New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-25
THE DAY IN THE BOND MARKET.

State issues continued to be neglected and
there were no sales of city bank stocks -.
In the general bond market there was dls.
tinctly better feeling. The business was nGt
large, reported transactions amounting 10 ohly
SI,137 900 at face value, and the movemen,t Oh
prices naturally was irregular. The Northern
Pacific issues were less active than thev were
Yesterday, and they rallied. although witnoat
much spirit Chicago and Northern Pacihc ns,s
advanced | IA per cent 10 81 IA, and single
bonJs sold as high as 81 IA, and Northern Pacific
consoI IS closed also at their highest point AT 2e;
with gain OF l-2 per cent. Ihiiaueiphia anu
Reading issues were unusually active, ana they
scored advances of from IA to nearly nearly pet
cent. A few issues We're lower; Edison Eiec-
trio Illuminating IL. " frsts fell 23-4 per cent
to a. Texas and Pacific issues We're weak ~
declines of about 1-2 Per cent reference j.
made TO our full report Of bond sales n.,.
Money on call ruled at i per cent. ReneWais
and early loans were made at that figure. Alter
ordinary wants had been supplied the rate lei" 10
. per cent. 80 .,, .
Exchanges. SGO1S0.O11; balances, SASH 600.
The Sub-Treasury was debtor to the Clearing
House $ss, 1863. Its net loss on balance was 9li o.
sos, made up by losses of 81 G,905 in currency
and S3Ol 90 in coin. The days operations Gov
cred Receipts, Sl,36s,46g; payments Sl'.S.'-
164; resulting in general balance OF S9S'a9g'-
500, consisting of Sj0,5l4,l'6 coin ana $3.50
The United States Treasury at Washington re-
ccived to-day SSj,295 National bank notes Tor
The customs receipts were s5s7,466 the internal
revenue receipts S39o,Oss, and the miscellaneous
receipts S26,335.
Torday's Washington Treasury statement of
cash on hand and deposits in banks compare'
with the figures of the last previous statement as
follows:
Ne. gold on hand Ags 81 sss 81 lac Df5n5ss
Ne: ss i'd s ssssS 1872 n59 Dec Bss s5f'
Treasury vaults
over outstand- - ....
dss s Inc sS s5,
Net cash bal SIPS oo7 si7 1921 49, los Inc. s5is2ol
The foreign exchanges were irregular, but
strong. There was not much doing, because IT
WIS an of" dav, but the demand was much
better than the supply Following are the final quo
tations for actual business Bankers bills. "a s2a
sterling respectively: French francs, j.22 - AMI
| 500 reichlnarks "a IA and 81 a.
FOREIGN MARKETS.
The governors of the Bank of England at their
weekly meeting raised its minimum rate Of diS-
count from 70 . per cent. In the week ihe
bank lost c43s.0 bullion, but the proportion
of reserve 10 liabilities ives raised from 439l
to 4406 per cent, against an advance from
4s.19 TO SOLE per cent In the corresponding week
! last year when the discount rate was unchanged
at . Der cent The hank to-day gained 10000
on balance At the London Stock Exchange
British consos fell Is per cent to 81 IL Tor
morey. and 1-I6 10 % IS for the account. In
tho omen market money was firm Mt 4 IL per
cent for discounts. and higher at 3a3 lie per cent
for bankers balances. Bar silver was weak AT
| a decline of IA to "a 5-sd an ounce. There was
really nothing doing in American railway shares,
but the variations. were small declines, The
Yan @srSt pFo Pars FTsncR per- cents we're
lower AT 90 after early sales at 09.?2 l-@; Tho
weekly statement o. the Bank of France showed
decrease in specie OF saDU'o Si racS H nx
change on London WIS again easier AT 25.5o francs
TO the 6 sterling.