the treasury vaults exclusive of National bank
notes February 20, 1888. was s2ss, 936.068,
agd'nst s2o2,5Ol 85l February %. lSS7-gain in
the Twelve months S6,43533 The silver coin
age IN the time has been s33, 100000 So the
general circulation Of legal money IN the country
mas been increased over SEQ, 900 900 by the oper-
arlons or the Treasury since February 2s 1897
ihe years changes are rs follows Gain in gold
balance, 1911 90, 900: loss in legal-tcndcr balance
100000. and loss I'm silver balance despite Of
$4,000 600 of new silver money, S2Z0000O0.
AN OPENING THE REVERSE OF THE PRE-
vIOUS DAYS
r. The stock speculation to-day If dealings at the
stock Exchange now are entitled to be clas,ed as
such, suffered a reaction. The opening was just
the reverse of yesterdays. Everything was lower
IMAM last evenings prices. 1t seems that London
had been Informed that it was the intention of the
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers to call ont
every engineer on all the railroads Of the country
IN order 10 win the ght with the CHICAGO Burling-
ron and Quincy, and that Philadelphia and Road
ing would be the first sufferer Hence. London
sent Ms before our opening depressed quotations
with Louisville and Nashville which Yesterday
was conspicuous for its advance. showing the
greatest decline. Our market. however. stood
the racket" we'll and excepting for Louisville and
Nashville, Phiadcl pha and Reading and Oregon
Railway and Navigation there was no ma
terial declines from the opening figures. PhiIa-
dclphia and Reading was largely dealt in at about
ca against ca "a last evening, but the heavy
pressure carried the price down to 63 1-2. ut
which point the resistance to decline was greater
than IL had been before. and the price closed at
CO ga with the dealings unusually animated.
The grangcrs the trunk lines and the general list
held comparatively steady at abOnt the opening
prices Missouri Pacific contributed its Gvernge
complement toward n weak ming of prices. The
market closed weak by comparative figures, and
strong in tone
WHAT WAS DONE IN BONDS.
Government bonds were quiet with the bids for
the lbs off 1-S per cent Annexed the
closing quotations: