New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-29
A LANGUID SPECULATION.
PRICES TEND DOWNWARD.
NO CHANGE IN FINANCIAL CONDITIONS

decrease occurred in the gold balance. while the
increase in the other items were small
The principal changes in the vault balances
,ve,. made I'M as follows 4 loss in the geld
balance of S3,O16,l36, by loss of S3,6o7,l76
in coin and bullion, less reduction of Sj9l ,O4O
in the amount of outstanding certificates; Il
gain in the silver balance of S207,ll5, by a
further accumulation CT 81 ,074,50O IN coin and
bullion, minus an issue of SS67,oS5 of certificates
and notes, and gain in the lesal-tender balance
Of S5,9l2, by gain of $2,399,Ol2 in notes, less
In issue of 5000 of currency certificates
Treasury notes to the amount of $4,000 were
issued in payment for silver bullion, but the
sum of 1901 ,0S9 was returned in the course OF
business and the volume of these notes in circula-
ton was reduced actually by S250,SO9. Ihe
Treasurys liability for the redemption Oh Ma
tisnal bank notes was lowered by Sl35,S39, and
the deposits of lawful money that account
are S20,946,4e7.
Subjoined is Saturdays statement, compared
with that of May 20:
Nay 20. May 27. Differences
Gold coin and
bullion less Ger: 49,, oo- .oo 90. ,oo n.. soo,o,ae
u H S' notes les '-0'O'' 90
ssasaiss notes s7s I IDs c,Ss5
SILVER eoIns AMI
tiacatcs ....... TO- soS9S3 1o,Go1 o4s Inc. POLLS
Cash in sl32 osl 1897 sl29 9 800 Dec s25s6977
banks -. nsiO71O 1l,2os.75o Dec. loo5i
Total balance sl4s S92 oi7 sliO.7o4ilo Dec s'597':M
legal tender re.
ssrye .....-.. 100 600, 900 100 ooo,ooo
Net cash BAL s43 1872 oi7 s4o7941l6 50 SOY 9Sl
BANK CONDITIONS COMPARED.
BY the operations Of the Ntw-York Sub-Trcas-
ury in the week ended Friday night the associated
banks gained S6l1,ss2. Tie weekly bank state
ment published Saturday showed an average gain III
cash of S52S,1 90. 1t was not consistent IN lis
details out this ought to have been expected lloai
the surprising showing made week ago. Nome
of the changes large enough to be import
ant The average contraction Of loans barely
exceeded 100000, and the decrease III deposits
was less than S2,000,1o0 The statement, III other
ceiing week 1t failed to represent the ac'uai
condition of the banks The result OF all
changes gain in the surplus reserve OF
$l,0l7,750, and the banks now hold In excess oil
legal requirements So, 439, 925 against So, 6l2,
S25 year ago, and Si,529,l75 Ill the correspond
ing week in the preceding year .
The following are the comparative statements
The changes in the corresponding week in III"
three preceding years were as follows ls92-i-oaHs
decreased S2,l33,lO0 cash increased S543s,0o0,
deposits increased Sl.60i. 500. and surplus re-
serve increased S5.o56,s50. ls9l-l.oans de-
creased S3S36, 900, cash increased Sl,2s1 ,000 de-
posts decreased 81 O0s i 90, and surplus reserve
increased S2,3l1.525. 1s90-Loans decreased
$s79,9Oo, cash increased 81 .4l0.Goo deposits de,
10
Subioned is Saturdays statement compared
with the corresponding dates of sol and 1892:
NAY e s s Nay rs 500 49, Nay s1ss
Specie o95s 100 l9s s2 100 6 s9SS d nCo
Leai;snders 4sSe2oo 5sa 800 zoo .s 700
Circulation s47i,7oo 5,79i.iOo 100000
The following shows the relations between the
total reserve and the total deposits at the re-
spective dates:
snecie ..... $50 go 100 s1os 742 400 $40 e57 100
Iessa.teados $685.. s$SiS50o 5is9550o dS55i0o0
Reserve ,..siOi So6O coo sl30 cs7 900 sls4o2lloo
against DEPOSITS. oo77ese5 lalo2'O75 ico1sll75
Surplus .. s7,52sl!' ss'ol2 SO S-'iS' % a;5
The following table shows the percentage of
reserve held for each bank 1t should be observed
the National banks are required 10 keep reserve
of % per cent and State banks one of l. per cent
S9 SeSS 6o 5soo co 81.
sa $4,000 is,3 900 $l g. eco 1851 si go q
s ss Of N Amc $3.50 $1,000 SSS $3.50 ~
S atHn NSf ei$ zoo $500 e.
c chen . ss5co 5i
GSn h5 Nat Na $4,000 1850 S5sco 9s5 900
rd D. 6SS 2SiSSS s66cS 2s5cS o
GREENWICH -. $4,000 $4,000 lsIooo lsi37 3oJ
s esn NJ Ia ia 4S S S9 a a5oo 1896
Bk Of s y $500 56'iS6 5l35o0 2a5o soo 25o
I'm Bk to% $500 GS5 55S5oS i6i.@7oS l5s
ar -
Mer Nat $50 100 SIS 90 $3.50 7,2J3,OCJ 23.3
Paciac ... 81 800 1850, So, 90 34i7,7t 80
Nat Bk Rep :. 513 93S 100 1927 "a
Chatham Nat $500 65OSc0 GOSJ,3IO % D
PEOPLES .. l9lj 700 5il3OO p. SO o. 27.0
X OF n Am 5l5j.3OO 5ys1cO 4,53l .OcO "a
Hanover Nat 3G3>, 90 1JG7 200 Ii G3 700 3jj
Irving Nat = 739 3 1906 100 so 2.O7G,C0 2s.j
Nat Citizens 794, 30l10J BOB so 229 iC0 277
Nassau Bk.. .; 20 277S00 ass. o. 3 20 2t.5
i,l27.sOO iS4COO So2,1O0 as 800 ~
st Il y Y. . 1903 800 10000 jl5,9O0 2.a0o,7O0 Isl
Nat e. L.. 2.75OOO 364 600 ijl.OO0 $4,000 27.3
Com Ixch 772s, $50 1049100 $4,000 7,54lOOC .6S
Continual 3114!O0 GC5.0) 1900 4,l4g.C0J POS
Oriental 49,. 100000 179.-00 592s ZOO 81
II Natlo III 600 1893 900 BAGS 900 Il $50 900 3G1
Nat Park 900 2,SiS 500 p ,35l
East X ~. 900 o. 800 $500 I,caO. 100 81 3
Fourth 3912 700 $40 700 i
Central Nat 295 600 600 .31j,CO S3}sOOO 90
Second Nat. 49GS,O00 $4,000 9S3 900 6,l23.1gG
Ninth 3cGs 800 4SS 800 $50 200 1910 %
First 81 200 2 ,0lj.6OO $3.50 $40 Il 9s7
Third Nat s24 800 200 47i200 5,l77,s00 30
Nat Ey. l. 100000 Is 200 212,2C0 l,Ss1 900 2G0
Bowery Bank 2SGG 900 $1,000 5000 32Il.CO0 2G.G
Co Nat. 1892 600 $4,000 ia 900 3,67s 800 a.
2,06O 700 $4,000 303ep0 Z.39o. 500 - .
Chase O22 100 g. q 500 SO4 800 I-9s1
FIFTH Avenue. 300 O13co0 CPS 200 6.275. 2Gl
Ex... 2.S74,100 $4,000 67i 100 32Slo00 Il .
Gernania -. 2S3S 400 321 100 49i.7 34ij.7O1 23.6
.OSS 500 ,3j7, % 5000 G0141O0 2S.3
Lincoln Nat 35s900 705 400 C49,700 j,9f9. 100 OIL
Garfield Nat 1905 100 O352C $4,000 5.l7G.GOj pol
Fifth Nat. 100000 $4,000 23i,O0O 206 400 26.4
PIX of Metrop 49l 500 s454CO $50 100 5,7s7 200 $50
West Side :. 1886 437, 900 2S 00D 2527 900 81
Seaboard 500 900 $4,000 4j9 90 $4,000 30
Sixth Nat ! 10000 10000 129 O0p 15l5O "a
Western 500 SS1 200 9.1SS 500
n Bkln 153 as; 3
Southern Nat 26i3J00 1880 3,3,l00 22 1900 "a 8
Totals as COL 600 20 6j7 100 SO 9Cs 600