New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-22

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There were no transactions in either state bon Is
| or city bank stocks
M The general bond market enjoyed increased ac-
| tivity, but the improvement did not reflect a
| change in the downward tendency OF most issues.
| Oregon improvement ~ dropped I per cent TO
| "a. Milwaukee and ST. Paul s. were "a per
| cent lower at 10S IA, and West shore IS de-,
clined IA per cent for the coupons to "a - and
| / IA for the registered to 90 II. Northern
Chicago and Northern Pacific irsts, after sales at
40, ended with gain of per cent at 80 u?
| Missouri Kansas and Texas Is fell ! per cent
| 10 60 Atchson a. rallied ! per cent TO -, and
San Francisco consos rose II to ~ ! - Read
| ing irsts preference incomes up 81 per cent
| TO % "a The market closed heavy. Reference
is made to our full report Of bond sales.
Money on call at the Stock Exchange ruled at
Sal per cent, the bulk Of the business beng done
| at the lower figure The rate IT the banks ~ u
per cent, and time money is virtually unobtan-
able "
! Exchanges. S5OeOl,C50: balances. S3,G;s,00a.
| The Sub Treasury WIS debtor to the Clearing
House Sl4s,5I3 It's net loss on balance since
Friday was S2,4s3,76o made up ny losses ,, OF
Sl6j5:}3 in currency and S2,32O,2?7 in coin. The
Two DAYS operations covered Receipts S?,4 o.
o5s: PAYMENTS, 81, s9G,03S resulting in general
balance Of S6O.5j4,i29 consisting OF S'2,l"",-
549 coin and SS,4211s1 currency
The Treasury received tenders OF 100000 ounces
of silver but it accepted only 10000 ounces at
742j, and offered that price Tor the remainder
| The Mercantile Safe Deposit Company OF this
city reports silver bullion on hand 10 secure out
standing certificates, amounting 10 ITi ,o23 oihce-
| The United States Treasury at washington re-
| ceived to-day Sl03,52j National BANK notes LOT
| redemption. . =, . q,
The customs receipts were 1901 ,s5a. the internal
revenue receipts Si06,s6l, and the miscellaneous
| receipts S36,1s? -
Todays Washington Treasury statement Of
cash on hand and deposits in banks complrrs
with the figures Of the last previous statement as
| follows
Ne, gold ON hand HSS 80 . In D 500
nj q . HPsa on I'D sS5 'fs'' ssi I": ~
Actual eashlnthe
Treasury vaults
go e; ISe sls sa Sis
Net cash bal SIPS sO3 $50 s12oO,7Ao Inc. s7stoIe
All the foreign exchanges were strong ana
higher on demand TO cover importations oI golu
and 10 meet maturing sterling loans. Long stcr-
ling was about IA cent higher. and the eApccta-
ton Of an advance in the Bank OF England MS
count rate widCncd the difference between long
and sight bills the latter rising 3-4al cent TO th,
g. Appended are revised quotations for actual
business: Bankers bills, ~ S:iaS4 80 ~ ana
"a sSaS4 as Ia for long and short sterling r.
spectivcly: French francs, j.22 12a5.2l '-S ana
j?Oa5.ln 3-s: rcchmarks. % l-4ao4 b ana
London British consos were weaker. clo'in; at
q slight recovery but down l-s~at 81 l-s for moh'%
and % ll-lG for the account. The Bank OF Eng
land gained cIo4, 900 bullion on balance. In the
omen market money was harder at "a? IL per
cent for bankers balances and discounts rose -
4 IL per cent in anticipation Of an advance IN thc
Pank Of England rate Of discount. lar silver was
firm and lad. better at Bad. an ounce American
railway shares were dull, but prices advanced,
and the closing was strong at about best hlnres.
At Paris French per cents declined 80 ccntDes
10 gs 90, sight exchange on London rising 10
a5.37 l-2 francs TO the sterling. The Bank OF