New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-11

az city bank stocks Chatham sold 400 at 422
and Market and Fulton t25) at 255 l-2. .
The general bond market was active anu o ' ae.it
fore higher great variety Of issues was DEAF
in. and this fact was suggestive Of wider puelc
interest Erie second consols further gained IA
per cent at 1O4 ga. and Chicago ana Ere re-, III
comes rose 1-2 per cent to AZ. Iowa central
fsts closed nearly ! per cent hlgmei az 90 and
Rock Island IS advanced l-2 per cent 10 W.. anu ~
o5 s.s. Toledo, st. Louis and Kansas City hrsts
rose 10 per cent to 02 l-2, and the Wabash
issues were strong and fractonalIy higher heiei-
ence is made 10 our full report Vi Donu $40 a "a
'rhe tendency in the money Market Was 20 "
ward greater ease. Call loans were made at l.:
and 3 per cent. and the business ut the lower owe.
money was offered freely. and loans for six months
on mixed collateral were negotiated Al i-@ Pi
cent without difficulty. 49, .,,,,
Exchanges, SI2O, 3i4,925; BALANCES, $50 si5lo:
The enb Treasury was debtor to the clearing
House S554l15. The net loss on balance WIS
made up sy l0ss i ., c sioiTf The days
onerations included Receipts, S3,005,o!s; pay
ments SO, 1853: resulting in q general balance
and or 7 81 1897 ESQ ESQ., currency.
The United States Treasury at Washington re-
ceived to-day S2GO,27e National bank notes TOT
The customs receipts were seO0, $50. the internal
revenue receipts s584,963, and the miscellaneous
receipts S2s,f3A =.
To.day's Washington Treasury statement OF
cash ON hand and deposits in bank compares with
the figures Of the last previous statement as ioi'
lows: ,.
": .ss % $;S
S Ss b. ssi'''"'f' ssssooz slesZ1 Dec u. 500
the Treasury
vaults over out
n:ss bank issssa 'sssSS55 Bee Bee
Ne. cash In, sis7 3s8 2s5 ,5o7 Dec s7i577s
TIE foreign exchanges were quiet but strong ..
without ouotable change In rates. Appenoed are
quotations for actual business: Bankers piils;
81 81 3-4as4 90 and "a siaS4 81 IA for long ana
short sterling respectively French francs, o23 Is
and $50 5-s; reichmarks "a 5-sa9b l-4
FOREIGN MARKETS
Tho Governors of the Bank of England at their
weekly meeting, reduced its minimum Iaue q, ais us
count from TO 10 per cent. In the week the
hank gained El49. 900 bullion, and the proportion
of reserve to liabilities raised from 4!.44 TO
43.O7 per cent against an advance from aa.so 10
462S per cent in the corresponding week last year
when it's discount rate was unchanged at D per
cent At the London Stock Exchange, British
consos were higher in the early dealings, but they
closed unchanged 'as h at account 90 The open
n mnrket 70 "a rates 'o' for money fell to ais
per cent for discounts and l-2 per cent for
daily balances. Bar silver was better az a0 1,a.
but they advanced without Interruption closing
at the highest points, At Paris French 8 per
cents further yielded few confines to 05.s2 IL,
TO the sterling The weekly statement OF the
Bank of France showed an increase in specie OF
1.275,OOO francs gold and $50 eco francs silver;
That of the Imperial Bank OF Germany sho"eo
Coffin & Stanton offer 100000 6 per cent
guaranteed stock Of the Sharon Railroad COMPANY
Of Pennsylvania. which they state has paid forty
eight consecutive seml-annuai diVldehos'