New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-09

General bala,co Of S7s564,436, consisting OF
SGj.3fl .5Gs coin aud SI3,222,ste currency
The Treasury purchased 45ioo0 ounces ~ s, n.I
N prices ranging from 1920 to $40: Inc totai
offerings were $4,000 ounces, nut thc Plccs TIL Ha
the rejected offers were not made pnohc ime
Mercantile Safe Deposit Company OF thi- W!
norris silver bullion on hand. 10 secure outstan1-
ing certificates. amounting TO 2i6,o24 ouhc'S' d
decrease Of 1913 ounces. ,r..;..o,
The United States Treasury ut washington
received to-day S274.l'3 National BANK ho'es
for redemption uoa-. -, :,.on,.I
The customs receipts were $7si,97@. the internal
revenue receipts 81 ,l0-'i-o' az" ''''
Tn.days Washington Treasury statement OF
cash on hand and deposits In hanKs co.npa,us
with the figures OF the last previous statement
hand co. Ms g, 49, M sS, Cos Inc D9fissi
p, ssed a Si a;s;? iesss' he" s
actual cash :" The
S Sc Sat.sdF $40 So Inc ss. 80"
Deposi;- in bark lo.5t7,352 1os'47o Inc -'o,i,9
Va, cash ia, s3s oss eoi sIao o. Go Inc sl,1a9Aoo
The foreign exchanges all were s'ron. o'm
moderately active The mails brought compare
tivelv few commercial bills, and there was ~
supply of bills drawn against securities pufchas y,
Discount rates abroad AZ" strong anu H''".
hish'i ini ''trnnoth in sioht exchange The
advance in sterling was l-ial-2 cent to the :;
Orders for the shipment of god are understooi
10 hr in the market. but no engagements hay"
hrcn made Following are revised quotations 'oi
actual business: Bankers bills. 81 ~ ga
Slsil4 and ~ Sc for long and short sterling
respectively: French flames, BIS 3-4a5.loi is ana
jlG 1-saj1j IS; rcchmarks, ~ '-Sa'' al"
81 In Iondon British consols were irregular, but
thcv finally closed unchanged AT os ll-l6 for
money and down Lie at o. 81 for III" ., count
The BAN, of England gained ts''ooo bullion ".
balance In In" open market money was urn H. T..
, ,-sa3 per cent for discounts, AMI rates i'r 1iiI'
balance, advanced 10 > per cent ~ Inc Close E''
silver was Lilo higher at 81 '-l6i an onnc'
AmiIican railway sE Err wGr n wra csn .u re"%
triiie 10 gG1j. sight exchange on London rising 10
o. ~ francs 10 tie . sterling. Discounts IN Pnrls
were firm at Ia per cent ana az n%r''n '' rae
advanced IL per cent 10 ; 81 per cent
Me-srs >prvrr u Go. offer for subscription. AZ
10! -, SI.o0O.0oO Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany consolidated MORTGAGE per cent sold oohds
due May /, 1913. interest payable mI-annually,
November and May. 1hc," bonds form part oi
total possible issu" Of Sl0o.000,0oo. subject IN '
to the prior lien Of Sl9,o''.s?o general moItsai'
bonds, against which an equal amount oi coi,soii-
dated mortgage bonds is reserved. lherr nave
already been issued under this MORTGAGE -
02O bonds partly sterling. partly dol,r bonds
bnt no bonds have been Issued since 1870. This
consolidated MORTGAGE covers al fhr properly ana
franchises of the PcnnSylvanii Railroad ompanv,
including lts main line from lflladclpha 10
Pttsbure and branches, being total Of j6s.??
miles all of which valued AZ Slo1,56- o9i -
L,sides which II is also a first lion on the com
panys lea selod interest in other r1lroid LINES
and canals and in shares and bonds of other com
panes of an .stimat"d cash value OF OVER Si0.000
600. which have produced III $50: an Income OF
over x 500. 900 The bonds have an annual sink
ing fund of per cent ON Ill" amount Issued. be-
ginning May !. SDs. for the purchase of bonus. n
obtaindl'c AZ price not exceeding par. IL not
the annual amount Of the sinking fund may be
Invested in other lawful securities. but th" bonds
are not subject 10 drawing compulsory re- Temp
tion before maturity The net earnings OF the
Pennsylvania Railroad In s92. after d'du ting all
expenditures. including interest on the bonded
dcLt and cNtraor binary expenditures in construc-
tirn left balance OF 8. SIS sl5 50, and for tn"
last thirty years the company has regularly paid
cash dividends the stock. the average rat" Of
which has been over per cent. making total Of
over SIIs. GOO. 900. The subscription list Will he
OPENED at ! q o'clock Monday morning. Nav -.
and clos" at o'clock same day OF earlier. \
simulianrou. issne will he made in London by
Mcssrs. Spryrr Iiros.