New-York tribune., 1892-01-08

TIE business in State bonds comprised small
sales of North Carolina consol Is at ~, tennessee
settlement 81 at 80 and Virginia deferred 6S'
receipts, at 3-4 and IS. or city bank STOCKS
! American Exchange sold uD at 30 !; Americl
t50l at 2O7 Central $50 at $50 and Mammalian
1lD at So.
The business in the general bond market was
the largest in the present movement, ana the re-
ported sales amounted 10 over Sj,0OD,opV. iIheS
moved upward end the advances III many lou, ,s
were large and important. Atchlson general Us
closed IL per cent higher at s.. but the incomes
further declined 3-i TO 65. Missouri, Kansas ana
Texas issues were conspicuousX active ara M ssr"ns
As closing Is per cent higher al ~ - am am
seconds 3-3 higher at 40 81 after sales at sun
higher figures Richmond Terminal IS rose u
per cent Lo o. and 5s gained ! = al 60. Rcadii
incomes were a small fraction better. Rock
Island now debenturc IS were In demand NJ an al,
vance Of IA per cent to 90 IL. The exceptional
declines were small Reference IL lnudc 10 our lul
report OF bond safes.
Money on call continued 10 rule ~ ; per cont
although q considerable business was done al u
per cent. The last loans were made at the ruhn%
fgur after exceptional transactions at : l. per
The Clearing House statement was as follows
Exchanges. SI52.si2,ij6; balances $'.'OG,35'
The Sub Treasury was debtor 10 the Clearing
House S00p.i3o lis net loss on balance Wa
S45I2o, made NJ by a loss Of $l3f,SiA IN gold.
less gain OF SSg.12i in currency. HE day =
operations included: Re cIpt' $2,99s OIL pay
ments, ~. .O43.l 1871 resulting IN -cncnl balance
of Sis s.7I2,G2l. consisting OF 81 i6,l l2iG9 coin
and S26OO,lj2 currency.
ccivcd to-day $l16,40j National bank notes Tor
redemption.
TIE customs receipts were $9oo,i5l, the in
ternal revenue receipts Si00,2s0, and the miscclla
ncOus receipt S3j2302.
To-day's Washington Treasury statement Ot cash
on hand and deposits IN hank compares with
the figures Of the last previous statement a. fo!-
lows
": ": s :aa sp sl $,5t 55a G s s5
Not o. rTS h'nd' 'gu,'' col,an ois'ola 5000,
oIor outstanding ....,.,
Dep sr .s Gs m hank S'iS BE-
Net cash bsl s57 O4o ooa s55g2. 555 Dcc.s27l7.;o7
The torci N exchanges were strong and ma
tcr:ally higher under n continued demand for rc-
mitnuce for securities sold for IIrOpcun account.
The supply Of merchandise bills was not equal
10 this demand. Appended are revEcd quotflon'
for actual business Bankers bills. 81 50 81
asa 20 and 81 "a 5-4asis( for long and short
sterling respectively French francs. 81 80 and
5l9 3-s; rclchnarlS,. % and % 3-s
FOREIGN MARKETS
The governors Of the Bank OF England al their
weekly meeting made no chnngc III It's minimum,
rate Of discount, which remains at - per ccn'.
In the week the bank gained ci13,u00 bullion
but the proportion of rcScr:c to liabilities WAS
lowered from 36I5 70 >? OF per cent. against an
advance from 3" 10 39.92 per cent in the cor
responding week last year, wlen its discount rate
was reduced 10 . per cent. Az the London STOCK
Exchange all departments of the market were
depressed by variety of causes British cOnsols
declined Is per cent TO % 0-16 for money and
% I1-l6 for the account In thc open market
money WAS abundant az per cent for discounts
and about IL per cent for daily balances. Bar
silver was trine lower at l3 I'D. an ounce
American railway shares opened firm, but &c
cned 70 the very close. At Paris French per
cents fell TO 0jJ ID but rallied t. 05.25. Tic
weekly statement OF the Bank ~ France showed
an ncnase in gold Of 2.G5J,0o0 francs, and Il
decrease Of 5,j7j.oo0 irarcs ~ silver The Gov
crnmcut revcnu" returns for lest year showed a
surplus Of 10c 000, 900 over expenditures.
Srcnccr TrasK Il Co. o'ler 10 invrstOrs a variety
Of choice irvcstmcn; bonds paying from per
cent to 81 per cent interest.
The Citizens Insurance Company of Ncw-YorlS
has declared its cighty@iXth dividend of > -
rer cent, and an additional dividend Of 3 l.?
per cent the reserve fund
The Equitable Mortgage Company has declared
a scmi-annual dividend of per cent